PDFgear User Guide

Open a PDF

Here are three simple methods to open a PDF on your Mac with PDFgear.

From the PDFgear App

Open a PDF in PDFgear on Mac

Open a PDF in PDFgear on Mac

  • Click the Launchpad on your Dock, find PDFgear, and open it.
  • Click the Open File button in the upper-left corner.
  • Browse to the PDF you want, then click Open to load it in PDFgear.

From Finder

Open a PDF with PDFgear on Mac

Open a PDF with PDFgear on Mac

  • Find your PDF in Finder.
  • If PDFgear is your default PDF viewer, double-click the file to open it.
  • If not, right-click the file, choose Open With, and select PDFgear.

Drag and Drop

  • Open PDFgear on your Mac.
  • Drag the PDF file from Finder and drop it into the PDFgear window.

Tip: All opened PDFs appear in the Recents list inside PDFgear, so that you can find them faster next time.