Sheaf for Business

The PDF work legal, finance and HR teams do every day, right where they drag the file. Nothing is uploaded, so there is nothing to approve with your security team except the app.

What your team gets

Bates numberingOne sequence across every PDF in a production, like ACME000001. Continues from your last production with the same prefix.

Page numbers, headers and footers“Page 1 of 9”, file name, date, in any corner. Skip the cover page. Text and links keep working.

WatermarksConfidential, Draft or your own words, drawn into every page so they print and can’t be clicked away.

Remove hidden dataShows and removes author and edit history, comments, attached files, scripts and hidden layers. Pages look the same.

Court-ready PDFFlattens, removes hidden data, makes scans searchable and keeps each file under the e-filing limit, in parts if needed.

Real redactionFinds names, emails, phone, card, account and ID numbers, and deletes the text underneath.

Fill and lock formsType into a PDF form, then save a copy with the answers locked into the page.

PDF to ExcelBank statements become a spreadsheet with every row checked against the running balance. Other tables become one sheet each.

Unlock client statementsOpens password-protected statements, payslips and tax forms using client details kept in the Mac’s keychain.

Certified true copiesSignature, name, membership number and date in one stamp, in each country’s wording. UDIN for Indian CAs.

Upload size presetsFit 10 MB for IRS and USCIS, 5 MB for India’s Income Tax and GST portals or Australia’s ATO and myGov.

Shortcuts and folder automationsEvery action works in Shortcuts, and a watched folder can number, clean or prepare files on its own.

By team

Law firmsBates numbering, redaction, metadata removal, court-ready PDFs.

Accounting & financeStatements to Excel, unlocking client PDFs, certified copies, portal sizes.

HR & payrollProtect payslips, redact ID numbers, fill and sign forms.

Real estateSign, merge disclosure packs, photos to PDF, email size.

Healthcare officesRedact patient identifiers, searchable scans, protected files.

Why security teams say yes

Files never leave the Mac. Every action runs on the device. Sheaf has no servers, no account and no analytics.
Sandboxed by Apple. Sheaf ships only through the Mac App Store, signed and reviewed by Apple, and can open only the files a person drops or picks.
Originals are never changed. Every result is a new file, with Undo.
One network use, and it’s optional. When converting a web page file (HTML) to PDF, macOS may load the images that page links to. No other action touches the network.

Buying for a team

Buy Sheaf for Business in Apple Business Manager (or Apple School Manager) with volume purchasing, then assign it to Macs or people from your MDM. Everything is included, there is nothing to unlock and no trial reminders, so it’s ready on first launch.

Individuals can keep using the regular Sheaf with its free trial and one-time purchase.

Managed settings

Send a configuration profile with the payload type com.vikashsingh.sheaf.business (or com.vikashsingh.sheaf for the regular app) from Jamf, Kandji, Intune, Mosyle or any MDM. A setting you set is locked in Sheaf’s Settings, and Settings shows “Managed by” your organization.

Key	Type	What it does
`OrganizationName`	String	Shown in Settings as “Managed by …”.
`HiddenActions`	Array of strings	Actions to remove, e.g. `protect`, `sign`. IDs: merge, compress, split, rotate, searchable, organize, sign, redact, protect, makePDF, toPDF, export, convertImage, resizeImage, number, watermark, clean, filing, fillForm, excel, unlock, certify.
`outputMode`	String	`beside` (next to the original) or `folder`.
`outputFolderPath`	String	Folder for results when outputMode is `folder`.
`stripMetadata`	Boolean	Remove author and document info from every result.
`defaultCompression`	String	`high`, `balanced` or `small`.
`emailLimitMB`	Integer	Size for “split into email-sized parts”. Default 25.
`FilingLimitMB`	Integer	Size limit for Court-ready PDFs. Default 35.
`PortalLimitKB`	Integer	Size for Compress › Fit upload presets, in KB. Default follows the country: 10000 in the US, 5000 elsewhere.
`Country`	String	Two-letter code (US, GB, IN, AU, CA, NZ, SG, ZA, AE) for certification wording, ID labels and upload size. Default: the Mac’s region.
`DefaultWatermarkText`	String	Words for the one-tap watermark, e.g. `Privileged & Confidential`.
`BatesPrefix`	String	Default Bates prefix, e.g. your matter code.
`DisableReviewPrompts`	Boolean	Never ask for an App Store rating.
`DisableWatchedFolders`	Boolean	Turn off folder automations.

Download a sample configuration profile and edit the values before you upload it to your MDM.

Requirements

macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon or Intel. English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Indonesian.

Questions about a rollout? Email us.

Questions

Does Sheaf send any document data anywhere?

No. Every action runs on the Mac. Sheaf has no servers and collects no data.

Why is there a separate business app?

Apple’s volume purchasing doesn’t support in-app purchases, so the regular Sheaf can’t be unlocked for a whole team. Sheaf for Business is paid once per Mac with everything included.

Is the Bates sequence shared between people?

Each Mac remembers its own next number per prefix. For a shared production, give each person their own prefix or set the start number when numbering.

Does removing hidden data change how pages look?

No. Pages look the same; author info, edit history, comments, attachments, scripts and hidden layers are removed.