How To Combine Multiple PDF Files Into One PDF On An Apple Mac

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In this video we go over 2 different methods for combining multiple PDF files into a single PDF file using an Apple Mac computer (on MacOS). And did we mention it is free and won't require you to purchase any software.
If you have a need for combining multiple PDF files into a single PDF document then watch this video. For example, you might have 20 chapters of a book in individual PDF files that you want combined into a single PDF file. How do you do this for free? We will show you two methods for doing this. One will combine the PDFs using Preview built into MacOS. The other method will show you how to setup a MacOS Automator task to combine the PDF files.
If you are interested in learning new things build into MacOS then please subscribe to our channel. We cover many different tops related to Apple computers and technology including training videos like this one on how to combine multiple PDF files into a single PDF file on a Mac.
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@denniswoods3909 Год назад

Thank You so much! I set up the Automator Workflow and it worked like a charm. I'm not very tech savvy so I was a bit uneasy, but it was so easy to do because of your clear and straight forward instructions. I have a 39 page document from my Mother that I was dreading and putting off working on. Now it should be pretty easy. Thank you!

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for the nice comment and best of luck.

@kotokopopo9060 2 года назад

Extremely helpful and straight to valid points, well done! Thanks a million!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching and the feedback.

@derekfixter9084 3 года назад

Very helpful vlog Craig, thanks for posting.

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for watching and the kind words Derek.

@Shellsterharris 2 года назад

Thank you so much! I had to combine multiple docs into one PDF and you nailed it! You are a great teacher.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for the nice words

@william2norman 2 года назад

So very well explained. I tried Option 1, and it worked. Thank you.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for the feedback and for watching.

@JalapenoCracker 3 года назад

Great, it is so helpful, thank you!!!

@helenamonteirosilva8554 2 года назад

Wow, wow, greatly appreciate your help. I own a Mac computer since 2009 and I never use Automator because there's no need for it. Today I need to combine the documents and I follow your video and used the Automator for the 1st time and I like how you explain step by step how to do it. I combine the documents before but I used a different tool and I could not remember then I went to youtube and found you. Can not thank you enough for the great job you do explain things. Keep up the good work. You explain it better than my undergrad/college computer teacher. I learn more with RU-vidrs than my professor that I pay thousands a year in University tuition. God Bless you.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for the nice comments and for watching. I'm glad the videos are helping and I'll try and make a few more in the future around this topic.

@pierretardif6388 2 года назад

You are the best... simple, short and direct to the point. Merci!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for the nice comment and for watching.

@d.av.s2798 3 года назад

Very helpful video! I appreciate this type of content. Thank you!

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for the nice words and watching D.A.V.S

@JF-fs3nn 3 года назад

It was very helpful specifically the second way. Thanks a lot for sharing it.

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for the feedback J F.

@ImTiffanyNicole 2 года назад

Very helpful! Just what I needed thank you!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching and the feedback.

@paulettesmith6229 Год назад

Really appreciate your video. Especially learning about Automator. Well done for taking the time to benefit many of which I'm one!

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks. Also thanks for taking time for nice comment.

@rveats 3 года назад

Thank you! Very nice way of doing it the second version

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for watching.

@folkienumnums 2 года назад

I needed some last minute help on a project that was due and which I had not submitted correctly. I'm not that tech-savvy, and did not know how to combine pdfs into one. I used the Preview option, and the video was very clear on how to do this. Thanks very much!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for the feedback and for watching.

@FunThingsIsee 2 года назад

Thank you, that was straight forward and very helpful.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching Matthew.

@oluwolebadmus6374 3 года назад

You saved my life .... from Adobe! Thank you Craig

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for watching Oluwole. Good luck.

@anthonysantos9690 Год назад

This was great thank you 🙏

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for watching and the nice comment.

@ulziis172 2 года назад

thank you very much really helpfull video.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching.

@glorytoglorybollyton Год назад

Thank you so much!!! Very helpful and straight forward

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for the feedback.

@ADRiley1 2 года назад

Thank you! This is exactly the instruction I was looking for! Appreciate this

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for letting me know it helped.

@alexandergreenwood1736 Год назад

Thanks Craig, worked like a charm.

@craigneidel Год назад

Welcome and thanks for watching.

@TobiasELee 2 года назад

GREAT explanation - thank you!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for the nice comment and feedback

@MarkPeotter 2 года назад

Thank you for the lesson! I just used the "Preview", but I was able to drag and drop the PDF's into the Thumbnail Column. Export as PDF. Easy!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for the feedback Mark.

