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Nitro PDF Pro 14.3
Nitro has released Nitro PDF Pro 14.3 with a new home screen that makes it easy to open recent files, create a new file from stationary, or start importing a document from a scanner. The PDF editing app also improves the visibility of export options, showing all Microsoft Office, image, and PDF/A formats in an expanded list under File > Export. The update also ensures adding highlights to secured documents in specific cases now functions as expected, improves the Annotations view in the Sidebar to make it easier to read the listed annotations, and enables business users to customize settings for Knowledge Assistant. ($179.99 new, free update, in Setapp, 561.2 MB, release notes, macOS 10.14+)
They say Nitro PDF Pen 13 will continue to work. That one is the the old Smile app. It work beautifully. $180 is a little pricey and support is all but friendly
Yeah, I’m disappointed in Nitro’s stewardship of PDFpen. @agen and I don’t plan to cover any more updates to Nitro PDF Pro because it’s not that interesting when you combine the price and poor support.
I emailed them today about the cost of an upgrade from version 13. I did get a reply. Here is what they said:
Tungsten Automation publishes Power PDF 5 for the Mac after the purchased Kolfax. It is $129. I contacted them twice about an upgrade license twice over several weeks but never received a reply. I also have a license for the latest Kofax version and it is essentially identical to Nitro’s. Being caught between a rock and a hard spot with Nitro statement that all products are going subscription I am reluctantly likely to purchase Power PDF 5 as the lesser of two evils as I know of no better option and subscription apps conflict with my values.