Got a contract or some other PDF document that you need to sign and return via email? Well, you could always print the PDF, sign it, then scan the PDF back into your computer and mail it back to the recipient —an effective, if cumbersome process. However, consider the cost of printing, faxing, scanning, searching - plus the time and opportunities lost whilst chasing paper - you will soon realize digitally sign PDF document are essential for your business needs!
To digitally sign PDF files we have a couple of options. And if you are running Mac OS, you can take advantage of Preview's Signature feature which allows you to create a digital signature using your FaceTime camera, and then digitally sign the document. You can sign PDF documents in OS with this option as well.
The above mentioned using Preview to digitally sign PDF files on Mac is useful. However, some people also complain that the signatures may not look well, or they just don’t want to use a camera to do this. In this case, we offer another method to digitally sign PDF documents on mac without Preview.
You can absolutely use an affordable PDF editor to sign a pdf on mac digitally, such a PDF editor will also provide abudant features to manage your PDF files as you want to.
PDFMaster is the PDF tool that we're going to use to electronically sign a PDF document by creating new signature with mouse or trackpad, plus powerful PDF editing and converting features you can have all you PDF related work done with only your Mac.
Here you should download the Mac version and install it on your Mac.
Drag and drop the PDF file that you need to sign to the app.
Click on the Signature icon, add your signature and customize it, then click OK to save the signature;
Drag and drop the signature to the place where you want to add the signature, then click Save button.
Megan has an impressive deal of experience with Mac software and has the ability to explain tech stuff in a simplified, straightforward and easy to understand way.
Ronen
Preview can do but feature limited.
Freyman
I use annotation and signature on PDFs very often, this tool just helped so much. Thanks ,guys.