It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF

Skim for Mac

Skim 1.1.0

  -  3.33 MB  -  Freeware
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    Skim 1.7.4

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X

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  • Filename

    Skim-1.1.0.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 1.1.0.


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
- Navigate through pages using left/right arrow buttons when there is no horizontal scroll bar.
- Add alternate menu item to navigate synchronously in all open documents (use Control).
- More consistent and Leopard compatible toolbar buttons.
- Print panel improvements. Allow setting auto-rotate in print panel, and on Leopard allow setting page auto-scaling and show a preview.
- Using Command-arrow in the note table now selects and scrolls to the selected note or highlight.
- Reading bar now centers vertically when moved through keyboard shortcuts.
- Copied images are now fully cropped, including their media box.
- Allow changing the media box through AppleScript.
- More descriptive menu titles for alternate Auto Crop menu items.
- Full screen navigation buttons are now activated at the bottom of the screen by default. Can be changed with a hidden preference.
- Add search options in a contextual menu of the PDF search field.

Bugs Fixed
- Remove Spotlight search criteria from initial search string.
- Use more reliable method to determine whether to use metric units.
- Don't round off scaling of snapshots.
- Fix Copy contextual menu in notes table.
- Make sure a font exists before using it.
- Fix resizing of cancel button in update progress panel.
- Remove duplicate tool tips from notes and links.
- Make sure the document is not mrked dirty after undoing e.g. page rotation.
- Fix height of toolbar buttons on Leopard.
- Workaround for a Leopard PDFKit leading to exceptions in snapshots.
- Fix removal of preview tool tip in some situations.
- Fix preview tool tip refreshing on Leopard.
- Draw nothing in line preview for zero line width.