Inspired from: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/3cbbor/tip_remove_author_data_from_pdf/
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Launch
Automator.app
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In the menubar click
File
>New
> SelectWorkflow
then clickChoose
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In the left pane search for the item
Get Selected Finder Items
It should be located inLibrary
>Files & Folders
>Get Selected Finder Items
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Click and drag the item
Get Selected Finder Items
into the right pane -
In the left pane search for the item
Set PDF Metadata
It should be located inLibrary
>PDF
>Set PDF Metadata
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Click and drag the item
Set PDF Metadata
into the right pane, just below the boxGet Selected Finder Items
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In the right pane check all of the boxes (Title, Author, Subject...) in the box
Set PDF Metadata
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In the menubar click
File
>Save...
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For the field
Save As
, name your app as you want for exampleRemovePDFmetadata
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For the field
Where
, make sure to select the folderApplications
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For the field
File Format
, make sure to selectApplication
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In your Finder open the folder
Applications
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Drag and drop the application you just created onto your Dock or onto the Finder's toolbar (while pressing the key ⌘ command)
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You can now drag and drop any PDF (one or more at the same time) on the icon of your application to remove its metadata
The first time you do this, you may get a small window telling you that your application wants access to control "Finder.app", this is perfectly fine and you can click
OK
thanks for sharing, this was really helpful!