# PDF markup - iPad vs Mac
**URL:** https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-markup-ipad-vs-mac/19076
**Category:** General
**Created:** [April 30, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-markup-ipad-vs-mac/19076 "2026-04-30T01:02:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@rebabaskett](https://community.bear.app/u/rebabaskett)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-markup-ipad-vs-mac/19076/1 "2026-04-30T01:02:34Z")
When I am on my iPad, I can markup a pdf and close it and it saves in the document.
When I open a PDF on my Mac to markup, It opens and then I have to open it in preview and then it creates a copy which then I have to drag into Bear and delete the old version.
Is this the way it is supposed to work on the Mac? Am I missing something? I love just being able to have some highlights and close the document and it is in Bear.
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### Author:  [@KrisG](https://community.bear.app/u/KrisG)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-markup-ipad-vs-mac/19076/2 "2026-05-02T19:49:57Z")
If I right click on the pdf and select “Open with” rather than using preview and then use my normal editor, pdf expert. I can make edits and then simply close the file which then gives a save prompt, which once accepted, saves back into the pdf in Bear (just as on the iPad. Hope that helps or gives a clue as to how to achieve what you want.
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### Author:  [@rebabaskett](https://community.bear.app/u/rebabaskett)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-markup-ipad-vs-mac/19076/3 "2026-05-02T20:51:27Z")
Thanks. That does not work with Preview but it does work with Acrobat. So I can use it for this one purpose. Thanks for the tip!