Installation of pdfToolbox Desktop or Server on Mac
You can download the latest version of pdfToolbox Desktop or pdfToolbox Server from our website by requesting a trial:
- pdfToolbox Desktop: pdftoolboxdesktop
- pdfToolbox Server: pdftoolboxserver
You can also register on our website for easy access to all pdfToolbox download links. Once registered and logged in, you can access the list of download links:
- pdfToolbox Desktop: pdftoolboxdesktop
- pdfToolbox Server: pdftoolboxserver
System requirements & hardware recommendations
Please refer to the callas website for system requirements and hardware recommendations for pdfToolbox Desktop and pdfToolbox Server:
Installation on Mac

To install the application, double click the pdfToolbox icon.
System Check

The package will then check the integrity of the installer.
pdfToolbox 9 or lower DO NOT WORK on Mac OS 10.15 (Catalina).
A workaround for this is to install the pdfToolbox 9 PlugIn on Acrobat (Mac OS 10.15 (Catalina)). Please write to [email protected] for the PlugIn.
Introduction Screen

Please check that your system supports the requirements
License Dialog

Please read the License agreement
Agree to the terms of agreement

Click on "Continue" if you wish to accept the terms and and install the software.
Installation type

It is possible to Install the Desktop version and the Plugin version together or only the Standalone version. If you do not wish to install the Plugin, click on "Customize" and uncheck the "Plugin" installation.

Installation was successful

Identify developer on Mac
callas software is a registered developer at Apple for MacOS. Due to some quite strict security settings starting with MacOS 10.7 only software downloaded from the Mac App Store can be installed directly. Just change the system settings in 'Security and Privacy' to 'Mac App Store and identified developers' before installing a callas software product. You can set it back to 'Mac App Store' after the installation ofcourse.