Concatenating PDF files in macOS
There are several methods to concatenate PDF files in macOS
In all examples we will concatenate file1.pdf
and file2.pdf
and output the result to netid_report.pdf
.
Method 1 - pdfjoin
MacTeX ships with the pdfjoin
command. In terminal, execute
pdfjoin -o netid_report.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf
Method 2 - join.py
macOS ships with a built-in utility for concatenating PDF files. To concatenate file1.pdf
with file2.pdf
and
output the result into netid_report.pdf
, execute
$ "/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/Resources/join.py" -o netid_report.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf
Please note:
- The quotes are important since the path to the script which joins PDFs contains spaces.
- You can join more than two files at once.
Method 3 - Preview
You may also use the built-in Preview application to join PDFs. See Apple's instructions.