{"id":1514,"date":"2021-09-02T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T14:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2023-08-04T01:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:01:58","slug":"resize-or-compress-image-on-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/resize-or-compress-image-on-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Resize or Reduce Image Size on Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh no, you open the storage manager on your Mac and see that the already low disk space is stuffed full with stacks of photos, some of which could be taking up tens of megabytes on their own! And there are most likely many more images stored on your Mac other than those in Photos!<\/p>\n

\"Photos<\/picture>
\n(To open the storage manager, go to the Apple menu > About This Mac > Storage > Manage).<\/p>\n

After you\u2019ve sorted through your photos and deleted the ones you don\u2019t want to keep, what can you do to reduce the amount of storage space the ones you do want take up? Well, here are some tricks!<\/p>\n

Lower the quality to reduce the image size<\/h2>\n

Your Mac has a great built-in image-editing tool: the Preview app, which can meet most of your basic editing demands. First, right-click on an image and select \u201cPreview (default)\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Open<\/picture><\/p>\n

Then, move your cursor to the \u201cFile\u201d icon in the top-left and select \u201cExport\u2026\u201d from the menu.<\/p>\n

\"Go Export.\" class=\"webpexpress-processed\"><\/picture><\/p>\n

In the pop-up window, you can adjust the image quality by moving the Quality slider.
\nNote: This method only works with the JPEG<\/strong> format. So, if you want to reduce the quality of a PNG image, you have to choose \u201cJPEG\u201d from the \u201cFormat\u201d menu.<\/p>\n

\"Lower<\/picture><\/p>\n

In the above example, after the adjustment is saved, the image\u2019s size will be reduced from 1.3MB to 735KB.<\/p>\n

Reducing the resolution to reduce the image size<\/h2>\n

First, right-click on an image and select \u201cPreview (default)\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Open<\/picture><\/p>\n

Then, click the pencil-like icon next to the search box and a toolbar will appear underneath. Select the \u201cAdjust Size\u201d icon (highlighted by the yellow box below).<\/p>\n

\"Click<\/picture><\/p>\n

In the pop-up window, select \u201cpixels\u201d from the menu on the right-hand side.<\/p>\n

\"Select<\/picture><\/p>\n

Then you can set the width and height to a lower value. You\u2019ll see that the image size also decreases.<\/p>\n

\"Resulting<\/picture><\/p>\n

Compressing images to reduce their size<\/h2>\n

First, download an archiving app. Unzip\u00a0One<\/strong> <\/a>from Trend Micro, a free compression and extraction tool, works perfectly for this.<\/p>\n

\"Download<\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n

Then select the images you want to compress and add them to Unzip One.<\/p>\n

\"Compress<\/picture><\/p>\n

In the above image, the total size of all three photos is 653.1KB. Select \u201cCompress\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Configure<\/picture><\/p>\n

Select \u201cSmall\u201d as the \u201cOption\u201d setting to generate a minimal compressed file. You can also encrypt the resulting file if you wish.<\/p>\n

After all the settings are configured, select \u201cCompress\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Archive<\/picture><\/p>\n

The original images (653.1KB) are compressed into a 599KB archive file.<\/p>\n

Unzip One<\/strong>\u00a0is a simpler choice compared to the previous two methods. The fact that it can handle multiple pictures at once is very convenient, too. This great space-saving tool is totally free with no in-app advertisements or charges. Give it a try now!<\/strong>
\n\"download<\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh no, you open the storage manager on your Mac and see that the already low disk space is stuffed full with stacks of photos, some of which could be taking up tens of megabytes on their own! And there are most likely many more images stored on your Mac other than those in Photos! (To open the storage manager, go to the Apple menu > About This Mac > Storage > Manage). After you\u2019ve sorted through your photos and deleted the ones you don\u2019t want to keep, what can you do to reduce the amount of storage space the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/?p=1514","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,85],"tags":[320,321,322,319,323,247],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howto","category-mac","tag-compress-image","tag-photo-resizer","tag-reduce-image-size","tag-resize-image","tag-resize-image-on-mac","tag-unarchiver-one","en-US","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Resize or Reduce Image Size on Mac -Trendmicro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How can you resize images or make them smaller on a mac? 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