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How to Print a PDF From Your iPhone in a Few Quick Taps

You can easily make or print a PDF file in iOS from apps like Safari, Google Chrome, Gmail and Outlook.

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We use our phones for nearly everything, which means you might need to print documents from your mobile device occasionally. Whether it's a work-related report or a new recipe, sometimes it's just easier to read a hard copy rather than a digital file on your phone's tiny 6-inch screen.

Printing from your iPhone is simple, as long as you're connected to a printer that's compatible with AirPrint. Check out this support page on Apple's website for a list of printers that work with AirPrint. You can access the printing option in most email and web browser apps just by clicking the share button in iOS. You can also save a website or email as a PDF in the iPhone's Files app from this menu, too.

Here's how to print or save web pages and emails as PDFs on your iPhone. 

How to print or save a web page as a PDF on your iPhone

First, open the website you'd like to print in your phone's web browser.

Then, tap the Share button. In most apps, this looks like a square with an arrow pointing up, as shown below. You can find this symbol on or near the search bar in Apple's Safari browser and in Google Chrome. In some apps, like Mozilla Firefox, you may need to tap a menu icon that looks three dots to find the Share option. 

Tap the Share button to get started when printing a webpage on your iPhone.

Next, select Print. This will pull up the iPhone's print options screen, which lets you choose which printer you'd like to use and the number of copies to print among other settings. 

The Print button in iOS lets you print a document using a compatible printer.

Press the Print button from the print options screen to send your document to the designated printer.

Press the Print button to print out your document from your iPhone.

If you want to save the website as a PDF instead, long-press the document preview displayed below the print options.

Press and hold on the page above to access the Share menu in print preview mode. 

This will enlarge the selected page in preview mode. Once enlarged, tap the document page to view the full file in preview mode. Then press the Share icon. 

Press this button to launch the Share menu.

And finally, choose the Save to Files option from the list.

Press this button to save the document as a PDF. 

How to print or save an email as a PDF on your iPhone

Open the email you'd like to print and press the Print button. In Apple's Mail app, tap the arrow near the bottom of the screen and scroll down to the Print option. In Gmail, tap the button that looks like three dots located in the sender line and then choose Print. In Outlook, you'll also need to press an icon that looks like three dots near the top of the screen and press the Print Conversation option. 

The Print Conversation button in the Outlook email app for iOS.

From here, the steps are the same as printing a web page. Tap the Print button in the top right corner after choosing your desired print settings from the available options.

Tapping the Print button will send this Outlook email to the designated printer.

If you want to save the email as a PDF on your phone, long-press the document preview to enlarge it. Then, tap this enlarged preview to view the full document in preview mode.

Long-press the page above to enlarge it, and then tap it again to open the full file in a PDF preview.

Press the Share icon, which is located in the bottom left corner.

The Share button is located near the bottom of the screen.

Press the Save to Files option.

Press this button to save the email to the Files app. 

And that's all there is to it. For more iPhone advice, check out this list of settings you should change and tips for improving the reading experience on your iPhone .

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How to Turn Any Webpage Into a PDF on iOS

On iOS devices, there's a feature that lets you save any webpage as a PDF, so you can add edits, annotate it, read it offline, share it with friends, and more. Saving a webpage as a PDF is simple enough to do, but if you haven't done it before, you might not know the feature exists.

• Open up Safari.
• Navigate to the webpage you want to save.
• Tap on the Share button, which is the square with the upwards arrow.
• On the bottom bar, swipe to the left several times until you see "Create PDF."
• Tap "Create PDF."

From there, you can choose to edit the PDF using markup tools by tapping on the pen icon on the top right of the screen, or you can print it, save it, or share it by using the Share icon at the bottom of the screen.

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How to Save a PDF to Your iPhone from Safari in iOS 13

The steps in this guide are going to show you how to create a PDF of a Web page that you are visiting in the Safari browser on your iPhone and save it to the device.

• Open Safari and navigate to the page of which you want to create a PDF.
• Touch the Share icon at the bottom of the screen.
• Tap the Options link.
• Select the PDF option, then tap Done .
• Choose the Save to Files option.
• Select the desired save location then tap Save .

Occasionally you will find a Web page on the Internet that you want to share with someone else, or use in some other capacity. If the way that you want to use the Web page is as a printout, then you may wish to save it as a PDF.

