With this Mac app, PDFs will never flummox you again

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This PDF converter will boost your Mac's capabilities.
Try out this Mac-compatible PDF editor and converter instead of the pricey Adobe Acrobat Pro.
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Have you ever been annoyed when someone sends you a PDF instead of a file you can edit? PDFs continue to be one of the most popular file types in the world, so why is it such a pain when you actually need to use one?

The answer is that you probably don’t have the right software to edit and convert PDFs to your liking. An all-in-one PDF editor like PDF Converter Pro can help, and it doesn’t need to cost a fortune. Lifetime licenses for the Mac app are on sale for $24.97 (regularly $99) for a limited time.

An Adobe Acrobat Pro alternative that works great on Mac

You can create, convert and more with this all-in-one PDF app. If you need to edit a document, PDF Converter Pro can change and back up your PDF files as Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations with a few clicks.

Alternatively, you can save PDFs in HTML, PNG and JPG formats. Then, once you’re done editing, convert your file back again seamlessly. You can even use the built-in OCR technology to extract text from image-based PDFs, including graphs. That means you can scan or download PDFs and make them searchable.

Not only that, but you can take existing PDF pages and merge or split them as needed. You can extract every page into a separate PDF or just take the pages you need.

Extract images from PDFs

And, if you’re just in it for the pictures, you can extract images from PDFs with only one click. No more wasting hours of research only to find a graph you can’t pull or a picture you can’t grab. (You can spend that free time playing games on Apple Arcade.)

You can even use PDF Converter Pro to compress and protect your files. For example, the app lets you compress a large PDF or multiple documents into a smaller file size. And you can set up password protection that encrypts your file until the recipient enters the correct password.

You might be able to get that same functionality out of Adobe PDF Pro, but it costs $14.99 per month — and requires an annual subscription. As verified customer Karlynn M. notes, PDF Converter Pro “seems to do everything that the Adobe .PDF product does for far less money.”

Save on PDF Converter Pro lifetime license for Mac or Windows

Stop groaning whenever someone sends you a PDF. Get a PDF Converter Pro lifetime license, on sale for $24.97 (regularly $99) through February 4.

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Prices subject to change. All sales handled by StackSocial, our partner who runs Cult of Mac Deals. For customer support, please email StackSocial directly. We originally published this post on July 24, 2022. We updated the pricing info.

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