Now that I've discovered this little hack I'll be sure to spend some time seeing what else I can do with Automator and the Mac services menu. Note that if you select a group of images they'll be combined into one document. The image (or images), will be converted to PDF and saved wherever you've chosen to have them saved (in my case, the Desktop). To use the service, simply right-click on an image or group of images and choose the “Convert to PDF” option that has appeared at the bottom of the menu.

Save the workflow and call it “Convert to PDF”. I changed the “Output File Name” to “New PDF”.Ĥ. Search for the “New PDF from Images” option using the search box or by going to the “PDFs” section in the library. This means the option to convert an image only appears when you right-click on an image and not on other file types.Ĥ. Make sure the “Service receives selected” option is set to “image files” in “Finder”.

(If you already know this trick then just humour me)ģ. Create a workflow Create a workflow using selected files Get information about actions Copy actions Use results from a previous action Change the order of actions Delete actions Allow action options to be selected at runtime Use Quick Action workflows Use workflows. Wouldn't it be great if you could just right-click on the file and convert it into a PDF instantly without opening the file? Well, I've got some good news, because you can! Welcome Intro to Automator Create and edit workflows. Now I don't know about you, but personally I find this takes WAAAY to long. To do this on the Mac, you have to open the document and use the File > Export as PDF option.

Recently I've found myself in the situation where I need to convert an image to a PDF. Check out my other Mac productivity tips!

How to use automator mac to edit a pdf