While saving as a PDF was relatively easy in older versions of iOS, the method for creating one in Safari has changed a bit in iOS 13. Fortunately that option is still there, and we will show you how to find it in the tutorial below.

Our how to scan on iPhone tutorial can show you a simple way to scan documents using only the Notes app on your iPhone.

How to Save as a PDF from the iPhone Safari Browser

The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 11 in iOS 13.1.3. While we specifically focus on saving a Web page as a PDF and downloading it to either your iCloud Drive or directly to your phone, you have a couple of other options as well.

Step 1: Tap the Safari icon and go to the page that you want to save as a PDF.

Step 2: Touch the Share icon at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3: Select the Options link.

Step 4: Choose the PDF option, then tap Done .

Step 5: Tap the Save to Files option.

Step 6: Select the desired location, then tap Save .

Now that you know how to download PDF on iPhone from Safari you will be able to generate copies of Web pages that you can either save later for your own reference, or share with other people.

Find out how to automatically close your Safari tabs after they have been open for a certain period of time if you would prefer to periodically close out any open pages in case someone else was to access your phone and see them.

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How to Save a Webpage as a PDF on Safari

If you ever come across an article or webpage that has a lot of great information you want to save, you can turn that webpage into a PDF by using the Safari browser on iPhone or iPad. Then, you can store it in the Files app via iCloud. Here’s how to turn a Safari webpage into a PDF on iPhone or iPad.

Why You'll Love This Tip:

• Quickly save any webpage from Safari to the Files app.
• Save a PDF directly from your iPhone or iPad to iCloud.
• Access said PDF file from anywhere you can access your iCloud account.

How to Turn a Safari Webpage into a PDF

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That’s all there is to it! You can find your saved PDF in your Files app , or find out how to find downloaded items on your iPhone . This feature is fantastic for easily saving information you want to have easy access to on your iOS devices. If you often work with PDFs, you can also learn the easy way to sign PDFs on your Mac .

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The whole process is surprisingly easy and only requires a single app — Safari .

How to save a webpage as a PDF on iOS 15 or iPadOS 15

• In Safari, navigate to the webpage or article you'd like to save
• Tap the Share button
• At the top of the window that appears, tap Options

After you have selected PDF as the share format, you can share or save it the same way you do other files. For example, you can AirDrop it to your other Apple devices, send it to yourself or another person via iMessage , email it, or save it to your device's Files app.

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Three ways to save web pages as read-later PDFs on iOS

By Charlie Sorrel • 1:00 pm, June 25, 2018

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With the demise of Instapaper — in Europe at least — you may be looking for a good way to save web pages for offline reading. The obvious built-in tool for this is Safari’s Reading list, but it’s very limited. Instead, consider turning the web page into a PDF. This lets you read the page anywhere, as well as mark it up with highlights, and search its entire content using Spotlight.

The thing is, there are three different way to save a webpage as a PDF, all of them built-in to iOS. Let’s take a look at how to use them, what the differences are, and which one is best for you.

Three ways to save webpages as PDFs

There are three ways to turn a webpage into a PDF in iOS, all of which use the standard Share Sheet:

• Create PDF.
• Save PDF to iBooks.

The main differences between these are that 1. formats the pages nicely, and adds a title to the resulting document; 2. creates a nice PDF, but gives it a useless title, based on the date and time you save it; and 3. adds your PDF straight to iBooks. Let’s taker a closer look at the differences. For most people, though, the third option — saving to iBooks — will be the best, especially in iOS 12.

Before you use any of these methods, though, do yourself a favor and switching to Safari’s Reader View, which cleans up a webpage, removing ads and navigational elements, and showing only beautifully-formatted text, and images. Otherwise you’ll be saving all that cruft into your PDF, increasing its size, and making it harder to read.

Print to PDF

The first method on this list doesn’t look like a way to save a PDF, but it relies on a neat trick inherited from the Mac: Any time you open up the print dialog, you can save that item as a PDF instead of printing it. We have a whole how-to dedicated to this neat hack .

Printing to PDF is easy. You just pick that option in the Share Sheet, and then pinch out on the resulting preview of the print job. You get a nice PDF, split into pages like a book, ready to be shared or saved. I’ll save it to Apple’s Books app (previously named iBooks) to keep things neat.

