PDF tools for HR and payroll teams
HR handles the most personal documents in a company: payslips, IDs, contracts and tax forms. Sheaf keeps every one of them on the Mac.
In short: Sheaf helps HR and payroll teams on Mac password-protect payslips, open locked payslips and tax forms using saved employee details, redact Social Security, National Insurance and other ID numbers, fill and sign onboarding forms, and merge new-starter packs, without uploading employee data.
Updated 9 November 2026
What it does for you
Protect pay documentsAdd a password to payslips, offer letters and P60s or W-2s before emailing them.
Open locked payslipsPayroll systems lock payslips with the last characters of the NI number, initials and date of birth, or similar. Saved details open them in one step.
Redact ID numbersFinds Social Security, National Insurance, SIN, TFN, Aadhaar and PAN numbers, plus dates of birth, and deletes them.
Fill and sign formsType into onboarding and tax forms, sign them, and lock the answers in.
New-starter packsMerge the contract, handbook and forms into one PDF with bookmarks.
Remove hidden dataStrip comments and edit history from contracts before they go out.
A typical day
- Drag the month's payslips onto Sheaf and choose Protect.
- When an employee sends ID, drag it and choose Redact to remove numbers you don't need to keep.
- Drag the onboarding pack and choose Merge.
Why it's safe to use with client files
- Nothing is uploaded. Every action runs on the Mac; Sheaf has no servers and no account.
- Originals are never changed. Each result is a new file next to the original, with Undo.
- Sandboxed and reviewed by Apple. Sheaf is sold only on the Mac App Store and opens only the files you give it.
- Ready for IT. Sheaf for Business deploys through Apple Business Manager with managed settings.
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Questions
Where are employee details kept?
Only in this Mac's keychain. Sheaf has no servers and never uploads them.
Can Sheaf remove National Insurance numbers from a PDF?
Yes. Redact finds UK National Insurance numbers, US Social Security numbers and other national ID formats and deletes the text.