How to sign documents in macOS Catalina

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This time Apple listened again to its users and now allows signing documents with an iPhone or an iPad from our Mac. This was one of those old demands of users that in macOS Mojave was improved but did not become what it is. cool new feature in macOS Catalina.

Many of you are sure to be curious about how to sign documents on our Mac from the iPhone or iPad with the new version of the operating system and that is why we are going to show the simple steps to perform in this improved function.

And yes, in macOS Mojave you can also sign a document Using Trackpad or Camera:

MacOS Mojave Signature

But in macOS Catalina this function improves and for all those who want to sign from an iPhone or an iPad they can now do it too. The truth is that both methods are good and it is not something that requires great skills, it is simply an improved function in the new version of macOS Catalina. In this case we are going to see the steps to be able to sign from our iOS device. The first thing is to have the new one installed macOS Catalina beta and then just access Preview.

MacOS Catalina signature

In the tools we find the option Annotate> Signatures> Manage Signatures> Create signature. Now we simply have to choose our iOS device with which we want to sign and create the signature from it. With this we can now add the signature in the documents we want in a simple way and with the signature made on our iPhone or iPad, although it is true that the option to sign with the Trackpad and the camera do not disappear from the options, they add up. The option to sign is available also in iOS 13 and also in iPadOS but it does not work in previous versions of these iOS.


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