The most important things to not about print to PDF, instead of just saving a PDF (the next section), is that the resulting PDF gets the same title as the webpage you saved, and is saved as a multi-page PDF.

If you save the same page with he Create PDF option in the Share Sheet, then there are two differences. One is that the PDF is saved as one long single-paged document, and the other is that the title is useless. The example I saved this morning as I wrote this article is titled Safari – 25 June 2018 at 09_26_. I guess that web developers might need snapshots of their pages, but even for them this is somewhat useless, as the only differences are the time and the date.

I don’t like this option at all.

Save PDF to Books

The third option is to save the PDF direct to iBooks/Books. This is, in my opinion, the best of the lot. Your PDF gets a proper title — the title of the original webpage — and is split into pages, like a book. The PDF also has some other extras: In the bottom left corner of each page is the url if the original page. It’s small, and gray, so it’s unobtrusive, but you can always click it to open the original page. This link doesn’t appear in the other options.

In the bottom right corner of every page is the date and time the snapshot was taken, along with a Page x of y legend.

Books as an alternative to Instapaper

If you’re looking for a local way to replace Instapaper, or another read-later service, then saving PDFs to iBooks seems like a good way to do it, especially as iOS 12’s new Books app makes reading PDFs even nicer, with proper search, and a thumbnail overview of all your pages.

But right now, in the iOS 12 beta at least, Books lacks a few essentials. One is that you can add proper highlights to a PDF. PDF highlights are kept with the document as actual snippets, so in supporting apps you can view all your highlights in one place. Books only lets you use a colored marker to draw on the page. And right now, there’s no way to share these PDFs out of Books other than email, printing, or AirDrop.

That will almost certainly change, though. And if it doesn’t, you can always access them on your Mac.

None of the three methods above is perfect. Each of them misses a key ingredient. Printing to PDF gives a nice PDF, and a proper file name, but requires a lot of tapping to get there. And the Books option doesn’t yet offer proper highlights or export.

Still, we’re almost there, and Books is a great place to read on the iPad and iPhone. If you have any alternatives, let me know on Twitter.

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Want to save a web page as a PDF on iPad or iPhone? Generating PDF files of webpages and web articles is now easier than ever before in iOS, thanks to a new obvious “Create PDF” feature that is available in modern system software releases.

Any iPhone or iPad running iOS 11 or later now has the capability of creating a PDF file from any webpage in Safari through a direct feature; that means there is no more guesswork with hidden Save As PDF iOS gestures , or printing PDF 3D Touching , or forced use of iBooks (though those tricks still work if you prefer the secret approach), instead you can just directly initiate PDF creation with a simple method we will detail here in this tutorial.

This offers by far the fastest and easiest way to turn any web article or webpage into a PDF file on iOS.

How to Save Webpage as PDF on iPad and iPhone

This ‘Create PDF’ feature requires iOS 11 or newer. The walkthrough below demonstrates this capability on iPad but the feature is identical on iPhone as well.

• Open Safari on the iPad or iPhone

• Visit the webpage you want to save as a PDF (for example, this webpage you’re reading right now)
• Tap on the Sharing button, it looks like a box with an arrow flying out of it

• From the Sharing options, scroll through to find “Create PDF” and tap on that

• You’ll be brought to a new screen with the PDF file visible, tap on “Done” *

• Choose “Save File To…”

• From the Files app iCloud Drive browser, tap the location or Folder you want to save the webpage PDF to and then tap on “Done” to save the PDF

A PDF file of the active webpage has now been created and saved to the Files app on the iPad or iPhone.

You can confirm the webpage PDF was created and saved properly by going to the “Files” app in iOS and then choosing the iCloud Drive folder or location you chose to save the PDF to.

* Before tapping on Done, you can also tap the little marker and use Markup to draw, doodle, or write on the PDF file if desired.

By default the name of generated PDF files from Safari will be in the format of “Safari – (Date of Creation) – (Time of Creation).pdf” but you can always rename it in the iOS Files app to be something more descriptive if desired.

Because Files app is also iCloud Drive, you can access the saved webpage PDF from any other iOS device or Mac that uses the same Apple ID via the Files app in iOS or via iCloud Drive on a Mac.

