You can already sign PDFs right on the iPhone or iPad using Markup features, but the new Preview option is a useful, streamlined way to get a signature on a document if you start the process using a Mac. We needed to have the devices unlocked to get the signature interface to pop up, but this may be a bug that will be addressed in a later beta. Selecting an iPhone or iPad with iOS 13 will pop up a simple signature interface on the device in question, where you can sign with a finger on the iPhone or a finger or Apple Pencil on iPad.Īfter you've signed, tap the done button, and your signature is instantly made available in the Preview app as an option to be inserted into your documents. But there was often no rhyme or reason except perhaps the first images of a time-lapse. Preview offers basic tools for cropping, resizing, rotating, annotating, and otherwise tweaking. Your Mac’s Preview app doesn’t just contain PDF-editing features. Clicking on this option lets you select an available iPhone or iPad to use.ĭevices running iOS 12 will show up in this list, but creating a signature only works on a device running iOS 13. Those of you using Mac devices today may already be familiar with the Remote Desktop app for Mac. In the Preview app, under Tools > Annotate > Signature > Manage Signatures > Create Signatures, there is a new option to choose to create a signature with an iOS device. Rather than using the Trackpad to create a signature, or scanning a piece of paper, you can connect to your iPhone or iPad to sign there using either a finger or an Apple Pencil. In macOS Catalina, the Preview app has a new feature that makes it easier to sign PDFs and other documents by leveraging an iPhone or an iPad running the iOS 13/iPadOS operating system. Markup tools can also be used within other Apps There are lessons on all the PDF-specific features and functions of Preview as well.
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