@simsmiley1415 7 месяцев назад

Great and easy to follow instructions! Thank you!

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the feedback.

@ivanvega2821 2 месяца назад

This helped me out tremendously. I did the preview method and it worked amazingly. Thanks man!

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching the channel

@RameshKumar-ng3nf 3 года назад

Very Helpful Bro. Thanks for the video. Subscribed your channel.

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for the nice words Ramesh.

@jenn23love 2 года назад

Thank you! This was very helpful.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching Kate.

@mahbobajabary441 3 года назад

Great, thank you very much Craig

@craigneidel 3 года назад

You are very much welcome Mahboba.

@melline027 Год назад

Thank you so much this was so helpful. I couldn’t find the steps needed you described in any other videos.

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for the feedback and for watching.

@laurelcameron8267 Год назад

So appreciate this video - thank you! It is perfect for what I needed and helped me do exactly what I needed to!

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for watching. Hope you can sub

@ncrmlsvideos8867 2 года назад

Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching.

@commentoria Год назад

Brilliant, thank you. The first way was easy.

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for the comment and for watching.

@ceecee7693 3 года назад

Great Video!! Thanks

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for the nice words.

@shannaleelevy322 2 года назад

So helpful! Thank you so very much!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching and nice comment

@JustHere751 2 года назад

Thank you!!!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching and the nice comment.

@nasseralkubaisi8982 2 года назад

You've helped me a lot. thank you sir.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Your welcome.

@catalizastudio Год назад

It works!! Thank you so much!

@craigneidel Год назад

Welcome

@pattysullivan128 2 года назад

Thank you. I got it done!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching Patty.

@DavidBishopinc 2 года назад

Beautiful. Well done my friend. Perfect solution.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching David.

@faryjohana1709 2 года назад

Thanks so much!! You are awesome!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching and the nice words.

@MoctezumaMusic 10 месяцев назад

This was super useful! Thank You Craig!

@craigneidel 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad the PDF video helpled.

@truegrit7697 Год назад

I spent half of the day trying how to do the on my new scanner - thank you so much!! I'm saving this to my dissertation file! ❤

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for the feedback

@GeorgeShufane 2 года назад

Very helpful video ! Thank you

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks George.

@AdiNow-pn5rq Год назад

very helpful thank you so much!

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for the feedback.

@Krash_Auto Год назад

Thank you man, was pushing the envelope on an assignment and a video never helped me as much in a pinch like this. Helped me save 20% of my grade👍

@craigneidel Год назад

Welcome and thanks for feedback. Thanks for watching.

@MaryanHassan-rt4wk Год назад

Life saver thank u!!!

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for feedback

@signorazai 2 года назад

Thank you, this video is very helpful 🙏🏻

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching and the nice comment.

@AnilSingh-mj6lj 3 месяца назад

Thank You! 👍

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

Welcome.

@tsholomonyausi33 8 месяцев назад

this was the best explanation. thank you so much sir.

@craigneidel 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the feedback on the PDF video.

@param277 2 года назад

very helpful. thank you

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching.

@roseworld4026 2 года назад

Thank you so much. You literally saved me hours of frustration. I'm extremely grateful

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks Rose.

@lovelylorenza4000 3 года назад

thank you so much, craig!

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for watching and I hope it helped.

@quickmath7780 Год назад

Thank you sooooo much for saving my life I was stress out with this PDF things

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for watching

@markrea2 10 месяцев назад

Awesome; thanks!

@craigneidel 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the feedback.

@eduardowatkinz 3 года назад

Very helpful, nice tip.....

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks Eduardo.

@isntlifebetter 2 года назад

OMG YESSSSSS!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH Been surfing YT about 30 minutes trying to find the answer and its this easy you are a god send!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for the nice words and for watching.

@nassimbenzaim9725 2 года назад

Thank you so much ☺️

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching Nassim.

@nonhlanhlamakhathini2540 Год назад

So helpful!!!!!

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for feedback on this.

@serahwelime4299 2 года назад

I loved this tutorial i grasped it fast thxs

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks Serah. I hope it helps.

@GabeSegundo Год назад

Sweet thank you!

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for watching. Check out my newer videos if you get a chance as I have a bunch if you like the Mac.

