Hookmark also has a Copy Selection and Link (⌃Q) command that does what you would expect. It has its own URL scheme (not interchangeable with other PDF apps. 👍 Bookends also supports deep PDF links.

👍 Free Skim PDF reader: See Using Hookmark with the Free Skim PDF Reader app: Deep Links!.

👍 Nitro PDF Pro: Includes deep linking to PDFs: Using Hookmark with PDFPenPro.

👍 Acrobat Pro DC (requires at least Hookmark 3, Big Sur): select an annotation like a highlight before Copy Link, Copy Markdown Link.

👍 Adobe Reader (requires at least Hookmark, Big Sur): select an annotation like a highlight before Copy Link, Copy Markdown Link.

You can even share the links will others who have the same file on their Mac. The links open the PDF at the specific page and location on the page! Save yourself time and use these links rather than referring to page numbers/paragraphs in writing. Hookmark enables you to copy deep links to specific selections in a PDF! Paste the links in your notes, tasks, etc.

PDF Readers supporting deep linking (to specific pages) Some other apps have PDF readers built-in to them with which you can use Hookmark, such as DEVONthink’s PDF reader.

👍 Skim PDF reader: See Using Hookmark with the Free Skim PDF Reader app: Deep Links!.

👍 Nitro PDF Pro (previously called “PDFPenPro”) Includes deep linking to PDFs.

👍 Highlights – PDF Reader for Research.

👍 Adobe Acrobat (requires Hookmark 2.2.2 or newer).

Before invoking Hookmark, rather than selecting text on the right, select a node in the left navigation pane.

👍 Apple Books app: As described in this post.

🤔 Firefox, Firefox Nightly browser, and Development edition: (all languages).

Normally we simply don’t mention an app if there’s no support.

🤔 : Hookmark integrates with the app using UI scripting because the app lacks an adequate API for linking (possibly no API).

And their software developers should be commended for supporting linking and automation. Linking should work regardless of the language of the app. Those apps are the best apps to use with Hookmark.

👍 : The app has reliable automation for linking which is used by Hookmark.

(See also : What’s a Linkable App and Why Does Linkability Matter?). The information results from our testing and/or Hookmark customers’. This document lists apps that we know can be used with Hookmark, meaning that you can bookmark and hook (bidirectionally link) their items together with Hookmark.

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