PDFCutter solves a problem no other PDF tool addresses — physically restructuring the page canvas itself. Whether you're splitting a scanned book's landscape spreads into individual portrait pages, slicing an oversized technical schematic into a printable grid, or trimming excessive white margins for comfortable mobile reading, PDFCutter gives you the visual tools to define cut lines precisely and apply them across an entire document in seconds.
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Key Features
GridCutter — Multi-Grid Canvas Slicing
Insert a table grid of user-specified rows and columns onto any PDF page to divide it into multiple smaller pages — each grid cell becomes its own output page. Drag grid lines and the entire table to adjust the cut area with precision.
Horizontal & Vertical Line Cutting
Add individual horizontal lines to divide a page vertically, or vertical lines to divide horizontally — building custom cut configurations beyond the grid for precise, asymmetric page splitting.
Visual Crop Tool
Draw a new crop area anywhere on the page by clicking and dragging — drag corner thumbs and lines to fine-tune the crop boundary. An animated blue outer border defines the crop area; inner animated lines define the cutting borders.
Apply To — Replicate Across Pages
Replicate your crop and cut configuration from one page to any range of pages within the document in a single step — eliminating repetitive manual work across multi-page documents.
Remove White Margins
Automatically trim PDF pages to their artwork boundary — instantly maximising text-to-screen ratios for comfortable reading on e-readers, tablets, and phones.
Preserve File Structure
Cut and slice without flattening your data — output pages retain original vector graphics quality, colour-space properties, embedded fonts, and underlying searchable text.
Built-In PDF Viewer
Full PDF viewing with thumbnail sidebar, search panel, single and double page views, Zoom In/Out/Actual Size/Fit controls, selectable and copyable text, and reading history — verify cuts before saving.
Standalone & Fully Private
No internet connection or third-party tool required. All PDF page restructuring runs natively on your Mac — your documents never leave your device.
System Requirements
macOS
- Version
- macOS 10.1 or later
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