Q: Is there a senior discount for PDF Studio, Qoppa’s advanced PDF Editor for Windows, macOS and Linux? A: Qoppa Software now offers seniors, age 62 or older, special pricing for PDF Studio. This makes PDF Studio a complete and affordable PDF software for our senior customers. Single User License For single user license purchase, Qoppa […]
Category: Installation / Registration
Common questions related to Installation, Licensing, Registration / Activation, Updates, etc…
PDF Editor for macOS / Mac OS X
Q: What versions of Apple macOS does PDF Studio run on? A: PDF Studio 2022 works on the following mac versions: macOS 13 Ventura macOS 12 Monterey MacOS 11 Big Sur macOS 10.15 Catalina macOS 10.14 Mojave macOS 10.13 High Sierra Try PDF Studio for free.
Qoppa’s PDF Editor Now Available on NixOS Linux Distribution
Our fully-featured PDF editor PDF Studio is now available on NixOS Linux, easy to download and install as a nix package. NixOS Software helps users conserve more disk space. Now our users have another Linux distribution to use our easy-to-use PDF software to create, edit, markup, annotate, and digitally sign PDFs. We want to thank […]
X11GraphicsEnvironment error when installing PDF Studio as root on Linux
Q: When I’m installing PDF Studio as root, there’s an error message “Could not initialize class sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment”. How can I solve this issue? A: On some Linux distros such as CentOS, the user environment variables including the display may not be passed to root. The error message you will see in the console is the […]
License Key Management for Volume (Multi Users / Multi Key) Licenses
Q: Do you offer any license management tools for volume (Multi Users / Multi Key) installations to manage user / employee registrations? A: Yes, for customers with over 10 licenses who subscribed to a Subscription or Upgrade Plan can access PDF Studio License Key Portal. This feature is currently only available by request. To receive […]
MacOS: Invalid Checksum Error on Update Install
Q: When I tried to update PDF Studio to the latest version on macOS big Sur, I received an “Invalid checksum” error message. How can I update to the latest version? A: Recent macOS changes require an application to be notarized with a developer certificate before it can be installed. This notarization process modifies the […]
Where can I find PDF Studio Installer (install4j) Logs?
Q: I’m running into some errors when trying to install PDF Studio. How can I resolve this? A: If PDF Studio’s installer fails on your machine, Email PDF Studio support team and make sure sure to include the log files from our installer install4j. By looking at the logs, our team might be able to […]
PDF Studio installer hangs on license agreement dialog
Q: When I start installing PDF Studio, it hangs on the license agreement dialog and does not let me agree and continue. How can I solve this issue? A: It is a known issue with our Mac installer which happens only under specific circumstances that we are still trying to identify. We had a few users […]
Creating Default User Settings for Large Deployments
Q: How do I create and deploy custom settings for company wide use? A: Custom settings can be setup for large deployments by using the “defaults” folder located within the PDF Studio installation directory. This can be used to create company wide default settings for all features within PDF Studio including: Application Preferences (language, units, […]
Windows Active Directory Group Policy and User Home Folder
When using Active Directory group policy on Windows and the environment variables for UserProfile and HomeDrive are different, PDF Studio will use the UserProfile variable as PDF Studio “user home folder”, which is where user preferences and settings for PDF Studio will be stored. If you would like to use a different folder, you can […]
