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Skim for Mac

Skim 0.5

  -  1.71 MB  -  Freeware
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    Skim 1.7.4

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X

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    Skim-0.5.dmg

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Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Skim 0.5.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Skim for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

New Features
- You can now hide all notes and highlights.
- Remember last exported type.
- Keyboard shortcut for Export.
- Use menu button on Remote Control to switch between scrolling and navigation/zoom.
- You can now change the sort order of the note table.
- You can now display only certain types of notes and highlights in the note table.
- AppleScript support for revert of a document.
- Allow dragging of the reading bar from the region outside a page in any tool mode.
- Greatly enhance file update checking. Use kqueue notifications instead of a timer and check for complete PDF files.
- Smart auto-cropping of all pages separately, but keeping the same size, for unevenly scanned papers. Accessible through Control-Command-K.
- Improvements to magnify tool.
- Hidden defaults for magnification tool sizes.
- New hidden default for the maximum document page history length (SKMaximumDocumentPageHistoryCount).
- Extensions to AppleScript support. Support for selections, additional note properties; new revert, find, and join commands; allow creation of markups; many new properties for documents, pages, and notes.
- You can now change the icon type of anchored notes from the note's window to some standard proofreader marks.
- Hidden default for icon type of anchored notes (SKAnchoredNoteiconType).
- Skim now saves the file type and creator code.
- The reading bar is now shown on the thumbnails.
- Add border/line properties to circle, box, text and line notes. Accessible through a new inspector panel and AppleScript.
- Allow setting the interior (fill) color for circles and boxes. Select the check button at the bottom of the color panel.
- Add a TeX editor perset for LyX.
- You can now reopen snapshots from a previous run.
- New preferences for line styles and interior colors.
- You can now change the colors and line styles of notes using drag and drop.
- Hidden default for the timeout of Apple remote switch indication.
- You can now open DVI files with Skim. These are first converted to PostScript using the dvipdfmx tool, which must be installed as part of a ghostscript installation.
- New color swatch toolbar control to easily use a few default colors.

Bugs Fixed
- Use old-style check for network availability for the updater, as the newer API is not reliable for dial-up connections.
- Never add a new note on a click in note tool mode, because undoing such an addition can also remove a text edit in progress.
- Update the window title when the document is reloaded; the number of pages can change.
- Avoid possible crash due to tool-tip when reloading a document.
- Fix Apple bug for AppleScript support for saving with arbitrary file types.
- Fix AppleScript support for note color property.
- Add help about cropping pages.
- Start and end points for arrow notes in AppleScript are now relative to the page, and changing them automatically changes the bounds.
- The side panels in full screen mode are now hidden when you switch to another application.
- Renamed "Arrow" to "Line", as it now allows more general line styles. Also change some keyboard shortcuts.
- Enable Password menu item for encrypted files that are flagged as unlocked, as the latter is unreliable in PDFKit.
- Fix tab-loop for PDFs with fiallable forms. Also add some help about fillable forms.
- Fix issues with updating the color panel.
- Fix saving of window frames for shared windows.
- Scroll reading bar to visible when it is moved.
- Default text templates now sort the notes according to the page.
- Fix a bug that prevented adding notes in note tool mode on some places on the page.
- Snapshots are now reopened after reverting a document.
- The page chooser toolbar item now uses the page label (logical page) rather than in index.
- Increase maximal width of page column in note table.
- Links are now active in move tool mode.
- The rotation of text notes is now saved.