Text Extractor
Text Extractor is a utility designed to extract text from PDF documents and other image-based files on macOS. It allows users to select and copy text from scanned PDFs, images, and documents that would otherwise be difficult to work with as plain text. The app is targeted at professionals, students, and office workers who frequently need to retrieve text content from non-editable document formats.
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1 suggestionWe could not find public information about whether Text Extractor has a native Apple Silicon build or active development status. The bundle ID suggests it is related to PDF processing tools from the LightenPDF family of utilities. To determine your path forward, contact the developer directly and ask whether a native Apple Silicon (arm64) build is available or planned. This is important because Apple is removing Rosetta 2 support in macOS 28, scheduled for September 2028 — an Intel-only version of this app will stop launching after that date. If the developer confirms no native build is planned, begin evaluating alternative PDF text-extraction tools that run natively on Apple Silicon, such as PDFtk Server, Adobe Acrobat Reader (which ships natively), or web-based PDF tools.
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