Oh and here’s a bonus quick tip that can help any created PDF files from Safari look a bit better: if a webpage saved as PDF is a little too cluttered, or you just want to remove any extra styling, you can use the use the Reader trick for printing webpages and articles without ads from iOS Safari and then use the Create PDF method once Reader mode has been activated on the article in question. The Reader view strips out just about all styling on a webpage and just leaves the text and images remaining, which can make for a simpler looking PDF file as well.

As mentioned before, you’ll need one of the most modern iOS releases to have access to Create PDF feature in the Safari Sharing function. You can either update to iOS 11 or later to gain this PDF creation capability, or rely on a different method of saving webpages as PDF files. Four alternative options for generating PDF documents of webpages include:

• Using a hidden “Save As PDF” gesture in iOS 10 (or later)
• Using a hidden 3D Touch trick to create a PDF file from the Print dialog in iOS (also iOS 10 or later)
• Saving webpages into iBooks for iOS as as PDF files
• Using a Javascript bookmarklet to generate PDF documents (works in iOS 6 and later)

Each of those methods offers the same end result of a PDF file generated from a webpage, but with the new direct “Create PDF” option available in Safari for modern iOS it is hard to want to recommend any other choice unless your iPhone or iPad is on an older system software release.

Do you know of any other handy tips, tricks, or techniques for generating PDF files from webpages on an iPad or iPhone? Share them with us in the comments!

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When you demonstrate a “how-to,” consider using a webpage other than one that contains instructions for another iOS technique .” It gets confusing.

On OS X the sharing icon is at the bottom of the screen

I learned another way to save web pages to PDF…from one of your columns! In the Sharing button window, choose the PRINT option, make an arcane swipe open gesture with thumb and forefinger, then save. The advantage is that uses the name of the web page as the name of the PDF. Still my fave way to do it.

Yeah they did make a mention of that method near the end of this article too (which can also work using 3D touch instead of the zoom in gesture on an iphone 6s or later).

Another advantage of that method is that it is available from ANY app that supports printing (including many if not all 3rd party browsers), whereas the create pdf button is only available from Safari.

Kate, this is useful. Thank you. But I do not think so have to save a webpage to PDF on iPhone ever… This feature is pointless for me.

I think it’s more suitable for ipad users, who tend to work more with files and documents.

Yes, you are right. iPad. I am still working with MacBook Pro and iPhone; I was a bit insular.

“Each of those methods offers the same end result of a PDF file generated from a webpage, but with the new direct “Create PDF” option available in Safari for modern iOS it is hard to want to recommend any other choice unless your iPhone or iPad is on an older system software release.”

I happen to disagree with that statement. I think the hidden gesture/3D touch trick is really the one that makes any other choice hard to recommend for creating a pdf file. The javascript method is for older iOS versions and the create pdf button, introduced with iOS 11, is only available in Safari. The hidden gesture or 3D touch trick, on the other hand, is available from ANY app that supports printing. This includes 3rd party browsers and many other apps.

Also, the create pdf button often does a poor job in converting a web page into a multiple page document, as opposed to the 3D touch / hidden gesture trick.

In answer to BPrice and Don Wood, anything in iCloud is in Files and if you tap on the file to view it, it’s now on your device. I just verified this by turning off Wi-Fi and cellular and I can still view the files, so they are certainly on my device as well as iCloud. You could also open the file in iBooks, Notes or a third party app like GoodReader. Is this what you meant?

I think they meant to ask if there is a way to store files in the ‘on my ipad/iphone’ location within the new ios 11 files app, so that the files are stored on the device but without being uploaded to icloud too.

And as far as I know that’s only possible if you have any apps that support storing in that location and have already created their own folders in it. Examples of such apps are Adobe Acrobat, Garage Band, Nook and the iWorks suite apps (pages, numbers and keynote).

I’ve been using this method for awhile and it works well. One thing to note is that the resulting pdf file is one (often long) page, unlike the other methods which break the pdf into normal pages. Another more serious issue is that often the resulting file is truncated. The end of the original web page is cut off. I haven’t figured out yet if there is a maximum length or what.

