How to Edit a PDF on Mac
What macOS Preview can and can't do for PDF editing, plus the right tool for the things it can't.
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Tools in this guide
What Preview can do
- Add text boxes
- Add shapes
- Add annotations
- Fill form fields
- Sign
- Reorder pages
- Delete pages
What Preview can’t do
- Edit existing text (unless OCR-embedded)
- Re-flow paragraphs across pages
- Apply edit history (C2PA chain)
- Re-OCR scanned pages
Alternatives
- OCR editing: Adobe Acrobat Pro or pdf24
- Editing inside images: extract → edit image in Preview → re-insert
- Re-OCR: we’d need a browser-side OCR tool — not shipping today
Note
Text replacement edits require the right view mode; some scanned PDFs open in image mode and won’t have directly editable text.
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How to use
Open the tool
Open the relevant tool linked below in your browser. The page handles everything client-side.
Frequently asked
Does this upload my file?
No. All ToolConvoy tools process files in your browser; nothing is uploaded to a server.
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