I Hate PDFs v0.4

What's new!

I Hate PDFs v0.4 keeps the app focused on fast, local PDF reading and annotation.

Build 7 keeps the public v0.4 version and fixes the reader workflow issues found after the first v0.4 upload:

• Comment and reply rows now show a visible Reply button.
• Escape exits active annotation modes, including highlighter and free-text placement.
• The macOS full-screen shortcut works after focus moves to window chrome.
• Annotation add/delete operations can be undone and redone.
• Plain highlights can be deleted from the Highlights sidebar, the selected annotation can be deleted from the Annotate menu, and Delete/Backspace works when the PDF reader has focus.

Original v0.4 highlights:

• Focused reading startup: opened PDFs begin in a clean single-pane reader with sidebars hidden and the document fit to the available width.
• Smaller app surface: experimental Fill & Sign, form-field navigation, and PDF signing work were removed from this release line.
• Recent PDFs: reopen documents from the empty window or File > Open Recent.
• Better annotation workflow: standalone highlights, selected-text comments, underline comments, free-text notes, replies, and Return-to-save comment editing.
• Review tools: comments, highlights, and bookmarks remain available from sidebars when needed instead of crowding the reading view.
• Release polish: v0.4 uses the lightweight native SwiftUI/AppKit/PDFKit stack and keeps direct-download archives under the size budget.

Downloads

• IHatePDFs-v0.4-macos.dmg: normal macOS direct-download installer.
• IHatePDFs-v0.4-macos-arm64.tar.xz: Apple Silicon archive.
• IHatePDFs-v0.4-macos-x86_64.tar.xz: Intel Mac archive.

I Hate PDFs works with local user-selected PDFs. It does not require an account, collect analytics, or upload documents.

I Hate PDFs v0.3

Release Notes

I Hate PDFs v0.3.0

Version 0.3 makes I Hate PDFs much safer and more comfortable for everyday PDF review.

What's New

• Settings for highlight and comment colors, including opacity.
• Drag-and-drop opening from the empty app window.
• Standalone highlights that do not open a comment editor.
• Return saves a comment or reply; Shift-Return inserts a new line.
• Better default highlight contrast.
• Mac App Store packaging for net.akkolli.ihatepdfs.

Reliability Fixes

• Comment text now survives when saved PDFs are opened in macOS Preview and Adobe Acrobat.
• The comment editor focuses correctly when a new selected-text comment is created.
• Comment popovers now open from the actual annotated text instead of nearby whitespace.
• The app warns before unsaved annotations or reply drafts are lost.
• Search highlights clear correctly when search is closed or edited.
• The comments sidebar keeps threads, filters, replies, and selected highlights in sync.

Version

• App version: 0.3.0
• Build number: 4
• Direct-download DMG name: IHatePDFs-v0.3-macos.dmg
• Mac App Store package name: IHatePDFs-v0.3-macos-appstore.pkg

I Hate PDFs v0.2

Release Notes

Version 0.2

• Fixed multi-window document state so opening a PDF with Finder Open With does not mirror it into an existing window.
• Fixed zoom commands so toolbar and menu zoom actions apply to the focused PDF window instead of another open window.
• Fixed comment entry so pressing Return saves a new comment without requiring the mouse.
• Kept the page and comments sidebar toolbar icons visible in narrow windows by grouping sidebar controls in the leading toolbar.

v0.1

Initial v0.1 release.

Download IHatePDFs-v0.1-macos.dmg, open it, and drag I Hate PDFs.app to Applications.

Note: this v0.1 DMG is ad-hoc signed, not Developer ID signed or notarized. macOS Gatekeeper may require Control-click > Open on first launch.