PDFelement
PDFelement is a comprehensive PDF editor developed by Wondershare that allows users to create, edit, convert, annotate, and digitally sign PDF documents on Mac. It's popular among professionals, students, and businesses who need advanced PDF manipulation capabilities beyond basic viewing. The app offers features like OCR text recognition, form creation, document comparison, and batch processing. PDFelement competes with Adobe Acrobat as a more affordable alternative while still providing professional-grade PDF editing tools.
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1 suggestionGood news! PDFelement already has native Apple Silicon support and runs natively on M1/M2 Macs without Rosetta 2. According to Wondershare's official documentation, they released Apple Silicon compatibility starting with their direct-download version. However, there's an important caveat: the Mac App Store version does NOT support Apple Silicon natively because the OCR plugin hasn't been updated yet. To get native performance, you need to download PDFelement directly from Wondershare's website rather than using the App Store version. The latest version 12.1.11 should run natively on Apple Silicon when obtained from the developer's site.
Native version · Reported by in the community.
This app may have been updated to a native build — device(s) no longer report it as Intel-only, but no explicit confirmation has been received.
Sighting data is community-sourced — version availability and pricing should be verified with the developer.
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