@joshsaggers7290 2 года назад

Very easy and useful!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching Josh and the nice words.

@Soralella71 2 года назад

Thank you.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching and the support.

@maricopaassembly4985 Год назад

Thank you Craig. I have been dreading this job and your instructions make it look easy. I will let you know how it turns out. Keep your fingers crossed. 🙂

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for the comment and watching.

@kh5551 3 года назад

Thank you soo much

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for watching Adel.

@ShavedHead 2 года назад

starts in 2 min thanks man!

@LondonSkyTV Месяц назад

Thanks!

@craigneidel Месяц назад

Thanks for watching the channel.

@sugamnema9103 3 года назад

Thank you

@craigneidel 3 года назад

You're welcome

@huzchill2483 3 года назад

Very helpful

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks and I like your channel name - the best.

@erikacherry89 2 года назад

I love you thank you soooooooooo much, saved me so much headache. :)

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching and the nice words.

@natsarimlife9508 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much. First time using that cute robot LOL, going to explore that some more. mean while you just saved me a couple of hours. thank you so much

@craigneidel 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the feedback and good luck with everything.

@KillroyX99 11 месяцев назад

It works!

@craigneidel 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for feedback

@StantonRich 3 года назад

Fantastic

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for watching Rich.

@Kimberly-tf1fi 3 года назад

For printing purposes, will the first way work just fine? I heard something about combining pdfs via preview is not ideal for printing. Thank you for the video! New sub here :)

@craigneidel 3 года назад

It should and I have had no issues but I'm guessing it could depend on how the PDF was generated in the first place. I can only go off my experience to date. Thanks for the sub and watching.

@quickmath7780 Год назад

option one worked for me

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for sharing and watching.

@sappk4908 Год назад

THANKS

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for watching and I hope you can sub if you get the chance. Also, thanks for the feedback.

@umarnawazkhan5557 3 года назад

thank you so much, perfect tip..and why waste unnecessary money on expensive softwares

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for watching Umar.

@debbiewalk8469 8 месяцев назад

You are a rockstar

@craigneidel 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching

@ejvaldez4175 2 года назад

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Your Welcome EJ.

@midge4571 3 года назад

Hi just saw your video about your iMac 2011 and was wondering if you think it would be good for online school? I have a small budget but need something that will run Microsoft teams and office 365 relatively easily and fast and not sure what else is in my budget

@craigneidel 3 года назад

I have two 2011s (21.5 and 27"). To be honest I have not used it for either of those since I use my newer machines now. I do think they should handle it if you can boot off an external SSD like I did (see my other videos). My machines run very smooth even @ 10 years old once I booted off the external SSD. Good luck with everything.

@samuelreid7426 Год назад

Stay great

@craigneidel Год назад

Funny thanks

@fedezfer Год назад

thanks

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for watching and the comment.

@franzmostermann4837 3 года назад

When using an iPad (pro) I‘d advise to use PDF EXPERT by Readle. It costs only little money and allows you to work with PDF documents almost as if they were Word documents. When I wanted to combine pdfs I had to copy them from my iMac to the iPad, combine them there and then back to the iMac. Your Automator version is way easier to use! Thank you! Hope you are doing good!

@craigneidel 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing and I hope you are doing good too. Haven't had too bad of a winter in Chicago (mild in 30s) so can't complain there. I'll need to check out PDF Expert.

@NancyGByun-yx9kn Год назад

When using the Automator I get a Error “Combine PDF Pages” encountered an error: “The operation couldn’t be completed. Command line tool returned error 127.: 127” Do you have any advice on how to fix this? Thank you for your video.

@zacharyst-jean5831 Год назад

Hello thank you very much for the information, however, I am having trouble when I press "Run" it says that the operation couldn't be completed. Command line tool returned error 127.:127. Would you know why? Thank you

@craigneidel Год назад

I have never seen that error before. I'll see if I can figure anything out but never saw an error like that on a Mac.

@jenniferelsbury8875 Год назад

do you have a video on combining word docs in automator. I cant get it to work on latest version- error 127 keeps coming up. Word 365, or office does not show in the library?

@craigneidel Год назад

Sorry but I don't have a video on that yet. I don't have any plans now to make one but if I do I can notify you. Thank you and good luck with everything.

@serenamoss5346 2 года назад

Thank you! You made this so easy to follow. I really appreciate it.

