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Apple Preview vs. Adobe Acrobat DC: Should you pay to edit PDFs?

For years, a quiet-but-present arms race has been happening between Apple’s Preview application and Adobe’s Acrobat Reader for PDF supremacy. The conflict surfaces whenever a user has to open and work with a PDF file on their Mac, the long-running suggestion for both Mac and Windows users being to download and install Adobe Reader.

Apple’s Preview app has gone a long way with its PDF support, and for most people, it offers all the tools needed. Adobe Acrobat may be the better app if you’re working with PDFs on a regular basis. Let’s investigate the main differences between Apple Preview.

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