PDFsam Basic
PDFsam Basic is a desktop PDF utility for macOS that helps you merge, split, rotate, mix, and extract pages from PDF files offline.
What is PDFsam Basic?
PDFsam Basic is a PDF utility for macOS that helps users reorganize and reshape PDF documents on their own computer. It is designed for practical document tasks such as combining multiple PDFs, splitting a file into parts, extracting selected pages, rotating pages, and alternating pages from two files. The app is especially useful for home, school, and office workflows where you need straightforward PDF editing without sending documents to an online service. PDFsam Basic also works offline, which is helpful for private or sensitive files. Developed by Andrea Vacondio, it is offered as a free open source desktop app and is also available for Windows and Linux.
Key features
- Merge multiple PDF files into one document
- Split a PDF by page ranges, bookmarks, or file size
- Extract selected pages into a new PDF
- Rotate all pages or only chosen pages
- Mix pages from two PDFs in alternating order
- Insert pages from one PDF into another at intervals
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
PDFsam Basic is a legitimate desktop app for working with PDF files locally. Its offline processing is consistent with its purpose because documents are handled on your Mac instead of being uploaded to a web service. As with any document tool, use copies of important files when making major changes so you can keep the original version if needed.
Recommendation: Keep PDFsam Basic if you use your Mac for PDF assembly or page-level document editing. If you no longer need its offline PDF tools, you can remove the app like other third-party applications without affecting macOS itself.
Common paths
/Applications/PDFsam Basic.app
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