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title: "PDF Tools for Mac: Compress, Merge, Sign, Convert Offline"
description: "Every PDF tool for Mac in one app: compress, merge, split, sign, redact, OCR, convert, page numbers and more. Runs on your Mac, no upload."
url: https://sheafai.app/pdf-tools-mac
---

Every tool

# Every PDF tool for Mac, one drag away.

Compress, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR and more. Each one opens around your cursor when you pause a drag, and runs on your Mac.

[Download for Mac](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6830258390)

**Free 7-day trial** · then one purchase, no subscription · macOS 14+

**In short:** Sheaf puts more than twenty PDF and image tools in one place: start dragging a file, pause, and choose. Everything runs on the Mac with no upload or account, free for 7 days and then a one-time purchase.Updated 13 November 2026

**Stays on your Mac**No upload, works offline

**No account**Nothing to sign up for

**Originals untouched**Every result is a new file

**One-time purchase**No subscription

## Shrink and send

[**Compress PDF**

Shrink scans and decks, keep text sharp.
](https://sheafai.app/compress-pdf-mac)[**PDF too big to email?**

Get under 25 MB, or split into parts.
](https://sheafai.app/compress-pdf-for-email-mac)[**Split PDF**

By page, by range or by size.
](https://sheafai.app/split-pdf-mac)

## Combine and arrange

[**Merge PDFs**

PDFs and images into one file, with bookmarks.
](https://sheafai.app/merge-pdf-mac)[**Reorder & delete pages**

Across several PDFs, then save one.
](https://sheafai.app/organize-pdf-pages-mac)[**Rotate & straighten**

Fix sideways pages and crooked scans.
](https://sheafai.app/rotate-pdf-mac)

## Sign and fill

[**Sign PDF**

Draw once, place it anywhere.
](https://sheafai.app/sign-pdf-mac)[**Fill PDF forms**

Type into forms, lock the answers.
](https://sheafai.app/fill-pdf-form-mac)[**Add page numbers**

“Page 1 of 9”, headers, footers, Bates.
](https://sheafai.app/add-page-numbers-pdf-mac)

## Convert

[**PDF to Word**

Get the text into an editable .docx.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-to-word-mac)[**Word to PDF**

Word, RTF, text and web pages to PDF.
](https://sheafai.app/word-to-pdf-mac)[**PDF to JPG**

Every page as a JPEG or PNG.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-to-jpg-mac)[**JPG to PDF**

Photos and scans into one PDF.
](https://sheafai.app/jpg-to-pdf-mac)[**HEIC to JPG**

iPhone photos that open everywhere.
](https://sheafai.app/heic-to-jpg-mac)[**OCR a scanned PDF**

Make scans searchable and copyable.
](https://sheafai.app/ocr-pdf-mac)

## Protect and clean

[**Redact PDF**

Removes the text, not just covers it.
](https://sheafai.app/redact-pdf-mac)[**Password-protect PDF**

Lock a PDF before you send it.
](https://sheafai.app/password-protect-pdf-mac)[**Remove PDF metadata**

Author, history, comments, hidden layers.
](https://sheafai.app/remove-pdf-metadata-mac)[**Watermark PDF**

Draft, Confidential or your own words.
](https://sheafai.app/watermark-pdf-mac)[**Unlock a PDF**

Open statements and payslips you’re allowed to.
](https://sheafai.app/unlock-password-protected-pdf-mac)[**Bank statement to Excel**

Every row checked against the balance.
](https://sheafai.app/bank-statement-pdf-to-excel-mac)

## Made for

[**For students**

Assignments, scans and forms.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-tools-for-students-mac)[**For teachers**

Worksheets, handouts and privacy.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-tools-for-teachers-mac)[**For job seekers**

Résumés, applications, offer letters.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-tools-for-job-seekers-mac)[**For small business**

Invoices, contracts and receipts.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-tools-for-small-business-mac)[**For home paperwork**

Taxes, leases, school forms.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-tools-for-home-paperwork-mac)[**For law firms**

Bates, redaction, court-ready PDFs.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-software-for-law-firms-mac)[**For accountants**

Statements to Excel, client PDFs.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-software-for-accountants-mac)[**For HR & payroll**

Payslips, IDs and forms.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-tools-for-hr-payroll-mac)[**For real estate**

Sign, merge, photos to PDF.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-tools-for-real-estate-mac)[**For healthcare offices**

Patient privacy, searchable scans.
](https://sheafai.app/pdf-tools-for-healthcare-office-mac)

## Compare

[**Best PDF apps for Mac**

Eight apps compared, with prices.
](https://sheafai.app/best-pdf-apps-for-mac)[**Adobe Acrobat alternative**

When you don’t need a subscription.
](https://sheafai.app/adobe-acrobat-alternative-mac)[**Smallpdf alternative**

The same jobs, without uploading.
](https://sheafai.app/smallpdf-alternative-mac)[**iLovePDF alternative**

No daily task limits, no upload.
](https://sheafai.app/ilovepdf-alternative-mac)

## Your next PDF takes one second.

Drag it, pause, let go. Free for 7 days, then yours with one purchase. Family Sharing included.
[Download for Mac](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6830258390)

Mac App Store · macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon and Intel