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TUAW's Daily Mac App: PDF Signer

by Samuel Gibbs (May 31st, 2011)

These days almost all forms are distributed online as PDFs. However, when you need to sign one, you normally need to print it and scan it back in for an email, or even worse, use a fax. Luckily, there are apps for that. PDF Signer allows you to fill out and sign PDF forms. You can enter text ...

Possible fix for font issues in 10.6.7

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 21st, 2011)

Late last month, a troubling font issue came to light after Apple rolled out version 10.6.7 of Mac OS X. The update appeared to cause problems with the printing and PDF handling of OpenType PostScript fonts. Apple has not officially acknowledged the problem, but a growing thread on Apple's ...

FileMaker Go for iOS updated with charts, signatures and AirPrint

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 20th, 2011)

Just a few weeks after FileMaker released new Starter Solutions for its FileMaker Go app, the mobile app itself has been updated to version 1.2. The update includes the following: Support for FileMaker Charts, including bar, area, line and pie charts Digital signatures on iPhone and ...

Ask TUAW Video Edition: PDF and Scripting

by Justin Esgar (Mar 29th, 2011)

Andrew asked us about how to have a folder convert documents to PDF format so that he can sync them to his Dropbox. Today's show goes into how to use Automator and AppleScript to do some scripting, and we're going to demonstrate an iPad app that will convert documents for you on your ...

10.6.7 update causes OpenType font issues

by Dave Caolo (Mar 28th, 2011)

There's a thread on Apple's Discussions boards suggesting that Mac OS X 10.6.7 introduces issues with OpenType PostScript fonts when it comes to printing and PDF handling. Kurt Lang writes: "As soon as you install 10.6.7, OpenType PostScript fonts are indeed broken... [the issue] is confined to ...

Present PDFs with style using PDF to Keynote

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 21st, 2011)

So, your boss just dropped a 25-page PDF document into your lap for a presentation he is doing today using Keynote for iPad. In typical fashion, he needed it done yesterday, but is handing it to you now for a presentation he is doing in a little over an hour. He utters the obligatory apology for the ...

Digital collections make comics on your iPad easy and cheap

by Mike Schramm (Dec 31st, 2010)

Our friend Macenstein has a nice tip running over on his blog about how to get more comics on your iPad. The iPad is a device that seems made for comic book reading -- that display is colorful and bright, and the touchscreen lets you examine comic art from any size or angle. The problem, however, ...

Rumor: iBooks update to bring Collections, PDF emailing and printing

by Mike Schramm (Nov 26th, 2010)

Update: So much for rumors. Readers have let us know about two German websites pointing to explicit discussion of iBooks collections in the iOS 4.2 documentation, of all places. We can expect to see collection support in the next version of the iBooks app, which can be updated independently of the ...

FileMaker Go update adds PDF creation, photo import

by Michael Rose (Sep 22nd, 2010)

The latest revision to FileMaker's two mobile database apps, FileMaker Go 1.1 for iPhone and for iPad (two separate products), gives the Go team a few vital new features for users on the move. First up: PDF creation in-app, which allows you to take a database report page or form and instantly create ...

Mac 101: Five tips for working with PDF files in Mac OS X

by Sang Tang (Aug 12th, 2010)

One of the best things about Mac OS X is its built-in support for PDF files. Instead of testing your sanity while you wait (sometimes it can seem like forever) for Adobe Acrobat to open a PDF file, you can use Preview.app to open them up quickly. However, built-in PDF support allows you to do other ...

A quick tutorial on how to read PDF-formatted ebooks in iBooks

by Steven Sande (Aug 5th, 2010)

When me and my fellow TUAW bloggers Erica Sadun and Mike Grothaus recently had our collaborative effort "Taking Your iPad to the Max" published by Apress in both ebook and printed format, I wanted to make sure that I had a copy of the book on my iPad so I could show friends and prospective buyers ...

Jailbreakme site utilizes PDF exploit in iOS

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 3rd, 2010)

We reported on the return of browser-based jailbreakme.com yesterday. Today IT security guru F-Secure revealed just how the site is able to work. The jailbreak method utilizes a PDF exploit found in the iOS software. Charlie Miller with Independent Security Evaluators, tweeted, " Starting to get ...

Readdle's anniversary sale and iPad giveaway

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 2nd, 2010)

Readdle started developing iOS apps three years ago as of yesterday, and to celebrate they are discounting all of their apps (a rare occurrence for them) and offering up three iPads in a giveaway for Twitter followers of the company. More details can be found here. For you math students out there ...

Apple releases iBooks 1.1.1

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 20th, 2010)

Following on the heels of the iTunes 9.2.1 update that was released yesterday, Apple has updated the iBooks app to version 1.1.1, which includes "substantial performance improvements when reading PDFs." While the new version of iBooks still lacks some lovin' for PDFs that e-books get (in-text ...

Apple corrects iBooks PDF features list after TUAW post

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 27th, 2010)

After our post that iBooks 1.1 doesn't deliver what Apple promises, Apple has quietly updated the language on its iBooks page to accurately reflect what iBooks 1.1 can do as far as PDF handling goes. Two days ago we pointed out that the copy on Apple's iBooks page read: Tap a PDF to read it and ...