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PDF Expert lets you easily edit, annotate and sign PDFs

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PDF Expert lets you manage files on Apple devices and comes at a discount.
Pick up the top-rated PDF Expert app for half the price.
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PDFs remain one of the best ways to transmit documents and data. However, handling these files can be tricky if you don’t have the right tools. A lifetime license to PDF Expert immediately empowers you to manage, secure and share PDFs with ease, speeding up daily tasks and increasing your ability to seamlessly collaborate on projects.

Typically $139.99, you can now pick up this license now for just $69.99 (a 50% discount).

Continuity Sketch turns the iPad into a graphics tablet for your Mac

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Continuity Sketch is like having an Apple Pencil for your Mac.
Continuity Sketch is like having an Apple Pencil for your Mac.
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You can sign a PDF on your Mac using the giant MacBook trackpad, and you can mark up PDFs and screenshots, too. But all that stuff is much easier on the iPad, especially if you have an Apple Pencil. The problem is getting it there. But in macOS Catalina, you don’t have to “get it” anywhere. Screenshots and PDFs magically show up on nearby iPads, where you can sign them or mark them up. Then you can return them to your Mac. These features are called Continuity Sketch and Continuity Markup, and they’re killer.

You know how the UPS guy holds up his brown scanner box for you to sign? PDF markup is like that, only on your iPad — and you never feel guilty about ordering too many parcels.

How to use iPadOS’ new full-page PDF capture tool

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Now you can capture an entire web page as a single, long, PDF.
Now you can capture an entire web page as a single, long, PDF.
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iPadOS 13 soups up its screenshot tool with the ability to capture an entire webpage as a PDF. That means it doesn’t just grab what you can see on the screen right now. If you’re viewing a webpage that’s really, really long, it will capture the whole thing, and turn it into a very tall PDF.

You can also mark up the resulting PDF before you save it to the Files app. This is a fantastic way to save a webpage, especially when you combine it with Reader View to remove the ads, sidebars and other junk first.

Let’s see how to use it.

Get an all-purpose PDF editing app for under $20 [Deals]

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Make PDFs easy to read and edit with one simple tool.
Make PDFs easy to read and edit with one simple tool.
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PDFs are one of the most popular file formats around for one fundamental reason: they offer high quality files at a comparatively small file size. Trouble is, they can be tough to work with. Oh, let’s not mince words. PDFs are a beast. Without the proper tools, trying to add a graphic, shift text or even correct a simple typo in a PDF can be an exercise in frustration.

How to use Files app to replace your lame notes app

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No, not that kind of file.
No, not that kind of file.
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After trying out the millionth notes/scrapbooking app for the iPad, I realized that I should ditch apps altogether and just use the built-in Files app. It might be severely limited as an actual file browser, but Files has some big advantages over scrapbooking apps. It makes everything available to Spotlight searches, for one, and it doesn’t create duplicates of your files, because you’re always working with the originals.

Another huge advantage is that marking up PDFs with the Apple Pencil is instant. With all other PDF editors I’ve tried, you have to tap to enter a markup mode. In Files, you just start writing on the PDF. And that’s just the beginning.

Let’s see how it all works.