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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by ggregoire on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:33PM (#23182591)
Are there not any alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader on macOS for editing fields and other use cases listed in the other comments?
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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by leejoramo on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:44PM (#23182800)
Apple's Preview does a pretty good job with generic pdf forms. Unfortunately, Adobe has created multiple types of pdf forms using different technologies and very complex specs. Apple does not support all of these. (You can also find many cases of PDF forms using Adobe tools that do not round trip between platforms).

PDF Export does a good job of filing in the gaps.

https://pdfexpert.com

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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by rspeed on Friday May 15, 2020 @12:49AM (#23188997)
Not just complex specs. Some of them are proprietary.
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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by gav on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:07PM (#23183131)
There's some non-free options:

Editing/Form Fill/etc: Nitro[1]

Signing: Nitro[1], HelloSign[2], airSlate[3], Smallpdf[4] (limited functionality)

[1] https://www.gonitro.com

[2] https://www.hellosign.com

[3] https://www.airslate.com

[4] https://smallpdf.com

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