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How to set up Fyllyo, work with your PDFs and fill your first form. Can’t find your answer? Write to me. I answer every message myself.

  1. 1
    Download the Mac app

    Get it from the downloads page and drag it into Applications. It needs an Apple silicon Mac (M1 or later) and macOS 13 or later.

  2. 2
    Open a PDF

    Drop PDFs on Fyllyo’s Home screen or choose Open. Each one opens in its own tab. Every PDF tool is free, with no account: reading, signing, page tools, combining, text recognition, redaction, text editing and more.

  3. 3
    Try AI form filling

    When you want Fyllyo to fill forms from your documents, click Sign in at the top of the app and sign in with a free account. Signing in starts a 5-day trial of AI form filling, with no credit card. The AI model also starts downloading. It’s about 5 GB, plus about 1 GB for scans and photos.

  4. 4
    Fill a form from documents

    Pick a built-in form or add your own fillable PDF, then add your documents. Fyllyo fills the form on your Mac and leaves anything it isn’t sure of blank and says why. Check each answer against the line it came from, then save.

Working with PDFs

How do I make a scanned PDF searchable?

Open it and choose Tools, then Recognize text in scanned pages. Fyllyo adds a text layer using Apple’s text recognition on your Mac, so the page looks the same but you can search, select and copy. Save to keep it. It’s free.

How do I reorder, rotate or delete pages?

Use the Pages menu: rotate, move a page up or down, delete it, insert pages from another PDF, or save one page as a new PDF. Split into separate PDFs is there too. It’s all free.

How do I redact a PDF?

Choose Tools, then Find and redact. Type a name, a number or any phrase, mark the matches, choose Redact All, then Save redacted copy. Fyllyo removes them from the pages, then finds the same words in comments, form fields, bookmarks, document details and attachments and removes them there too. On a scan, recognize its text first. Your original stays as it was. It’s free.

How do I password-protect a PDF?

Choose Security from the viewer’s menu. In the Protect Document window, tick Require password to open and type the password twice. Restrict permissions limits printing and copying instead. Choose Apply Protection, then save. It’s free.

How do I sign with a certificate?

Choose Sign…, then Choose… to pick your .p12 or .pfx certificate. Next time, your last one is already there. Enter its password. Fyllyo never saves it. Sign and save… writes a signed copy. The bar above it says who signed and that nothing has changed since. It’s free, like a signature you draw.

A government form says “Please wait…” and never opens

That’s an XFA form, which Preview and web browsers can’t show. Open it in Fyllyo instead. Fyllyo shows and fills most XFA forms for free. Their own scripts, such as Validate, don’t run.

Account and license

How do I buy a license?

Open your license page (sign in or create your account first) and buy the desktop license, $99 once. It stays yours for life, with free updates.

Can I move my license to another Mac?

Yes. The license is active on one Mac at a time. Free it from the app or from your account’s license settings, then sign in on the other Mac and choose Activate on this Mac.

What are credits for?

Credits pay for Fyllyo setting up your own fillable PDF. $1 buys 100 credits, purchases start at $10, and credits never expire. You can use your own OpenAI or Anthropic key instead. Filling forms never uses credits.

How do I delete my account?

Open your account settings and choose Delete account. Documents you filled stay on your computer. Fyllyo never had them.

Filling forms

Does Fyllyo work offline?

Yes. The free PDF tools never need a connection. AI form filling works offline once its model has downloaded and the form is set up. The model downloads when your trial or license starts. Setting up a new custom form needs a connection.

Are my documents uploaded?

No. Filling and text recognition happen on your Mac. Only custom-form setup sends the blank form and your instructions. How privacy works.

What documents can I use?

PDFs, scans, photos, Word files and typed notes, such as an email or phone answers. Add as many files as the form needs. If a PDF has a password, Fyllyo asks for it and unlocks a copy on your Mac. Clear, readable documents give the best results.

My form isn’t in the library. What now?

Add it yourself as a blank fillable PDF. Fyllyo learns it once in the cloud and tests itself on test clients before you use it. Adding the official instructions helps. A note is optional. Or request it and I’ll look at adding it to the library.

Why was a field left blank?

Fyllyo leaves a field blank rather than guess, and the review screen says why. For example, the value doesn’t appear in your documents, two documents give different amounts, or a number looks like the wrong kind of ID. Read the reason, check your documents, then type the answer in.

Troubleshooting

The AI model download fails or stalls

Check your internet connection and that you have about 8 GB of free space. Then try again. The download resumes where it stopped rather than starting over.

The app says my license is in use on another Mac

Release the license from your account’s license page, then sign in again on this Mac.

Fyllyo is slow on my Mac

Filling runs on your Mac, so it’s fastest with 16 GB of memory or more. Close other memory-heavy apps while a form fills. Intel Macs are not supported.

An answer is wrong

Correct it in the review screen before saving. The change goes straight into the PDF, and the form’s totals recalculate. You can undo it. If it happens again on the same form, email me the form name and field, without client details, and I’ll fix the template.

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