How to sign a PDF on Mac

Preview can sign any PDF without extra software.

1. Open the PDF in Preview.
2. Click the Markup button (the pen tip icon) to show the Markup toolbar.
3. Click the Sign button, then create a signature with your trackpad, your Mac's camera or an iPhone or iPad.
4. Click the signature to place it, then drag it into position and resize it.
5. Choose File > Save.

Preview keeps your signatures so you can reuse them in other documents.

Sign PDF lets you draw your signature or type it in a handwriting style, then place it anywhere on a document. Saved signatures are kept for next time. You do not need an account, and the PDF stays on your Mac.

1. Open Sign PDF and drop in a PDF.
2. Click New Signature and draw or type it, or pick a saved one.
3. Place the signature on the page, then move or resize it.
4. Click Export Signed PDF.

A new signed copy is saved and the original stays unchanged.

Both Preview and Sign PDF place an image of your signature on the page, like signing on paper. Neither is a certificate-based digital signature. Check whether the person asking for your signature needs a certified one before you send the file.

• To remove a saved signature in Sign PDF, right-click it in the list and choose Delete Signature.
• If you prefer typing, choose Type in the signature creator and pick a style.
• Sign a copy of the file and keep the original, so you can fix a misplaced signature without starting over.