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Preview vs PDF Arranger: catalog facts
Preview	PDF Arranger
Free Included with macOS at no extra cost.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.
macOS	Windows, Linux
Already installed on every Mac Handles both PDFs and images	Page thumbnails you drag, rotate, crop and delete directly Merges and interleaves two documents, ideal for one-sided scans
macOS only No advanced editing of PDF text or OCR tools like dedicated editors	Page operations only; no text or image editing No official macOS build
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Proprietary	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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