MacGhostView is a general purpose Postscript and PDF previewer for the Macintosh. It is quite similar to the ghostview program found on Unix machines and is based on ghostscript 6.01. If a Postscript document conforms to Adobe's Document Structuring Conventions, the pages of the document can be displayed in any order.
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The included macps2pdf is extremely useful: converts ps->eps, fixes eps, does other conversions (handy for TeX, etc). The author gave me an unlock code, after I paid my shareware fee, in 2003 and it still works, two full versions later! PS Viewing is immediate, unlike Preview and Xwin, and zooms in on parts of the figure with a click of the mouse. For my work, the package has been indispensable.
If you don't need the Postscript stuff, you might want to take a look at PDFpen before buying this. It is done by the same people who did PageSender, that brilliant piece of Fax software that finally brought a supported working Fax product to Mac OS X - until Panther came out and stole some of its thunder. For a few dollars more ($30), it not only does what this, Preview and Acrobat does, but allows you to insert text into PDF files, such as to fill out forms. That IS something none of the rest do.
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Anonymouscommented on 30 Nov 2004
Acrobat does allow you to fill out forms, just not save them
PDFpen is extremly expensive + you must pay upgrade and can't see any new feature in a new version. :(
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Anonymousreviewed on 24 Jan 2004
It is quite similar to the ghostview program found on Unix BUT IT IS NOT FREE. Anyway why use this paying and slow application when Apple Preview works faster and Acrobat Reader is free? POINTLESS
MacGhostView also views PostScript documents, not just PDFs. Especially under shops still using OS 9 workflows, it allows end users to more easily get an accurate preview without bothering with Distiller. Even under OS X, Quartz only renders PDFs; being able to hand edit or read a PostScript can be handy in some business sectors.
Anonymouscommented on 15 Dec 2004
Acrobat isn't free and adobe reader can't view postscript
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MacGhostView is a general purpose Postscript and PDF previewer for the Macintosh. It is quite similar to the ghostview program found on Unix machines and is based on ghostscript 6.01. If a Postscript document conforms to Adobe's Document Structuring Conventions, the pages of the document can be displayed in any order.
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