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Recovering a damaged document

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That document is damaged and can’t be opened. But you think it’s got versions saved, if only you could get at them. How?

March 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 12 Vulnerabilities in digital signing

Do you use digital signatures in PDF documents, or do you trust your PDF reader to check them? You could be spoofed into trusting forgeries.

February 28, 2019 Macs, Technology

Searching PDF documents: a new feature in Podofyllin

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Getting the Find feature right for PDF documents is important. With text find already available, the best solution is distinct from that.

February 27, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 11 PDFpenPro 10

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For less than the cost of a year of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, this is the first choice for anyone who needs more powerful editing tools.

February 22, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 10 PDF Expert

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For around half the cost of a year of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, you can have a superb PDF reader with good general annotation and editing tools.

February 21, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 8 Security, integrity and forensics

Can you get malware in PDF? How far can you trust a PDF, or could it be a forgery? How to sign PDFs, and what data may remain hidden inside them.

February 19, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Problems of PDF

Why don’t some PDFs display properly outside Adobe software? Will PDFs ever become more accessible? And what to do when they get damaged?

February 17, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Missing types of files: the bug in UTIs

An old bug in UTIs can cause problems for apps, and may even crash them. The issue is that macOS can’t always tell what type of object certain ‘files’ are.

January 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Redacting a PDF using Adobe Acrobat

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How good is Acrobat Pro DC at redacting, checking, and cleaning sensitive documents for publication or distribution? Here are its features worked through.

August 18, 2018 Macs, Technology

Redact and obscure: how to release or publish without leaks

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Passing documents containing sensitive or protected information without leaking that requires redaction – a minefield unless you know what you’re doing.

August 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

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