PDF Annotation for Mac and iPad

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PDF Annotation for Mac and iPad

Is there any app I can use to annotate PDF files, have them sync to my Mac, continue annotation on the Mac, have them sync back to my iPad continue annotation there, and so on?

I was looking at iAnnotate by Aji, but it seems to be missing the Mac component. That is, it seems that I can sync the PDFs between the iPad and the Mac, but there doesn't seem to be any Aji companion program for Mac that I can use to annotate them there.

Any ideas?

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Posted on Sep 22, 2010 5:38 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 22, 2010 8:21 AM in response to Jason Lixfeld

I haven't tried going back and forth, but does iAnnotate see annotations done in Preview?

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Ilandy

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Feb 7, 2012 5:58 PM in response to Jason Lixfeld

I am looking for the exact same thing... Has anyone found a solution?

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Feb 7, 2012 6:06 PM in response to Ilandy

Apps like iAnnotate and PDF Expert will allow you to annotate PDFs on your iPad. Check the Mac App store for apps that will let you annotate on the Mac.

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scm8

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Mar 8, 2012 1:18 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

There are plenty of apps that let you annotate pdfs on one platform or the other. But the holy grail would be a pair of apps — one for the ipad and one for the mac — that are able not only (1) to annotate pdfs and (2) to read the annotations created by the app on the other platform BUT ALSO (3) to EDIT the annotations created on the other platform. I gather that pdfpen is working toward this using icloud sync. It's not my favorite annotator on either platform, but I might consider using it if it does a good job making my pdfs genuinely multi-platform. Any other options?

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varun.tj

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Apr 14, 2012 5:55 PM in response to Jason Lixfeld

Check this out

http://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/

Works with icloud

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ososX

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Feb 24, 2013 12:28 AM in response to Jason Lixfeld

Just bought an iPad and looking for the same settings. Pdfpen and adobe own readers looks as the only solutions at this time. Pdfpen is expensive and adobe programs well, unfriendly at best. The problem with other apps that the notes done in one application are not compatible in others ?

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Ilandy

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Feb 24, 2013 2:28 AM in response to Jason Lixfeld

Download neu.annotate on ios. Preview on mac will annotate no problem. Download drop box for mac and neu.annotate has an option to store in drop box. It works like a charm for me.

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ososX

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Feb 27, 2013 5:45 AM in response to Ilandy

Purchased neu.annotate ($2). Annotated existing pdf document in Preview on the Mac. Uploaded to DropBox. Opened neu.annotate on my iPad. Imported the file from DropBox. NADA, Nothing, I don'd see any comments done with Preview. The worst part is yet to come: I annotated that same file with neu.annotate, exported to DropBox. Open the file with Preview on the Mac. Now I can see the comments I wrote with neu.annotate on the iPad, but the comments I previousely added to this file with Preview disapeared !!!!!

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