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Welcome thanks for watching

@deenagreenhaw1042 Год назад

Im so happy I saw your video, I have over 500 emails and attachments I need to combine and until now I didn't know what I was going to do., I do have one question, my attachments come up fine but my actual email is not showing up, it is a blank page. Any suggestion you could give me?

@craigneidel Год назад

I have not tried that with emails but I'm guessing it can't read the email format of those files. I'll let you know if I find anything out.

@almasfakhrana871 2 года назад

life safer! thank you

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Thanks for the support Almas.

@soul3461 Год назад

OMG! I just merged PDF by automator. Thank you!!! Can you speak a little slowly please?! Very low-tech woman here. ;)

@craigneidel Год назад

Thanks for watching and I'm glad it worked.

@haleykins5091 11 месяцев назад

What is insert>page from file won’t let you click on it?

@craigneidel 11 месяцев назад

This is an older video so you might be on a version of MacOS that could be different.

@titusbucur9834 Год назад

Thank you, thank you.... I have a question though. I have created a workflow to encrypt (password protect) a .pdf file. Once the workflow is done, I check the "results" and i see the result file there. When I click on the result file it opens up in preview, asking me to enter the password. Perfect until now. But, from here, how do I preserve the new password protected .pdf file ? I mean, how do I save the file to my computer to protect the encryption? It looks like I am not able to preserve the encryption done through the automator workflow once I save the open file in preview. Please help... Thanks, Titus

@craigneidel Год назад

I have not done this workflow so I'm not sure what to tell you right now. If I figure anything out I will follow up. I would also do some searching online to see if somebody had this exact use case before to see if that will help. Thanks for watching and if I can figure anything out I will let you know.

@titusbucur9834 Год назад

@@craigneidel Thank you, Craig. I figured out a solution. I do not know how sound it is, but it works for me. At the end of the workflow i used: "copy finder items" to a temporary folder, from where i can manipulate the pdf. All perfect this way. But is funny though, as I wonder where the Automator temporarily keeps its files. Al the best, Titus

@craigneidel Год назад

@@titusbucur9834 thanks for the update and sharing.

@amladinov Год назад

Thanks , Which PDF are you using? Link Please ??

@craigneidel Год назад

Not sure what you are asking. Thanks for watching.

@nounix Год назад

Hi! I have 3 different pdf files that are chat exports with the same person. One file is our chat history on whatsapp, the other on facebook messenger, and the last has our chats on imessage and regular SMSes. These files are huge as the go back longer than a decade ago... What I want to do is merge all 3 in pdfs into ONE pdf file and I want the messages to automatically fall in place (be sorted) in relation to the date & time they were sent and received. **So, NOT to be able to just pick a page from one pdf, and insert it between 2 other pages of the other pdf; but to be able to select PARTS of the page from one pdf, and stick them inbetween parts of the other pdf...) I just want to end up with a final pdf file that contains all the messages from all the pdfs, but in chronological order - as if it was one single "global-chat" pdf export!! Is there a way to do this? (I'm on a Mac by the way, running Monterey)

@sdmassagesheal 2 года назад

I used your first method but when I export to pdf, only 1 of my 6 pages gets saved. Any suggestions? Thanks!

@craigneidel 2 года назад

Maybe try the second method. With newer versions of MACOS they changed things a little bit. Thank you.

@sdmassagesheal 2 года назад

@@craigneidel Many thanks!

@mickikn613 3 года назад

i had 13 pages and i couldn't email it did i miss a step

@johnmknox 11 месяцев назад

2:23 It won't allow me to do it. It comes up with a message asking for an owner's password even though these are my own bank statements. 5:29 This second method also gave me an error. "The action “Combine PDF Pages” encountered an error: “The operation couldn’t be completed. Could not duplicate the PDF document" and it goes on to give the file locations. I think that any statements you download from your bank must be password protected in some way by the bank and it prevents you from combining them which is a real PITA. It only allows you to download one year at a time and there is now no way to combine all those Adobe files. That Automator does seem like a useful feature though that I'd like to use more.

@craigneidel 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, yes it does sound like it could have some different encryption on it for sure as I have never seen that before.

@RuHo16 Год назад

The first option does not work for me. It does not show the preview on top. It shows google chrome. Will try the second one. Hopefully it works. Im spending more time trying to combine the two documents than I spent writing them.

@craigneidel Год назад

Funny, it might be due to the version of the OS etc. you are using.

@craigneidel Год назад

Yes, see if the other way works and if not I'll see what I can find.