How to print a PDF on a Mac

If the PDF is in your email, double-click the attachment. On a Mac, PDFs open in a program called Preview — it’s Apple’s built-in viewer.

If you downloaded the PDF from the web, click the blue download arrow at the top-right of Safari and then click the PDF to open it.

If the PDF is already in your Downloads folder, click the Finder icon (the blue smiley face at the bottom of your screen) → Downloads in the sidebar → double-click the PDF.

Once the PDF is on screen, hold the ⌘ (Command) key and press P.

If keyboard shortcuts aren’t your thing, click File in the very top-left corner of the screen, and then Print… in the menu that drops down.

A tall window will appear on the right side of the PDF showing a preview.

At the top of the Print window you’ll see Printer: followed by a printer name. Click it to see your list of printers and pick the one you want.

Just below the printer name, look for Pages. Your choices are:

• All — every page of the PDF.
• Range: From ___ To ___ — print a specific run of pages, like 1 to 3.

If you only want one page, set the range to the same number twice (for example, From 1 To 1).

Click Show Details at the bottom of the window if you don’t already see a big preview and a lot of options. Then:

• Set Color to Black & White to save color ink.
• Check Two-Sided (if your printer supports it) to use half as much paper.

Big blue Print button at the bottom-right. Click it once. Your Mac will send the file to the printer and — depending on how much there is to print — paper will come out in 5-30 seconds.