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How to Add PDF to iPad on Mac?

It is exciting that Apple has brought iPad for us because you will have a full book-reading experience when you are using iPad. If you have some PDF files and need to read them on iPad, what will you do? You know that Apple iBooks only accept ePub format files, so many iPad users have the problem of transferring PDF to iPad on Mac.

Actually, we can add PDF to iPad on Mac through two ways. One is directly add PDF to iTunes library and sync PDFs to iPad with iTunes. But the PDF contents in iPad are un-reflowable. The reading experience is poor. The other one is convert PDF to ePub format and then sync ePub files to iPad with iTunes. No doubt ePub format will be better than PDF format when reading books on iPad, so we need a PDF Converter for Mac, now we recommend PDF Editor Pro for Mac for you.

With PDF Editor Pro for Mac, you can edit, convert, customize your PDF files according to your own needs. If you happened need to add PDF to iPad on Mac, you may free download it and have a try.

Guide: How to Transfer PDF to iPad on Mac?

Step 1: Choose Add Text in the toolbar, and then click on any area on the page, you can add text into the PDF file. Or you can directly drag and drop your PDF files into this powerful program.

Step 2: To export PDF to the editable formats you need, just click on the Convert icon on the toolbar and then choose the format you need to convert (.doc, .xls, .pptx, .html, .txt, .epub).

Note: In order to export a scanned PDF to the editable formats, you need to perform OCR before conversion.

Open a scanned PDF file with PDF Editor Pro for Mac, and there will be a pop-up window asking you if you want to perform OCR to the current file. Just select the right language of your PDF file and click Perform OCR button, PDF Editor Pro for Mac will OCR your scanned PDF file and make the text editable and searchable in seconds.

Step 3: After that click Convert button, and PDF Editor Pro for Mac can help you quickly export PDF to the format you need.

Then, you can feel unlimitedly to sync your output EPUB eBooks to iPad via your iTunes. The restrictions of version of iBooks and iTunes have gone, while the great reading experience has come to you. If you also need to transfer other files from iPad to Mac, you may refer to iPad 2 to Mac Transfer. Don't waste time in painful search only to find some tools with watermark, just try on PDF Editor Pro for Mac.

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