Right. And the first two methods, which are really one and the same except for the alternative of accessing via 3D touch or pinching to zoom depending on the device used, are available from ANY app -built in or 3rd party- that supports printing. This includes 3rd party browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, etc. The ‘create pdf’ button, on the other hand, is only available in the built in Safari browser.

I have the same question.

See my response to Bprice above. Hope it answers your question.

Tangentially, is there a way to store .pdf to Files on my iOS device? Apple wants me to use iCloud, but I’d rather have them on my device.

You can store files in the ‘on my ipad’ or ‘on my iphone’ location within the new ios 11 files app -if that’s what you meant to ask about- only if you have any apps installed that support storing there and have already created their own folders. Examples of such apps are Garage Band, Adobe Acrobat, Nook, and the iworks suite apps (pages, numbers and keynote).

Incidentally, if you are working with pdf files you may want to download the aforementioned Adobe Acrobat.

Not quite. Yes, there is a Files location named On My iMac, but it only allows creation of folders from other apps. There seems to be no way of storing a .pdf there without a folder. At that level, there’s no creation of folders not associated with an app.

Right, exactly. That’s how the ‘On my [device]’ location in the files app works on iOS devices too. But once those apps have automatically created their own folders, you can store in those folders from anywhere in iOS such as in Safari via the ‘save to files’ button in the share sheet.

And I forgot to mention this, but while you cannot create folders at root level in the ‘on my [device]’ location, you can certainly create subfolders within any of the app folders.

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How to save a pdf to your iphone or ipad.

It's easy to save a PDF file to your iPhone or iPad for later viewing. Here's how.

While browsing the web, it's common to run into PDF files that you'd like to save to your iPhone or iPad for later viewing. Here's how to do it.

While viewing the PDF file in Safari, tap on the Share button. The Share button is in a different location on an iPhone or an iPad. On an iPhone, it is in the lower-left corner of the screen.

On an iPad, the Share button is located just to the right of the browser's address bar. It always looks like a rounded square with an arrow pointing upwards.

After tapping the Share button, iOS will bring up a list of ways that you can share or save the file, including sending it to others through text message or email.

Swipe down the list with your finger until you find the app you want to open it in.

Many people choose to send a PDF to the built-in Books app for later viewing. Once saved to Books, it is always be available through the Books app.

Some people prefer to save PDFs to Dropbox (i.e, a paid service available in the App Store), so that they can retrieve them on a computer later. If you have Dropbox installed, this will be an option on the list. You can save it to any file storage service you like, including Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive.

iOS also has a way of saving documents outside of a particular app called "Files".

If you'd like to save a PDF to Files, swipe down the list until you see the Files option and tap on it. Then, choose your save location.

Later, in the Files app, you can see the PDF you just downloaded. Or, if you saved the PDF to Books, you can open the Books app and read the PDF there.

It's also possible to save a website as a PDF file for later viewing, which can come in handy.

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How to print a paper copy or a PDF from an iPhone or iPad

Ios with airprint and print to pdf provide very convenient options for your document handling needs.

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Printing is all but dead in this all-digital world, but there are still some things you can’t easily digitize: shipping labels, flyers for a bulletin board, printing out an email for your boss, and sticking prank memes in your colleagues’ cubicles. And in this era of doing almost everything on your phone, it’s good to have the option to print from it instead of needing to jump onto a computer.

Apple has succeeded in building one of the easiest methods of printing from a smartphone by getting many printer manufacturers to adopt its AirPrint wireless printing feature. Apple also has a really easy way to create PDF documents instead of a traditional print copy — if you know how to get to it. In this article, we’ll show you both.

Printing with AirPrint

It’s important to note that printing via AirPrint may not support all of the printers’ features, but you likely will get options for: number of copies, range, paper size, orientation, scaling, and other basic functions.

To begin, you’ll need to have access to a wireless or networked printer that supports Apple’s AirPrint driverless printing system . If you don’t have a printer yet, check out how to choose the right one . If you’ve purchased a wireless printer in the past five years (or even up to 10 years in the case of HP), chances are that it supports AirPrint already. Some printer manufacturers might also include an app that can print files from your device or through its own cloud service, but these usually aren’t as easy or nice to use as AirPrint.

Next, make sure your iPhone and printer are connected to the same wireless network. If your printer has an ethernet port, you could alternatively connect it directly to your wireless router with an ethernet cable and still have the ability to AirPrint from your iPhone. In enterprise environments, you may need to have your IT department open up the feature to allow printing from your iPhone.

