reduce photo size

how to reduce photo size on MacBook air running latest Sonoma

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Oct 18, 2023 10:41 AM

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Old Toad

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Oct 18, 2023 11:46 AM in response to hmilgrom

By "photo size" do you mean image size, i.e. pixels, or file size, i.e. megabits?

You can do either of both by how you export the photo out of the library.

Use this export option:

Then Custom Size will let you set the largest pixel dimension (in either direction)

and the JPEG Quiailty will let you set the amount of compression to use and, thus, the file size:

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