PDFwringer 0.2.3

PDFwringer 0.2.3 improves existing task flows without adding PDF operations, permissions, services, or dependencies.

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• Larger native Back buttons respond across their entire label, including the chevron, and stay visible while options scroll.
• Draggable dividers resize preview/list and options columns across all tools.
• Close File uses the same navigation position as Back, replacing the small opposite-side X on the tool chooser.
• Merge is available after opening one PDF, alongside the other tools. The current PDF is already in the list and the screen explains how to add another. Back returns to the original document; removing the last file leaves the list ready for Add Files.
• The opening screen remains neutral: select one or more PDFs, then choose a tool. There is no task-specific Merge button or note. Opening several PDFs retains the existing direct merge flow.
• Password Protection names the actual operation. Add password protection explains and asks consent for the current image-based-copy requirement; removing a password keeps the existing ordinary save path. Original PDFs remain unchanged.

Requires Apple silicon and macOS 27.0+. The download is Developer ID-signed, notarized, and stapled. Use SHA256SUMS.txt to verify it.

All 406 tests passed (339 fast, 61 corpus, 6 performance), including merge-return, security-scope, empty-list and navigation-guard regressions. Native interaction checks passed for the corrected landing, single-PDF Merge, Back-chevron clicks, divider dragging, and password consent/cancellation. Signed App Store validation and remaining release gates are documented in APP_STORE.md. The app has not been submitted for App Store review.