Okay — now it’s time to print something:

• Open up what you would like to print: an email or email attachment, a website in Safari, a file in the Files app, a photo, etc.
• Tap the Share button to open the share sheet, then scroll down and tap the Print button. Some apps may have the Print button elsewhere. For example, to print an email message in the Mail app, you need to tap the Reply button, then find Print at the bottom of the reply options list.
• On the Print Options screen that appears, select a printer if there isn’t a default option already.
• You can now choose the range of pages you’d like to print, amount of copies, enable double-sided printing, and various other printing options.
• Tap Print , and off it goes!

You can see the print queue / order status by pushing upward from the bottom of the screen (iPhone with Face ID or iPad) or by double clicking the home button (iPhone with Touch ID) to get to the App Switcher. You can also cancel the print here if it hasn’t been completed yet.

Print to a PDF file

It’s amazing how a useful feature like printing to PDF is treated like an Easter egg in iOS — especially since macOS has had an easy-to-see Save as PDF option for years. There’s no button in iOS to print to a PDF; instead, you zoom into the document to get the option, here’s how:

• Using the above instructions, get to the Print Options screen for the file or page you want to convert to PDF (see instructions above).
• Pinch into the preview of the printable document as if you want to zoom in on it. It will fly at you like entering a new video game stage.
• Now you have the document open as a PDF. You can scroll between pages, zoom, and search text on this screen, all to confirm the document you want looks correct.
• Tap on the Share button on the bottom left.
• Select Save to Files to specify where you want to save the document or choose another app to send it directly to someone, such as Mail, Messages, or AirDrop.

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When browsing the web, we often come across PDF files. If you’re using Safari you can view such files within the browser itself. But if you want to keep them for later reference, you can also save PDF files from Safari to iPhone, iPad, or Mac. This is different from saving webpages as PDFs which is another handy feature of Safari. Let’s check it out.

How to Save PDF Files from Safari on iPhone or iPad

How to download pdf files from safari on mac.

• Download PDF Files from a Link in Safari on Mac

Make Safari Download PDF Files Instead of Opening Them

If you want to save PDF from Safari to the Files app on your iPhone, it’s pretty simple. When browsing on Safari on iPhone, if you tap the link to a downloadable file, a dialog box will appear to confirm that you would like to download the file.

Once you tap “Download,” the file will be added to the downloads manager and start downloading. It will continue downloading until the entire file is downloaded, even if you close Safari or leave the webpage.

By default, downloaded files are saved to a ‘Downloads’ folders in iCloud Drive so that you can access them from all your devices. But you can change the default location that files are saved in if you wish.

When you click on a link to a PDF file in Safari on Mac, it will automatically open it. To save the PDF file that you’re viewing, click on the “File” menu at the top of the screen and choose “Save As.”

In the dialog box that opens, name the PDF file and select the destination where you want to keep the PDF file. Then, click “Save.”

That’s it. Once the file is downloaded, you can view it anytime by opening it from the location where you chose to save it.

How to Download PDF Files from a Link in Safari on Mac

If you want to download a linked PDF file in Safari to the Mac, that works the same as downloading any other linked item in Safari on the Mac:

Right-click on the PDF file link and choose “Download Linked File As”. Then, name the PDF file and save the file to the preferred destination folder.

A neat download trick for Safari is to  hold down the OPTION key and then click the link to the PDF or refresh the current page if the PDF is already open in Safari.

That will also download the PDF document directly into the preset Downloads folder.

Usually, you will probably end up opening PDF files on Safari when trying to download them. If you want to avoid this and directly save a PDF from Safari on Mac, you can try the following tricks:

• If it’s a link that is clickable to open the PDF, you can just hold the OPTION/ALT key when clicking the URL to instantly download the PDF to the default download location. This will instantly download the PDF file to your Downloads folder unless you changed the download destination in Safari
• Another option to download a PDF instead of opening it within Safari is to load the PDF within a tab and then click the URL bar. Hold down the OPTION/ALT key and hit Return (or refresh the PDF on display) to download the PDF

Wrapping Up…

As you can see, it’s a breeze to download and save PDF files on Safari on the iPhone and Mac. You can later access them from your downloads folder even when you’re offline. If you have any questions or thoughts about this, share in the comments section below.

