Older versions of macOS (OS X) Newer versions of macOS Older versions of macOS (OS X) Newer versions of macOSįinally, save the workflow as Merge PDFs and it will become available in your right-click menu when using the Finder. Using the pulldown menus, choose /usr/bin/python for the Shell: and as arguments for Pass input: Older versions of macOS (OS X) Here's how it looks in newer versions of macOS (dark mode is on here) Search for script, drag Run Shell Script over. Newer versions of macOS call this a "Quick Action" because you can give it an icon and sometimes use them on the touch bar, but this is essentially the same thing as "Service." If you're on a more recent OS, Service has been replaced with Quick Action. Open Automator and choose Service This was called "Service" in older versions of macOS Setting It Upįirst, open Terminal an enter this command to install the Python module that makes this possible: sudo easy_install PyPDF2 There are plenty of apps that help you merge PDFs into a single file, but if you want something faster with a “native” feel, you can set up an OS X service to quickly merge selected PDFs simply by right-clicking them. I added a line in the script that should prevent duplicate pages from being appended.
UPDATE: If you installed this script today (), you may need to update it. I updated the post to reflect all these changes. I also updated it with screenshots from macOS Catalina. UPDATE : I removed the Get selected Finder items, which was causing duplicates (see comments).
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