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February 27, 2019
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How do I install acrobat dc on my iPad Pro

  • February 27, 2019
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I have a subscription to acrobat dc and would like to be able to use it on the road with my iPad Pro.  can’t figure out how to download it and don’t see it in the App Store. does anyone know?

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    Correct answer Dov Isaacs

    To be very specific, the only “Acrobat” application available for either iOS or Android is Adobe Acrobat Reader which is equivalent to the comparable application on Windows and MacOS with a few additional features that are accessible when you have either an Adobe Creative Cloud or Document Cloud subscription. It has nowhere near the functionality of Acrobat Pro DC. Such a product has not been released at this time.

              - Dov

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    R. Kyle Grooters
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    January 31, 2021

    Just release DC for iPad. It's So annoying to have to go to my laptop to fill out PDF forms to send for signature. And iPad should be able to fill out a PDF. Apps like dotloop are glitchy as hell. Just let me open a PDF with form fields and fill it out on iPad. 

    I have to imagine that there's some sort of difficulty or reason that it hasn't been released yet considering how stupid it would be to just assume none of us need this on the road ability. 

      Bernd Alheit
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      Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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      January 31, 2021

      On the iPad you can fill PDF forms with Acrobat Reader.

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        Mickey me
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        October 25, 2020

        So the adobe app I am paying $120/yr for is worthless on the most sophisticated computer in 2020. Adobe is waste of money. Dumped the app. 

          ls_rbls
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          ls_rblsCommunity Expert
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          October 25, 2020

          An iOS or Android OS mobile app is not designed nor compiled  to run in the most sophisticated computer(s).

           

          I would assume this is dependent on how each computer user would preconceive the idea of what the most sophisticated computers really are when compared to very powerful laptops or tablets with Advanced RISC-based machine architecture.

           

           

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          Jaytee3
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          March 25, 2020

          Given it's 2020 and Apple just released the new iPad Pro, is there any word on when Adobe will take Acrobat Pro DC and make it compatible with iPad OS. I really need to use the OCR and Bates stamping functions with Acrobat Pro DC. 

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            March 25, 2020

            No, there is no word as to whether Adobe have any plans to do this. Anyone with inside information would have a secrecy agreement. Adobe have found that discussing their plans leads to nothing but trouble (and sometimes lawsuits).

            tonya34743994
            tonya34743994
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            February 8, 2020

            Software Providers are gradually making advantage of the extra facilities of iPad Pro's. The frequent response that Acrobat Pro is only available via Desktop, may also be changed as further high-end options are realised in the more flexable settings of iPad Pro over Desktop/Laptop. Publishers + Writers/Authors may (soon?) have more hope to look forward to ... That's just looking into one niche industry. The sky is truly the limit, re: countless existing + introduced activities, through AI-ML-3D-Robotics-Drones-Space-SmartTechs-Unicycles...

            ls_rbls
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            ls_rblsCommunity Expert
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            February 8, 2020

            Are we talking Linux too in  here? (drones, robotics, space force, military (AndroidOS = Linux kernel in ARM) architechture, smart watches, smart card readers for Android OS,  live USB bootable Linux OS distributions, penetration testing and forensic tools, etc??)  Open Source by the way, in the whole sense of  free to modify, free to redistribute, free to recompile, free to improve the original code, without breaking the law that is...

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            Test Screen Name
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            April 24, 2019

            There is Windows and there is Mac. There are no Mac tablets. You could consider the Surface Pro, a Windows tablet.

            joey005
            joey005
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            November 5, 2019

            Yeah, it shouldn't be discriminatory for just avaiable for windows use. I think one should be created for mac tablet, such as the iPad OS, which is now pretty much fully functional as a computer, just as good if not better than the surface. 

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            November 5, 2019

            It may happen. Yesterday, Adobe released Photoshop for iPad, the first full powered conversion from Windows/Mac for the high end iPad Pro. They will be looking hard at the sales info to see if there is more money to be made.

             

            By the way there is NO SUCH THING as a Mac tablet. The Surface is a Windows tablet, but as you've found, the iPad is a very limited and controlled tablet, nothing at all like a Mac. 

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              darrylb48535091
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              April 24, 2019

              Is there a Tablet/OS you recommend for Acrobat PRO DC.  I typically do 99% of my business on iPhone & iPad, but now have a client who sends me documents in Acrobat PRO DC format, which is very difficult to work with on the iPad PRO!

