Updated 09/01/26

Unlock the Full Potential of Foxit PDF Reader for Mac

Foxit PDF Reader for Mac User Manual is designed to help you to unlock the full potential of Foxit PDF Reader on your Mac device. Whether you are new to Foxit PDF Reader or looking to enhance your productivity, this manual has everything you need.

What's New

1. Meet the newly enhanced Foxit AI Assistant - empower your work with intelligent Workspace and smarter interactions

Introduce Foxit Workspace
Create a project around your documents or a topic, then work with AI to review source materials, extract and organize information, draft content, and develop reusable and sharable outputs (including documents, images, presentations, mind maps, diagrams, infographics, web pages, and Markdown). Foxit Workspace transforms document-based work into a more connected process to help users complete real tasks, not just chat.
Enhanced AI Chat experience — The redesigned AI Assistant Chat has been upgraded from a standard Q&A interface to an Agent that can execute in cycles, maintain context, and invoke tools. Under this agent-based structure, previous tools listed in More tools and certain ribbon commands have been redesigned as skills or generation modes via Chat. The enhanced AI Chat also supports additional AI models, default connected apps (MCP connectors), and skills creation and management.
Support for Local AI with BYOM and SLMs — Provide strict data security by keeping document content within the user’s environment while giving users control over which AI models run through custom models with Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) and enabling efficient on-device processing with SLMs.
Make document translation easier to control by letting users choose the pages to translate, choose Danish as a target language, and follow language-aware guidance during translation.
The redesigned Intelligent Reading has been separated into two standalone features, Read Aloud and Smart Podcast, providing a more streamlined way to explore, understand, and work with document content. The Read Aloud feature has been further improved to support reading selected text and highlighting the text currently being read.

2. Enhance Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MIP) support

Display the sensitivity labels that apply only to files, keeping the labeling experience focused.
Update the justification experience to ensure a complete, reliable audit trail for label changes.
Extend support to organizations using Azure Government Cloud (GCC High)
Enterprise admins can specify which authentication library (MSAL or ADAL) is used for sign-in with Microsoft Purview Information Protection via Foxit Customization Tool to align with their organization’s identity configuration.

3. Optimize the notification mechanism and add options in Preferences to let users manage the display of notification messages for a better experience.

Who Should Use This Manual?

IT administrators, power users, and everyday professionals looking to leverage Foxit PDF Reader for efficient PDF handling and collaboration. This manual ensures you can fully customize your experience and take advantage of everything Foxit has to offer.

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