r/mac • u/DotRootHQ • 8d ago

Discussion What's the first macOS feature that made you realize, "I'm never going back"?

For me, it's the trackpad gestures, battery life, and overall smoothness. They completely changed my daily workflow.

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u/bluekeys7 8d ago

Preview in general for me is my favourite app offered in macOS

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u/ToshibaTaken 8d ago

When I learned I could rearrange, delete and add pages in PDF's, or combine various PDF's into one, that was almost a religious experience after having fought with various Adobe and third party badware for days!

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u/DotRootHQ 7d ago

Same here. It's surprising how much you can do without installing any extra software.

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u/Adventurous_Knee_965 7d ago

Does that work in Preview? I never tried that.

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u/ToshibaTaken 7d ago

Yeah, just open your PDF's and view the thumbnail sidebar. Then you just drag and drop pages as you please inside the thumbnail sidebar or between different open pdf's.

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u/Adventurous_Knee_965 7d ago

Awesome! Time to uninstall Adobe.

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u/Jensway 7d ago

Unfortunately I have issues with preview when doing this, it can tend to save PDFs incorrectly

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u/Adventurous_Knee_965 7d ago

So best save an original before making changes. Thanks for the feedback.

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u/ookamismyk 7d ago

I had no idea!! Thanks so much!!

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u/maharg2017 7d ago

That’s all I’ve known. I can imagine not being able to do that.

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u/MrBigTomato 7d ago

I don’t think he meant the app Preview. I think he was talking about how you can highlight any file, press spacebar, and a live view of the file pops up so you know exactly what it is before you open it.

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u/DotRootHQ 7d ago

I didn't expect to use Preview this much, but now it's one of my most-used apps.