How do I add pages to a pdf file?

Acrobat is available for the Mac, and it can do it.

PDF files can be combined in a number of ways. For most people's purposes, additional pages can be added to a PDF file opened in Preview by opening the sidebar and dragging new pages from their sidebar onto the icon for the first page in its sidebar, and then saving it.

Other ways include using Automator to combine PDF files, and using third-party utilities.

Lee from Cincinnati wrote:
I am new to iMac.
I can not figure out how to make a pdf more than one page (unless I use the document feeder to scan in a multiple pages at once.) When I use the flat bed scanner, I can not figure out how to scan another page into the same file.

I'm confused. You don't know how to do it any way other than the way that it works?

I also can not figure out how to add another page to an existing pdf file.

Open a PDF in Preview, show the Sidebar, and drag another PDF onto the document icon in the Sidebar. It will change into a multi-page document icon. Save the PDF as a new multi-page PDF.

It does not appear Adobe Acrobat is available for the Mac, just Adobe reader. If it was, I would just buy that.

Alas, it does exist, but it is a nasty, nasty program. I do not recommend it unless you specifically have a need to open proprietary Adobe PDF files from PC users. It is a very invasive program. Mac's don't have viruses, but they do have Adobe, which isn't far off.

Does anyone know how to do these two things, or a program that can?

Apple Preview can certainly do it. If you need something really fancy, get PDFClerkPro: http://sintraworks.com/

If you want to look around for other utilities, here are a couple of hundred: http://osx.iusethis.com/search?order=users&q=pdf

That's an interesting response. I use the Adobe Creative Suite all day every day, including Acrobat Pro...
... without any problems. Ever.

Acrobat contains features that are useful and very much needed in a desktop publishing environment.

I have no experience of Acrobat Reader on the Mac so I can't comment on that.

In Acrobat Pro, if you want to insert pages, you just go to the Document menu and drop to "Insert Page". It will give you choices of where.

Wayne of America wrote:
That's an interesting response. I use the Adobe Creative Suite all day every day, including Acrobat Pro...
... without any problems. Ever.

Without any problems? Ever?
You mean it didn't take over your printing system and force you to use it?
It didn't break print to PDF functionality?
It didn't install a bunch of software you didn't want and then promptly abandon half of it?
It doesn't report an error if you try to remove the software that Adobe disabled 4 minutes after you bought it?
It doesn't continually ask you to register your software and continue to ask no matter how many times you register?
It doesn't continually tell you there are Adobe RAW updates that you need to install, even though you don't use that and don't want it, and tell it to ignore.
It doesn't report an error when you give up and tell it to install the Adobe RAW update?

Acrobat contains features that are useful and very much needed in a desktop publishing environment.

As do many other competing programs. Apple Preview can generate perfectly good PDFs and is more than adequate for the vast majority of users. PDFClerk can do things Acrobat could never dream of.

I have no experience of Acrobat Reader on the Mac so I can't comment on that.

I do, so I will comment. It is slow, bloated, and very poorly written software. It must be updated weekly due to cross-platform security flaws that are actively being exploited. Even if you do install it to use some Adobe-only feature, you may wind up having to run Acrobat in Windows because the Mac version's output is so bad.

All of the items I've listed here are just my personal experience. If you want more, just use the Apple Discussions search feature. Unfortunately, I haven't found an adequate replacement for Photoshop, so I still have that installed. Preview, however, is much better than Adobe Reader.

+Without any problems? Ever?+
+You mean it didn't take over your printing system and force you to use it?+
+It didn't break print to PDF functionality?+

You're right. It did break print to PDF functionality, briefly. This is a function that is critical to my workflow. Now I'm not sure that I wasn't doing something wrong as it's now working as it should, creating separations with bleeds etc.

As for the other problems that you list, I have not experienced them.

I can't see a reason why I would want to find a replacement for Adobe's Photoshop. As for InDesign, it is my opinion that there's not another product out there that even comes close to its functionality and efficiency. QuarkXPress is a dog with fleas in comparison. As for the PDFs Quark cobbles together... well that another nightmare.

I'm sorry I can't be more empathetic but Adobe lifts my skirts and blows a nice warm breeze.

You have to drop the icon for the second page on top of the icon for the first page to make it into a multipage document.

Lee from Cincinnati wrote:
I did not mean for the above to turn into a debate about Adobe.

Don't worry about it. I'm quite sure no one blames you 🙂

I'm glad you got it working. Come back anytime for more answers and,... discussions.

Wayne of America wrote:
You're right. It did break print to PDF functionality, briefly. This is a function that is critical to my workflow. Now I'm not sure that I wasn't doing something wrong as it's now working as it should, creating separations with bleeds etc.

As for the other problems that you list, I have not experienced them.

That is because you are someone who worries about things like separations and bleeds. You have the full $1000 Adobe Creative Suite. I don't need CMYK and don't want to spend that much so I use Photoshop Elements.

I can't see a reason why I would want to find a replacement for Adobe's Photoshop. As for InDesign, it is my opinion that there's not another product out there that even comes close to its functionality and efficiency. QuarkXPress is a dog with fleas in comparison.

I don't disagree with any of that. Adobe's professional products are very powerful. When Adobe buys and re-brands a competitor, they only pick the best. Most users, however, do not need that level of complexity or cost. Apple Preview has 95% of the capabilities of Adobe Acrobat and 0% of the hassle or cost. Photoshop and InDesign are still safe. But it is only a matter of time until competitors like Pixelmator are better than Elements. Sadly, they aren't there yet.