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Michael O. McCracken and Skim contributors · Free Mac PDF reader and note-taker with highlights, snapshots, search, presentations and native annotation export for study and research.

CaskOfficeAuto-updatesApple silicon · Intel
From homebrew/cask
30-day installs759#209 in App
1-year installs13.9KLast 365 days
Latest version1.7.17yesterday · Oct 7
Download size10MBarm64 / x86_64 · dmg
Release cadenceIrregular1 release in 30 days
  1. 1.7.17

    LatestPatchOct 7 · Wed

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Sep 24 10:43

    Fixes Turkish text, dark-mode animations, note clearing and AppleScript properties.

    Fixes
    Corrects Turkish localization.Keeps page-change animations inverted when dark-mode colors are inverted.Allows clearing note text from the notes table.Allows setting certain AppleScript properties to missing value.Avoids comment bubbles from markup notes on Golden Gate.
  2. 1.7.16

    PatchJan 1, 1 · Mon

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Sep 16 10:33

    Adds note-pane preferences and Turkish localization, with crash and search fixes.

    Preferences
    Adds a hidden background-color preference for inverted dark-mode colors.Adds a preference to open the Notes pane only when a document has notes.Adds Turkish localization.
    Fixes
    Avoids a Tahoe crash involving black highlights.Allows adding markup notes with double or triple clicks.Fixes thumbnail setup and search-context crashes.Prevents Find while a search is still running.Fixes scrolling to results when PDFKit returns bounds on Tahoe.
    Interface
    Improves Spanish terms and inverted background color matching.Stops remembering side-pane widths in full screen.
  3. 1.7.15

    PatchJan 1, 1 · Mon

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Jun 1 09:08

    Restores Quick Look support on newer systems and improves search/navigation.

    Quick Look
    Restores thumbnail and preview support on newer systems.
    Fixes
    Avoids scrolling search results to the view edge.Shows more context around search results.Avoids automatic note-row resizing during live resize.Fixes navigation from the contents pane in Presentation mode.Makes moving the reading bar behave as a shortcut.

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