Ask questions about a PDF on Mac, privately
Ask a question about PDFs, scans or documents and get an answer from what they say.
Three steps. That's it.
- 1
Drop your files
Drag files onto Ask a Document, choose them with Choose Files, or right-click them in Finder.
- 2
Choose the options
Set what you need in the options panel, such as your question. Your choices are remembered for next time.
- 3
Get the result
The result lands in a new dated folder in Downloads › OneMacTools. Your originals are never changed.
What Ask a Document does
Type a question like "When is the payment due?" and OneMacTools finds the most relevant passages and answers with Apple Intelligence's on-device model. The answer is saved with the passages it came from, so you can check it.
Uses Apple Intelligence on-device when it's on, and falls back to on-device text recognition when it's off.
Options
Great for
- Find a deadline in a long contract
- Check what a policy says about refunds
- Get the key figure from a report
Questions about Ask a Document
Does Ask a Document upload my files?
No. Ask a Document runs entirely on your Mac, so your files never leave it and it works offline.
Will Ask a Document change my original files?
No. Results are saved as new files in a dated folder in Downloads › OneMacTools, and your originals are left exactly as they were unless you turn on an option that says otherwise.
Does Ask a Document need Apple Intelligence?
It uses Apple Intelligence's on-device model when it's turned on, for the best results. When it's off, OneMacTools falls back to on-device text recognition and rules, and tells you.
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