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In some contexts, a digital signature is a signature that a user adds to a document.

The term digital signature can refer to two different concepts:

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Here’s what you need to know about how to create digital signatures. You can use digital signatures to eliminate the need for printing and sharing documents physically.

Whether it’s getting a client to sign a contract or asking an employee to sign a policy document for your compliance process, printing a paper, getting a physical signature, and uploading the signed document into your system is time-consuming. In other words, if you have 3 signatures you want to migrate, make sure you have created 3 Preview Signature Privacy or Signature Annotation Privacy keychain items in your Keychain Access.Paperwork can slow down your workflows.

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NOTE: If you are planning to migrate MULTIPLE signatures from your source Mac to your destination Mac(s), make sure to create a new signature for each signature that you plan to migrate.

This should automatically create the missing Preview Signature Privacy or Signature Annotation Privacy keychain item(s) that you need to have in your Keychain Access. You can create multiple signatures here if you are planning to import multiple signatures from your source Mac.

Open your Preview app, and create a new signature which will later be replaced by your imported signature(s) from your source Mac.

If the Preview Signature Privacy or Signature Annotation Privacy keychain item is missing from your destination Mac's Keychain Access, an easy way to add it is as follows:

Add Preview to applications allowed access.

In the newly created entry, click Access Control.

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Paste the password copied from your original machine, per above procedure.

Enter Preview in the Account Name field.

On OS X Yosemite 10.10 and later, enter Signature Annotation Privacy in the Keychain Item Name field.

On OS X Mavericks 10.9 and earlier, enter Preview Signature Privacy in the Keychain Item Name field.

Click on the + icon to create a new entry.

Open Keychain Access as above and do the following:

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This is necessary when the target machine (like a Mac Pro with an older or third-party display attached) has no camera which means no Signature file can be created from within Preview. In situations where the target machine has no existing Preview Signature Privacy or Signature Annotation Privacy record in Keychain Access, you must create a new record.

Click the Show password checkbox and paste the password you copied from your original machine.

On OS X Yosemite 10.10 and later, locate the Signature Annotation Privacy password in the login keychain and double-click to edit.

On OS X Mavericks 10.9 and earlier, locate the Preview Signature Privacy password in the login keychain and double-click to edit.

On OS X Yosemite 10.10 and later, copy the file to the folder, overwriting any existing file.

On OS X Mavericks 10.9 and earlier, copy the .plist file to the folder, overwriting any existing file.

Launch Preview, open Preferences, and select the Signatures tab to ensure the default configuration files and folders have been created.

You'll need to transfer this to your other computer(s).

Paste it into a text editor and save the file.

On OS X Yosemite 10.10 and later, right-click the Signature Annotation Privacy password and select Copy Password to Clipboard.

This is the password used to encrypt the signature images.

On OS X Mavericks 10.9 and earlier, right-click the Preview Signature Privacy password and select Copy Password to Clipboard.

Ensure the login keychain is selected and choose the Passwords category.

On OS X Yosemite 10.10 and later, copy the file.

On OS X Mavericks 10.9 and earlier, copy the .plist file.Alternatively, press ⇧⌘G whilst Finder is active and enter the path above to directly navigate.

In Finder, click the Go menu and hold option to show the Library folder.

Open the ~/Library/Containers//Data/Library/Preferences folder.

Here are the steps to get both the file where the signature is stored as well as the associated keychain entry to a second Mac. This was covered by Aussie Bloke's blog when Lion arrived.

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