I frequently find myself needing to extract just one page from a multi-page PDF. Maybe it’s a single recipe from a cookbook, or a specific diagram from a technical manual.
Plenty of online tools and command-line utilities can do this, but it turns out macOS has a built-in solution that’s quick and easy to use. Here’s how:
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Open the PDF in Preview (this is the default PDF viewer on macOS)
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In the sidebar, select the thumbnail of the page you want to extract
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Hit CMD + C to copy the page
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Press CMD + N (or go to File > New from Clipboard)
And that’s it! Preview will create a new document with just that single page.
This technique uses native macOS functionality, so it’s fast and doesn’t require any additional software. It’s become my go-to method for quick PDF extractions.