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If you don't mind an Electron or web-based app with a subscription, you could also look at Zenreader [0], Polar [1] or maybe even Readwise [2]. Zotero will also have a PDF Reader app with Markdown export soon [3]. And some cross-platform note taking / PKM apps also have some kind of PDF annotation support (directly: Logseq [4]; via plugins: Obsidian [5], Roam Research [6]). That said, all these apps are very... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
I bumped into https://zenreader.co.uk ages ago but never tried it. Source: almost 3 years ago
I've had my fair share of highlighting/annotating shenanigans with macOS built-in software and I've found Skim (free, BSD licensed) to be a very competent replacement, with the only caveat that you have to remember to export the annotated PDFs if you want to be able to see your changes from any other application. https://skim-app.sourceforge.io/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
I actually am going to say a Macbook air. The reason is because the pdf reader Skim is Mac OSX only. I've tried many, and I haven't found another PDF reader I like. The only thing you lose is the ability to write directly on the screen. If that's something you really want to do, then you should get an iPad and load your pdfs in GoodNotes. The added benefit of that is that you can add blank pages right in the PDF... Source: 11 months ago
Well. I have a 55 pages with three remaining parts of a transcript I should probably be working on ... But I haven't proofed in a while, so I had to remember how to use the (Mac only) program I use to mark up PDFs worked, only to find there was a new version waiting to be downloaded and installed ... and, of course, re-learned. Source: 11 months ago
If you’re on Mac you can use the free app Skim, which has ‘deep links’ that take you to a specific PDF page. If you want a link to take you to a specific sentence, then you can use Hookmark and Skim to get links that take you to a specific part of a PDF page. Source: about 1 year ago
Preview is great. I can also recommend Skim (free and open source) for macOS for some additional functionality [1]. [1]: https://skim-app.sourceforge.io/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
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