Foxit PDF Reader with vertical split option

[vaalbara]

For those interested Foxit finally updated their PDF reader and provided a vertical split option on MacOS.

But beware that the installation processs creates a folder named "~" in your home directory (!).

 

[arinamichel911]

why is it creating a folder, is something suspicious?

 

[bogdanw]

The FoxitPDFReader Setup pkg executes several scripts and installs a launch daemon for updates.

Just the Foxit PDF Reader app can be extracted from the pkg with Suspicious Package https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/ or from Terminal like this:

pkgutil --expand /Users/bogdan/Downloads/FoxitPDFReader202422.L10N.Setup.pkg ~/tmp
cd ~/tmp/Foxit_PDF_Reader.pkg
cat Payload | gunzip -dc | cpio -i 
ditto ~/tmp/Foxit_PDF_Reader.pkg/Applications/Foxit\ PDF\ Reader.app /Applications/Foxit\ PDF\ Reader.app
cd 
rm -r ~/tmp
open -a /Applications/Foxit\ PDF\ Reader.app

 

[vaalbara]

why is it creating a folder, is something suspicious?

No idea; it creates the following empty subfolders:

/Users/user/~/Library/Application\ Support/Foxit\ Software/Continuous/Foxit PDF Reader

Probably a development error less serious than CrowdStrike's. I was in search of a PDF reader with a vertical split option; was waiting for them to port this feature to MacOS. PDF Expert was a bit too pricy for me.

@bogdanw Thanks for the tip; I'll try that.

 

[arinamichel911]

so, do we need to use a Foxit alternative like; adobe or Nitro or anything else?