# SlidePilot > Markdown version of https://brajeshwar.com/2023/slidepilot/ — 2023-02-14 [SlidePilot](https://slidepilotapp.com/) is a powerful native macOS tool for presenting PDF slides with support for LaTeX Beamer[^LaTeXBeamer]. I was struggling with presenting PDFs with the built-in macOS Preview[^Preview] App. I tried several options to optimize Preview's setup so I could present it easily. But I realized I could look around to see if someone had solved the problem. Well, they did. I stumbled on SlidePilot and is one of the best finds in recent times. It is free and [open source](https://github.com/SlidePilot). SlidePilot Use the Beamer class notes slides or add your notes in RTF[^RTF] format. For notes, SlidePilot supports the note function of the LaTeX Beamer class. On the other hand, you can easily add notes in RTF format to any PDF with the built-in text editor. The canvas function will let you draw on the current slide while presenting. You can also have Stopwatch, Timer, and Clock - things you need for a smooth presentation. The layout options are just there; that makes perfect sense. If you have a secondary/tertiary display, it just works the way it should. It comes with a companion [iOS Remote Control App](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1535769714) to remotely control presentations that you are holding on your Mac with SlidePilot via your iPhone. - [Download SlidePilot](https://slidepilotapp.com/). - Read the [Documentation](https://slidepilot.gitbook.io/) and the [Changelog](https://github.com/SlidePilot/SlidePilot-macOS/releases). [^LaTeXBeamer]: [Beamer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer_(LaTeX)) is a LaTeX document class for creating presentation slides, with a wide range of templates and a set of features for making slideshow effects. It supports pdfLaTeX, LaTeX + dvips, LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX. The name is taken from the German word "Beamer" as a pseudo-anglicism for "video projector". [Beamer is Open Source](https://github.com/josephwright/beamer). [^Preview]: [Preview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preview_(macOS)) is the built-in image viewer and PDF viewer of the macOS. In addition to viewing and printing digital images and Portable Document Format (PDF) files, it can also edit these media types. [^RTF]: The [Rich Text Format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format) (RTF) is a proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft from 1987 until 2008 for cross-platform document interchange with Microsoft products. Prior to 2008, Microsoft published updated specifications for RTF with major revisions of Microsoft Word and Office versions.