TeraConvert

Convert JPG to PDF on your Mac

Convert JPG to PDF on your Mac without uploading anything. This tab does the work; the desktop app runs a whole folder in one go.

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100% local. Your file is processed in this tab and never uploaded.

How to Convert JPG to PDF on a Mac

  1. 1

    Drop your JPG file

    Drag it into the converter above, or click to browse. Nothing is uploaded.

  2. 2

    Adjust settings (optional)

    Crop, resize, rotate, or set quality from the sliders icon.

  3. 3

    Convert and download

    PDF is preselected. The file converts in this tab and downloads when done.

Why Convert JPG to PDF?

JPG images sent over email or chat can land at any size, and they print with whatever margins the viewer's software feels like applying that day. A PDF fixes that.

Dimensions lock, presentation looks deliberate, and a set of images travels as one file.

JPG
PDF
Compression
Lossy
Type
Document container
Transparency
No
Editable
Read-only (by default)
Max colors
16.7 million
Page-size locked
Yes
Animation
No
Searchable text
Yes (native) or via OCR
Browser support
Universal
Browser support
Universal
Typical use
Photography
Typical use
Sharing, archiving, print

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I convert JPG to PDF on a Mac?
Drop the file into the converter above, pick PDF, then hit Convert. Your Mac does the whole job inside this tab, so the file is never uploaded and the page keeps working with the Wi-Fi off. The desktop app adds folder-at-a-time batches and drops the browser size caps.
Will converting JPG to PDF reduce image quality?
The browser converter re-encodes the image as JPEG inside the PDF at your chosen quality level. Setting quality to 95 or higher preserves the original JPG quality almost exactly.
Can I put multiple JPGs into one PDF?
The browser tool creates one PDF page per image. On desktop, convert the batch and merge the PDFs, reordering pages in the editor.
What page size will the PDF be?
The PDF page is sized to fit your image at 72 DPI by default. You can specify A4 or Letter dimensions in the document editor before converting.
Is the resulting PDF searchable?
No. A JPG-to-PDF conversion creates an image-based PDF. Use TeraConvert's OCR pipeline (JPG to TXT or DOCX) if you need searchable text from scanned documents.
Is my file private?
Yes. The conversion runs in your browser tab and nothing is uploaded, so your files never leave your device. The only limit is size: 25 MB for this format. Bigger files route to the desktop app.

Batch-converting hundreds of scanned JPGs?

TeraConvert Desktop batch-converts JPG scans to PDF and merges the results, with no file count limit.

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