hi guys, i am desperately writing this post after 12 hours of trying, googleing, etc... i need to write an apple script that merges all pdfs within a folder and rename that merged pdf into filename-merged.pdf. can anybody out there help me on this? thanks so much for your help!
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macOS Merge PDFs with Apple Script
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https://gigaom.com/2010/11/15/how-to-using-automator-to-combine-pdfs/
You can use Automator to merge PDFs.
You can use Automator to merge PDFs.
Hi,
You can also use pdftk from the command line:
https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/
...just use "do shell script..." from your AppleScript.
A manual solution is not difficult and if this is a one shot event it might be easier than an automated solution.
1. Open the first pdf document in Preview
2. Select the Edit menu option Insert>Page from File...
3. In the dialog that appears select all the remaining pdf files (using Cmd-Click or shift click to select multiple files ---or all of them )
4. Save the resulting pdf file which contains all the previously selected pdf files by choosing File>Export as PDF...
1. Open the first pdf document in Preview
2. Select the Edit menu option Insert>Page from File...
3. In the dialog that appears select all the remaining pdf files (using Cmd-Click or shift click to select multiple files ---or all of them )
4. Save the resulting pdf file which contains all the previously selected pdf files by choosing File>Export as PDF...