You’ve been able to make a PDF out of any document on Macs for years. We take it so much for granted, though, that we don’t know what extra options we’ve got —nor noticed how Apple is trying to change the way we’re supposed to make PDFs. AppleInsider walks you through making a PDF, with only the tools that come with macOS.
We just do not appreciate what we’ve got. After a brief period in the ’90s when PDFs could only be generated through costly software, the document format was added a core feature of macOS. For a while after that, it would only be when you had to use a client’s PC that you realized how integral PDFs are to Macs, how easy they are to use. And, how exasperating it was that just to print out a PDF on Windows you had to buy extra software —if the client’s IT department would let you.
Things have changed, and now Windows 10 has some of the PDF features that we’re used to on the Mac. Yet still, our familiarity means we can miss out on some of the finer PDF details and features our Macs can do for us.
There are third-party tools with features that Macs —and especially the Preview app —don’t have. But, the giant majority of what you can use a PDF for is covered right there in Mojave.
Read more at AppleInsider.com