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PDF without Adobe: 23 The nightmare of forms

Just fill in this form – then the problems start. They look fine in Preview or another app, but don’t work right. Here’s why.

June 18, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 22 The fractious PDF

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Searching this PDF using Preview is hopeless. Is it a bug in Preview or macOS? How can you get proper access to its contents?

June 11, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 21 PDF Annotations

One of the more confusing features of PDF apps, as none seems to work quite the same, and removing them isn’t quick or simple.

May 2, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 20 Outlines, Bookmarks and Preview

Tables of Contents, Outline, Bookmarks: what’s the difference, and how portable are they in PDF?

April 23, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Inside the Mueller Report with Podofyllin: can it be deredacted?

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Looking inside the Mueller report to see if any hidden content can be revealed. Includes a free Rich Text transcription of the report.

April 20, 2019 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Podofyllin 1.0b16 now prints each of its views

Prints from any one of its six views, two as PDF, and four different text views, each of which is generated in Light Mode to save the black toner.

April 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Getting 64-bit clean: now is the time

Which major apps and parts of macOS are still 32-bit? How to check your own Mac, and how to work around problems in the future.

April 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

Podofyllin now exports Rich Text and delves deeper into PDF documents

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Save a Rich Text version of any PDF document, and explore its PDF code further, gaining clues as to potential problems and leakage, and more.

April 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe 19: Seeing inside PDF with Podofyllin

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Now parses the PDF file itself and builds a structured summary of all the objects it contains. Ideal for locating orphaned and other leaking content.

March 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Some tweaks to make Podofyllin easier to use

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Now saves windows sizes and positions, and settings for display of thumbnails and raw PDF source.

March 19, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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