PDFView 0.2.2

PDFView 0.2.2 fixes a data-safety bug in 0.2.0 and 0.2.1. Please update.

Download PDFView-0.2.2-universal.zip, unzip it, and move PDFView.app to Applications. It runs on Apple silicon and Intel Macs with macOS 14.2 or later.

Fixed

• Your original PDF is no longer modified. In 0.2.0 and 0.2.1, typing into a form field let macOS autosave the typed values back into the original file. PDFView now never writes to the original. Form entries and signatures reach disk only through File > Save Signed Copy.
• A read-only original no longer shows a "file is locked" alert when you type into it.
• File > Save, Save As, Duplicate, Rename and Move To are gone. Duplicate wrote an unsigned copy of a document you had just signed.
• Save Signed Copy can save the current state after you remove every stamp or undo form edits. The close and quit prompts no longer offer a save that does nothing.
• Save preparation stays responsive on large, form-heavy PDFs.

Changed

• After moving to a checkbox or pop-up with Go > Next Form Field, Space and Return act on it.
• Read-only form fields are skipped.
• Cancelling the save panel shows "Save cancelled".
• Unlocking announces the page count.
• The saved banner names the folder path.
• After placing a stamp, a notice tells you how to move it.
• Shortcuts that can't act right now show the reason instead of beeping.
• After you place your first initials, a notice offers Place Initials on Every Page.
• The README explains why to use PDFView instead of Preview.

Gatekeeper

The app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized, so macOS blocks the first launch:

• macOS 14: right-click PDFView.app, choose Open, then confirm Open.
• macOS 15 or later: try to open it once, then go to System Settings > Privacy & Security, click Open Anyway for PDFView and confirm.

Signatures are visual stamps, not certificate-based digital signatures. Everything stays on your Mac. See CHANGELOG.md for the full list.

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PDFView 0.2.1

PDFView 0.2.1 fixes a bug in 0.2.0 and makes signing faster from the keyboard.

Download PDFView-0.2.1-universal.zip, unzip it, and move PDFView.app to Applications. It runs on Apple silicon and Intel Macs with macOS 14.2 or later.

Fixed

• A password-protected PDF that you never unlocked no longer reports unsaved form entries. 0.2.0 showed the edited dot and asked to save on close or quit.
• Protected signed copies keep the original's print and copy restrictions and its user/owner password roles. If those restrictions can't be written back, the save stops with an explanation and leaves the destination unchanged.

Changed

• Initials and dates start in Anywhere placement even when the PDF has signature fields. Each stamp type remembers your Fields/Anywhere choice.
• When a click can't place a stamp, a visible message replaces the bare beep.
• New shortcut for Place Initials on Every Page.
• Form checkboxes and pop-up menus work from the keyboard. VoiceOver announces their type and state.
• A just-placed stamp no longer captures the arrow keys, and there is a larger nudge step.
• New Help > Keyboard Shortcuts window.
• Escape during a save announces that the save was cancelled.
• Quick saves no longer flash a progress banner.

Gatekeeper

The app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized, so macOS blocks the first launch:

• macOS 14: right-click PDFView.app, choose Open, then confirm Open.
• macOS 15 or later: try to open it once, then go to System Settings > Privacy & Security, click Open Anyway for PDFView and confirm.

Signatures are visual stamps, not certificate-based digital signatures. Everything stays on your Mac. See CHANGELOG.md for the full list.

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PDFView 0.2.0

PDFView 0.2.0 turns the first build into a full native PDF reader with offline visual signing.

Download PDFView-0.2.0-universal.zip, unzip it, and move PDFView.app to Applications. It runs on Apple silicon and Intel Macs with macOS 14.2 or later.

What's new

Reading

• Sidebar with thumbnails and the document outline
• Page indicator and Go to Page
• Find with match count
• Print
• Single, two-page and book layouts
• Full screen
• Remembers your place in each file
• Unlocks password-protected PDFs

Signing

• Draw, type or import a signature, plus initials and a date stamp.
• Place them into the PDF's signature fields or anywhere on the page.
• You can then move, resize or remove them, and undo each step.
• Place Initials on Every Page.
• Every signing action has a keyboard shortcut, and placed stamps work with VoiceOver.

Signed copies

• Typed form values and stamps are flattened into the page.
• Page sizes, rotation, links, bookmarks and document metadata are preserved.
• The save is atomic, and you can cancel it.
• Password-protected PDFs keep their password by default.
• The original file is never replaced.

Safety

• Unsaved signatures and form entries are never closed or quit away silently.

Gatekeeper

The app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized, so macOS blocks the first launch:

• macOS 14: right-click PDFView.app, choose Open, then confirm Open.
• macOS 15 or later: try to open it once, then go to System Settings > Privacy & Security, click Open Anyway for PDFView and confirm.

Limits

• Signatures are visual stamps, not certificate-based digital signatures.
• Password-protected PDFs whose pages don't start at the origin can't be saved as a protected signed copy yet. The app explains the workaround.

Everything stays on your Mac: no network access, no telemetry. See CHANGELOG.md for the full list.

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PDFView 0.1.0

First downloadable build of PDFView, a native macOS PDF reader with visual signature stamps.

Download PDFView-0.1.0-universal.zip, unzip it, and drag PDFView.app to Applications. It runs on Apple silicon and Intel Macs on macOS 14.2 or later.

The app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized, so Gatekeeper blocks the first launch. Right-click PDFView.app, choose Open, then confirm Open. On macOS 15 and later you can also allow it once under System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway.

Signatures are visual stamps, not certificate signatures. Everything stays on your Mac: no network, no telemetry.

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