[atsilver]

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For a long time I use something called iMergePDFs.app. You drop your PDF's in the order yoour want them to be in your one PDF that includes all of them and Bang! One PDF. Free! I haven't checked if it is still available. I never looked for an upgrade since it works flawlessly. The only problem with it is that there are no instructions. But it is easy to guess that once you have dropped all your PDF's in you click print. Then under PDF you select save as PDF.

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After a quick search on the web, it seems that iMergePDF is called now PDFMergeThing and is distributed free of charge by the same Automagic Software Pty Ltd ( http://www.automagic-software.com/ ). This new app is at its beta stage, but amazingly it takes only 160 kB! I haven't yet tested it but may be it deserves a try.

[atsilver]

Something that has always amazed to me is the fact that in the now old and venerable OS 9, you can generate PDF files from any app by using an extension called PrintToPDF, simply changing the default printer (selectinf PrintToPDF as de default one). The most impressive result is that you get PDF files... smaller than those you get with any other app, even the Distiller, the Acrobat Pro and from the OS X facility itself! And the PDF's you get are completely editable! (not only images). You can copy the original text to any word processor, and import your images with Photoshop, for example. May be the only drawback is that PrintToPDF can't combine PDF's /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Albertr]

You are almost there in your amazment that print to PDF gets you a pdf file. Combining PDF files is also very easy. Get iMergePDFs app. Drop the pdf's in the order you want them to form one PDF. Then do the usual, print to PDF. You then have one PDF in the proper order.

[Albertr]

I just discovered an added benefit to iMergepdf. It is a misnomer because I just found out it can do even more than merge. I needed one page separated from a large PDF for email. Since merging in that App is by print command it follows that I can select a page in the print dialogue. Et voila! One page PDF out of a 20 pages PDF file. Amazing? Too bad I can't do this with a paragraph for free too.

[robin315]

I have just completed an exercise into combining two pdfs. I've just discovered that you don't need any fancy software. All you need is - Leopard and Preview!
Open up both pdf's in Preview to be combined.
Open up the sidebar of the one you want to be the combined file.
Select the Icon in the title bar of the other pdf and drag it to the sidebar of the other pdf file. And Bingo! you have just combined two pdf documents. Too simple!
Robin