<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Better PDF blog</title><description>Notes on Better PDF for Mac: releases, signing, reading.</description><link>https://betterpdf.co/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Free online PDF tools against an app that keeps the file on your Mac</title><link>https://betterpdf.co/blog/free-online-pdf-tools-against-an-app-that-keeps-the-file-on-your-mac/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://betterpdf.co/blog/free-online-pdf-tools-against-an-app-that-keeps-the-file-on-your-mac/</guid><description>The free PDF tool sites compared in November 2026: file size limits, hourly and daily caps, how long they keep your upload, and what an on-device app does differently.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>privacy</category><category>convert</category><category>tools</category><category>comparison</category></item><item><title>Generating PDFs from JSON: why it is still painful in 2026</title><link>https://betterpdf.co/blog/generating-pdfs-from-json-why-it-is-still-painful-in-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://betterpdf.co/blog/generating-pdfs-from-json-why-it-is-still-painful-in-2026/</guid><description>How developers and businesses turn data into PDFs today, the services, libraries and browser engines they use, and the problems they keep running into: page breaks, fonts, forms, accessibility, signing and price per document.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>developers</category><category>pdf-generation</category><category>templates</category><category>research</category></item><item><title>Scanning documents on iPhone: the apps compared</title><link>https://betterpdf.co/blog/scanning-documents-on-iphone-the-apps-compared/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://betterpdf.co/blog/scanning-documents-on-iphone-the-apps-compared/</guid><description>With one well-known scanner app retired in 2026, what is left for scanning paper on an iPhone: the built-in scanner, the free and paid scanner apps, what they charge, and where the scan goes.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>scan</category><category>iphone</category><category>ocr</category><category>comparison</category></item><item><title>Signing a PDF with a USB token or smart card on a Mac: who actually supports it</title><link>https://betterpdf.co/blog/signing-a-pdf-with-a-usb-token-or-smart-card-on-a-mac/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://betterpdf.co/blog/signing-a-pdf-with-a-usb-token-or-smart-card-on-a-mac/</guid><description>The two ways a Mac talks to a signing token, PKCS#11 and CryptoTokenKit, which PDF apps document each one, what PAdES means for the file, and where Better PDF stands.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>signing</category><category>certificates</category><category>usb-token</category><category>comparison</category><category>mac</category></item><item><title>What a PDF editor should cost on a Mac in 2026</title><link>https://betterpdf.co/blog/what-a-pdf-editor-should-cost-on-a-mac-in-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://betterpdf.co/blog/what-a-pdf-editor-should-cost-on-a-mac-in-2026/</guid><description>What the main PDF apps for Mac cost in November 2026: one-time licences against subscriptions, what each free tier gives you, and what three years costs if you mostly read, fill and sign.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>pricing</category><category>mac</category><category>signing</category><category>comparison</category></item><item><title>What we are building next: Better PDF Designer and the SDK</title><link>https://betterpdf.co/blog/what-we-are-building-next-better-pdf-designer-and-the-sdk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://betterpdf.co/blog/what-we-are-building-next-better-pdf-designer-and-the-sdk/</guid><description>Upcoming, not shipped: Better PDF Designer, for designing a document once on the Mac and filling it from JSON or CSV, and the Better PDF SDK, the same engine for developers. 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