DM Adieu PDF — Support
DM Adieu PDF is a PDF reader and editor for the Mac: comments, forms, signatures, redaction and page organizing, in a native app that runs entirely on your Mac. It is built on PdfCraft, the open-source PDF editor by the ArtCraft team, which Dependent Media packages, sandboxes and supports for the Mac App Store.
Opening and saving files
Use File › Open, drag a PDF onto the window or the Dock icon, or choose DM Adieu PDF under Open With in the Finder. Images and text files you open are turned into a new PDF. File › Save adds your changes to the end of the file, so the original bytes stay intact; File › Save As writes a fresh copy wherever you choose. Unsaved work is autosaved every minute and offered back if the app ever quits unexpectedly.
Because the app is sandboxed, it can only read and write files you choose yourself: through the Open and Save dialogs, by dragging them onto the window, or from the Finder. Files you have opened or saved, and folders you pin to the Home screen, stay available after a restart. When macOS wants you to choose a file again (for example one opened before an update), the app says so and shows the Open dialog on its folder, so one click opens it.
Exporting
Export a PDF writes pages as images, the text as a plain text file, or a Word document. Exports that make several files (one image per page, a split document) ask you to choose a folder first, and write everything there.
Printing
File › Print shows the printers set up on your Mac, with copies, two-sided printing, paper and scaling, and the printer’s own options. You can also choose Save as PDF in the same dialog.
Comments and markup
Choose Add comments in the All tools panel, then highlight or underline text, or drop a note anywhere on the page. The Comments panel lists every comment by page; reply to one to start a thread, and filter or search when there are many.
Forms
Click into a field and type; Tab moves to the next one. Check boxes, radio buttons and lists work as you would expect, and calculated fields update as you go. The Fields panel lists every field with its value. Prepare a form adds fields to a PDF that has none.
Signing
Fill Out & Sign adds your handwritten signature as an image: draw it, type it, or photograph a signature on white paper and the app removes the paper. To sign with a certificate, choose Use a certificate and pick a digital ID from your Keychain (macOS asks before the app may use its key), or create a self-signed ID in the app. Smart cards are not supported in this version.
What is still rough
The editor it is built on is young and under heavy development. Editing text that is already in a PDF can misplace or restyle it on some files, Word export does not keep the layout, dynamic XFA forms show only their placeholder page, and text recognition for scanned pages is not in this first version. Updates arrive often. If something breaks, save your work, then tell us which file (or a copy with private details removed), and what you were doing.
Contact
Email [email protected] or use the contact form. Include your macOS version and the app version from Help › About DM Adieu PDF.