Extracting a Single Page from a PDF on macOS

I frequently find myself needing to extract just one page from a multi-page PDF. Maybe it's a single recipe from a cookbook, or a specific diagram from a technical manual.

Plenty of online tools and command-line utilities can do this, but it turns out macOS has a built-in solution that's quick and easy to use. Here's how:

1. Open the PDF in Preview (this is the default PDF viewer on macOS)

2. In the sidebar, select the thumbnail of the page you want to extract

3. Hit CMD + C to copy the page

4. Press CMD + N (or go to File > New from Clipboard)

And that's it! Preview will create a new document with just that single page.

This technique uses native macOS functionality, so it's fast and doesn't require any additional software. It's become my go-to method for quick PDF extractions.