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Documents in the Portable Document Format, created by Adobe Systems, and readable with Adobe Reader, Apple Preview, and other software programs

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Can I copy the PDFs I have on my Mac to the iPad?

Or just use Safari on the iPad to go to http://scholar.google.com/ and download the PDF to iBooks right there. …
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Dragged pages larger than source document

The Mac OS does not optimize PDF files the way Acrobat or other PDF generating applications usually do. … It may also be that when you drag the page to the desktop is is making a PDF that is really just a wrapper for an bitmap image. …
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How do I combine two or more images to get a single pdf file?

images to be included in the PDF document; otherwise only a single image may end up the PDF document Then from the "File" menu choose "Export Selected Images" (or "Export as PDF..." in recent OS X versions … ) and then "PDF > Save as PDF" …
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What software is available (preferably free) to edit PDF files on Mac OS X?

PDF creation is built into Mac OS X. … Open the app you want to create a PDF from and choose "File > Print" or "Cmd+P" and choose "PDF > Save as PDF..." from the dropdown in the bottom left of the panel. …
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What could prevent a PDF from adding text in Preview?

In your screen shot of Big Sur's Preview app you have "Text Selection" selected, clicking the "A" surrounded with a dotted box to insert text.
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