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How to Save Webpage as PDF on iPhone, iPad, Mac & Chrome

Generally, people use an AirPrint printer to print on the iPhone, iPad. But if you haven’t a printing machine and your iOS device (iPad or iPad) default web browser is Safari and want to save a webpage as PDF on iPad, iPhone, or Mac then you do not need any third-party app to do that. Because of the latest Safari browser of iOS revamped by the tech company; now the tool has a built-in function to print a webpage in PDF format to read in the future. Even though, for those users who have no idea how to save a webpage as PDF on iPad, iPhone, or Mac. Don’t worry; we offered the following instructions that remove all your confusion concerning printing a web page.

Useful article for the college students and reading lovers who wanted to save a vital piece, story and like to know ideas, unique information, etc. on his/her iPad/iPhone or macOS.

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Quite an Easy way to Save Webpage as PDF on iPad, iPhone

Pre-requisite : an installed latest version of Safari browser and good speed internet connection Wi-Fi or Cellular data (LETE, 3G) doesn’t matter. Similar for All Apple iPad Air, iPad Mini, iPad Pro, iPhone. Cool way to save a web page for Offline reading on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Method 1: Save Webpage as PDF on iPhone Safari

This is an official option to save any Safari Webpage as a PDF on iPhone. While you taking screenshots for the safari webpage, You have to use the advance option for View the full page screenshot, Before saving to PDF we can modify or Edit the webpage like hiding some content, Sign, or Ads then covert it to a PDF file. Follow the below steps,

Note: This trick is useful for iOS 14 or later.

• Open Safari Browser on iPhone . and Open any Website to Browser that you want to save into PDF.

• Now, Tap on Thumbnail Preview and See the full screen with Editor.

• Tap on Done , at the same time your iPhone will ask to Save PDF to files . Tap on it and Your iPhone will save a PDF files into the Files app.

• That’s it.

But if you are getting any trouble or won’t work then Try another method given in below.

Method 2: Create and Share PDF from Webpage in Safari iPhone, iPad

Create a PDF is quick and easy in Safari iPhone, here I am giving official options and Few quick tips to convert the full webpage as a pdf. Follow the below steps and Quickly convert any Webpage with a Picture without losing the Page quality and missing content.

Important Note: This method doesn’t load the whole web page so, you can save the Webpage as a PDF file without Ads. [That depends on Web site Developer]. Otherwise, you have to Enable Reader Mode on Safari and Save as PDF]

• Open Safari Browser on iPhone and Open Any Webpage that you need to create a PDF.

• That’s most common method to conver any safari Webpage to PDF.

Method 3: Using Books App

• Step 1. Launch Safari on iPad, iPhone.
• Step 2. Open a  Webpage that you would like to Save as a PDF to read offline or print a hard copy.
• Step 3. Now tap on Share button from bottom on the screen, you can see in given example screen.
• in iOS 13 and later – Pull up share sheet from bottom to get Save PDF option .
• Step 4. Touch on Save PDF to iBooks.

in iOS 11, iOS 12 or later users have An alternative way, you can also see an option Create PDF  to make a PDF webpage.  in addition, you can use the markup tool to draw circles, square, arrow, bubble symbol, magnifier in PDF with colorful Pencils, Add text, Signature etc.

Wait until your iOS device preparing the Webpage to PDF print. After that, your iPad will automatically let you on the iBook App. So you can read that in the future and in your free time as offline reading. if you don’t want to store that for a long time, then you can delete it.

Steps to how to save a webpage as a pdf on mac

After learned the above way, you need to know everything about Mac Safari browser features. Out of all functionalities, to Save Webpage as PDF Safari Mac is a useful element. Similarly, iOS, Apple’s Mac Safari allows saving an online page for offline reading ease. Learn the following steps to save to do that.

• Step 1. Launch Safari and open the web page of your choice.
• Step 2. launch the Print menu ( Command + P ).
• Step 3. Click on the PDF button → Save as PDF .
• Step 4. Choose the filename and target source for your new PDF file .
• Step 5. Click on Save .

You’re done.

