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How to Make an Image-Converting Folder in macOS

Still looking for an Automator (Or shortcuts) way to reduce an image to a target size (less than 1MB) without convoluted choices and/or installing shady apps. I am currently using a web based tool (images are not personal, so privacy is not an issue). That would be a great tool. I don't want to use a slide bar guessing when image reduction fits the criteria of being a file of the size less than 1MB and/or fiddling around with DPIs.
 
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il_teo77 said:
Still looking for an Automator (Or shortcuts) way to reduce an image to a target size (less than 1MB) without convoluted choices and/or installing shady apps. I am currently using a web based tool (images are not personal, so privacy is not an issue). That would be a great tool. I don't want to use a slide bar guessing when image reduction fits the criteria of being a file of the size less than 1MB and/or fiddling around with DPIs.
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Check out Squash

Squash - Powerful Batch Photo Editor for Mac

Squash is a native, high-performance macOS application for bulk compressing, resizing, and converting images.
www.realmacsoftware.com

I bought it on BundleHunt for $5 a while ago...does exactly this (for my purposes, at least)
 
Might as well take the pictures in JPG format to skip a couple of steps. Sure wish it's possible to take pictures in JPEG but take videos in H.265 (HEVC).
 
Automator is one big thing I love over all other OS and is significantly under-marketed/undervalued for new consumers
 
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I replicated the tutorial using a newly created Folder on the desktop for this, but it just does not work. When I drag a heic in the folder, nothing happens.
 
andrewxgx said:
any way to do it with Shortcuts? Automator is going bye bye
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You can if you use it in conjunction with a third party app (like Shortery for example). Automations don’t exist for Mac’s version of Shortcuts, but Shortery lets you trigger shortcuts based off of different events. (Sunrise, Wi-Fi status, etc etc). They added Folder Actions recently.
 
will this work with converting .eps to .jpeg?

Sadly ventura took away the ability to convert in finder and I've been trying to find a work around for that
 
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Yeah, better make use of Automator before Apple cancel it for a much less capable and more buggy iOS port, as with everything else being backported to Mac OS from iOS…
 
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Mac already has a built in shortcut to convert the images. just right click > convert images > choose quality then done
if you only do it every now and then this workflow is useless. I can only see people who are photographers needing to do this for very very large number of files but even then, a photographer converting it to jpg ...... lol also, who still uses automator, apple bought shortcuts to replace automator.
 
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expiredyogurt said:
Mac already has a built in shortcut to convert the images. just right click > convert images > choose quality then done
if you only do it every now and then this workflow is useless. I can only see people who are photographers needing to do this for very very large number of files but even then, a photographer converting it to jpg ...... lol also, who still uses automator, apple bought shortcuts to replace automator.
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Automator is great! I have a bunch of automations in place I wouldn’t be able to do in Shortcuts.
 
ducknalddon said:
I thought they had replicated all the Automator actions in Shortcuts.
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As far as I know it’s their publicly stated intention to replace Automator with Shortcuts but they realize it’s not ready yet.

Kind of hoping they don’t because it seems like Shortcuts is not as powerful. Continuing the trend of iOS-ifying the Mac rather than making iOS more powerful like the Mac.

I get the idea, they want feature parity across all platforms. But I don’t want that accomplished by dragging everything down to the lowest level.

It’s OK for the Mac to keep its traditional computer legacy as there’s still never been anything truly better. Mobile isn’t better, it’s just mobile.

On the other hand, in this particular case, if they really do make Shortcuts a full replacement and then some then that’s great. Not sure how widespread third party support is for Automator but it does seem to be widespread for Shortcuts. If they really do put more wood behind that arrow that would be great.
 
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CarAnalogy said:
As far as I know it’s their publicly stated intention to replace Automator with Shortcuts but they realize it’s not ready yet.

Kind of hoping they don’t because it seems like Shortcuts is not as powerful. Continuing the trend of iOS-ifying the Mac rather than making iOS more powerful like the Mac.

I get the idea, they want feature parity across all platforms. But I don’t want that accomplished by dragging everything down to the lowest level.

It’s OK for the Mac to keep its traditional computer legacy as there’s still never been anything truly better. Mobile isn’t better, it’s just mobile.

On the other hand, in this particular case, if they really do make Shortcuts a full replacement and then some then that’s great. Not sure how widespread third party support is for Automator but it does seem to be widespread for Shortcuts. If they really do put more wood behind that arrow that would be great.
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I will never understand why are they dumbing down Mac OS like this.

The Automator example is just a drop in a sea of things that happened over the year which did exactly the same.
 
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Bigkevs said:
Thank you for the tip, great article to be shown and genuinely useful.
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Please.. I just converted 40+ pictures taken with my iPhone and DJI drone for an evaluation. I have to deliver all pictures in max 1MB size (because, working for the state means their IT is Middle Ages conform). I’d love not to rely on a website and uploading them one by one with a set target of <1MB…
The size has to be about the same, resolution has to be at least that you see the bricks, dpi? 90’s web conform. Colors? Well, as long as they are in color who cares.
(I write this with pain because I have to make all of my work MUCH crappier to appease the “we don’t invest in updating the system because our 60 year old guy said it is good enough” overlords ruling the IT of public services…
 
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