Adobe Reader Mac

About Adobe Reader

Adobe Reader for Windows 8 is the free, trusted leader for reliably viewing and interacting with PDF documents across platforms and devices. Desktop users with keyboard and mouse may prefer to install and use Adobe Reader XI. It features quickly open PDF documents from email, the web, or anywhere on your device, easily find your most recently read documents, view password-protected PDFs, annotations, and drawing markups, search text to find specific information, select single page or continuous scroll modes, easily zoom in on text or images for a closer view, use bookmarks to jump directly to a section in your PDF document, quickly navigate through large documents using the Semantic Zoom thumbnail view, tap on links in a PDF to open linked web pages, share PDFs with other applications using “Share”, and Email PDFs as attachments.

How to Run Adobe Reader on Mac

Mac Version Available

Option 1: Use Parallels

Parallels is the fastest, easiest, and most powerful option to run Windows on your Mac. Data can be shared between Mac and Windows and switching between the two is as simple as switching screens. Run it On Mac recommends Parallels as the #1 best way to run Adobe Reader on your Mac desktop or laptop.

Pros: Very Cost-Effective; Easily transfer files; Easily switch between Windows & Mac.

Cons: May see a slight decrease in performance; Cost varies from $50-80 for a personal license.

Option 2: Use Bootcamp

Boot Camp is a boot utility included with most Apple desktop and laptop products that allows users to install a Windows operating system alongside the native macOS/OS X operating system. Using Bootcamp is a relatively technical process and should probably only be undertaken by someone who understands the process.

Pros: Free; Good option if you need high performance or are using an older machine.

Cons: Switching between operating systems requires a restart; difficult, technical installation process.

Adobe Reader System Requirements

Windows/8

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