Please share your thought and tell in the comment, how you seem both tips for iPhone and Mac – Save Webpage as PDF on iPad, iPhone; Save Webpage as PDF Safari Mac (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac), respectively.

Save Webpage as PDF Chrome iPhone

Just like Safari Browser, iPhone users can Save Webpage as PDF on Chrome iOS app, follow the below steps to Convert any page as PDF and share on social and Files app.

• Click on the Share icon from the Chrome Browser address bar.

• Again, Tap on the Share icon at the bottom left corner of the screen.

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How to Save a Web Page as a PDF in Safari on the Mac

Take that web page to go as a PDF

What to Know

• In Safari, open a web page and go to File > Export as PDF . Follow the on-screen prompts to name the file and select a storage location.
• Alternatively, press Command + P in Safari. Select the PDF drop-down menu, choose Save as PDF , and then select Save .
• Press Shift + Command + R in Safari to open the Reader . Saving a PDF in Reader downloads a cleaner-looking PDF.

It's easy to export a web page to a PDF file with the Apple Safari web browser on the Mac. When you save a web page to PDF, you can share it so that the information looks identical to how it appears on the website. All PDF files look the same on a computer, tablet , phone, or another device. PDFs are also an alternative to printing the web page .

How to Export a Web Page as a PDF in Safari

It takes a few clicks to convert a web page to a PDF file with Safari.

Open the web page you want to save to PDF.

Go to the File menu and choose Export as PDF .

In the window that appears, enter a name for the PDF file and choose where to save it.

Select Save to save the web page as a PDF.

How to Print a PDF From a Website in Safari

Another way to save a web page as a PDF file is to print the page to PDF.

This feature is available in most web browsers.

Navigate to the page you want to save.

Go to the File menu and select Print .

The keyboard shortcut is Command + P .

Go to the lower-left corner of the print window and select the PDF drop-down arrow.

Select Save as PDF .

Enter a title for the PDF and choose where to save it.

Select Save .

Make a Cleaner PDF in Safari

Use Reader mode to remove ads for a cleaner appearance when saving a page as a PDF. It makes sites easier to read and simpler to save.

Reader isn't available for every website.

Navigate to the site you want to save.

Go to the View menu and choose Show Reader . Or, press Shift + Command + R on the keyboard. If the Show Reader option is gray, it isn't available for the current page.

To activate Reading Mode in earlier versions of Safari, select the three-line icon next to the URL.

A pared-down version of the page opens in Reader. Save the page as a PDF or print it as a PDF to keep a copy of the page.

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• Find podcasts
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Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF in Safari on iPad

Tap Done, then tap Save File To.

Choose a file to save it to, then tap Save.

Apple touts major 60% leap in Safari and WebKit performance

Apple’s WebKit team has published a new blog post this week detailing how they’ve made significant upgrades to Safari’s performance over the last several months. The improvements come following the debut of Speedometer 3.0 in March, described as a “major step forward in making the web faster for all.”

Back in March, Apple, Google, and Mozilla teamed up to launch the new Speedometer 3 browser benchmark. The goal of Speedometer 3 is to “create a shared understanding of web performance so that improvements can be made to enhance the user experience.”

The results provided by Speedometer 3 offer more details on how the test “captures and calculates scores, show more detailed results and introduce an even wider variety of workloads.” Apple says:

The introduction of Speedometer 3.0 is a major step forward in making the web faster for all, and allowing Web developers to make websites and web apps that were not previously possible.

Apple’s WebKit team says that it has successfully improved Safari’s Speedometer 3.0 score by ~60% between the release of Safari 17.0 in September and Safari 17.4’s release in March. These improvements, Apple says, mean that developers can build websites and web apps that are faster than ever before:

With all these optimizations and dozens more, we were able to improve the overall Speedometer 3.0 score by ~60% between Safari 17.0 and Safari 17.4. Even though individual progressions were often less than 1%, over time, they all stacked up together to make a big difference. Because some of these optimizations also benefited Speedometer 2.1, Safari 17.4 is also ~13% faster than Safari 17.0 on Speedometer 2.1. We’re thrilled to deliver these performance improvements to our users allowing web developers to build websites and web apps that are more responsive and snappier than ever.

The full blog post has a ton of technical details on the work that has been done to optimize WebKit and Safari for Speedometer 3.0.

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