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@duhman duhman released this 30 Oct 14:32
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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.

Built from 3c48ff6. SHA-256 of the zip: 99e15c7bfc1e55845f639557ceb83c70e1ee424ab0d65c89aef3bfe250f2e04f

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