                Dov Isaacs
                Dov Isaacs
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                April 24, 2019

                There is no such thing as Acrobat PRO DC format. We assume you mean PDF! The question is then what you are trying to do with such PDF files on your iPad. If all you need to do is read, print, and/or annotate, the free Adobe Acrobat Reader for iOS should meet your needs. Otherwise, if you need to do extensive PDF file manipulation, you need the full Acrobat Pro product which installs and runs only on MacOS and Windows.

                If you are addicted to small devices, you can get either a very small MacBook (runs MacOS) or a very small Windows system, such as Microsoft's Surface Pro.

                          - Dov

                - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
                  ls_rbls
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                  ls_rblsCommunity Expert
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                  November 21, 2019

                  "Apple seems to remain adamant in supporting things like "  -- do you mean "NOT supporting"? Because none of the solutions in that article actually run on the iPad, they just connect to a remote computer...


                  No I didn't mean "NOT supporting". 

                   

                  I meant exactly what I said "Apple SEEMS to remain adamant in supporting things like..." (this is not a definite or declarative statement of any kind).

                   

                  The fact that a user can remotely access another computer or a server is indeed  a form of virtualization and by that virtue Apple do actually supports that virtualization in both hardware and software for  the iPad and iPad Pro. That is not the same as stating "they just connect to a remote computer..."

                   

                  There is a clear difference between server and desktop virtualization explained here:  https://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Computer_Science/difference_between_server_and_desktop_virtualization.html

                   

                  Without specifying the differences above it creates an air of confusion of what is possible, what is limited, and what is simply not supported at all.

                   

                  On the other hand, my whole point is that,  the lack of flexibility that used to be natively  more accessible in older Apple devices, is now becoming an issue for the hetero-tech-savy  Apple community that  wish to install  or dual boot another operating system in that device, for example. 

                   

                  In the same context, it seems like  a growing curiosity in the Apple loyal customer fan base is feeling inclined more and more to the need of  customizing their apps to do specific things.

                   

                  So when the Apple user gets stuck with the inability to unhide other capbilities in their expensive iPad Pro devices, without understanding Apple's current tight licensing and TOS, what exaclty could be defines as exploiting firmware, messing with the Boot ROM and/or decrypting the iBoot, to include all other sorts of injected bugs, "hackingtoshing" the iOS, and jailbreaking the device, is simply driving the community to look to the side to consider third-party alternatives  to accomplish what they wish should work in such a nice device.

                   

                  That is what I was implying in an attempt to answer the original question ; " Is there a version of adobe that can be pushed with this capability, like one for the surface, used on tablet mode? "

                   

                  In my personal case, I have a MacBook from 2010. I am able to install and run Linux Mint or Ubuntu on it (including other OS's), and even install different versions of AndroidOS and Windows. 

                   

                  With Linux, I am able to deploy PlayOnLinux, Wine, CrossOver, or use snapd,  as emulators and then be able to run a Windows 10 full offline standalone installer of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. It actually  works with my forms, fill, sign etc.

                   

                  Can you do that with the iPad Pro??   NO, it is ARM architechture not AMD or Intel processors architechture to begin with.

                   

                  So my answer to BJtheWaterman should be NO.

                   

                  But, can a user be able to virtualize by connecting remotely to another client computer or virtual server with their iPad Pro? :  YES

                   

                  Is this a viable soultion like shown in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH7ldv7hFVw posted by an  iPadPro user who wanted to run Windows10 virtualized in his device?  YES 

                   

                  Have Apple disclosed that it could be  possible to  locally install in their iPadPro device other programs, like Adobe Acrobat Pro DC in the near future, or even give any hopes to their community that it could be possible one day???:      I don't know (Does anyone really knows?)

                   

                   

                  So that was actually a compliment to Apple not in a negative context.

                   

                   

                  Dov Isaacs
                  Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
                  Legend
                  February 27, 2019

                  To be very specific, the only “Acrobat” application available for either iOS or Android is Adobe Acrobat Reader which is equivalent to the comparable application on Windows and MacOS with a few additional features that are accessible when you have either an Adobe Creative Cloud or Document Cloud subscription. It has nowhere near the functionality of Acrobat Pro DC. Such a product has not been released at this time.

                            - Dov

                  - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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                    Test Screen Name
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                    February 27, 2019

                    There is an Adobe Acrobat app in the app store. It isn't the same as Acrobat Pro, but it's all there is. For everything on iOS, what you see in the app store is all there is, there can be no other downloads, and you can't run Windows or Mac apps. Apple don't allow it.

                    Bernd Alheit
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                    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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                    February 27, 2019

                    Adobe Acrobat DC is not available for iOS.

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