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Issue 23.3

FEATURE

Shrinking Graphics

Making an app to shrink pictures

Issue: 23.3 (May/June 2025)
Author: Marc Zeedar
Author Bio: Marc taught himself programming in high school when he bought his first computer but had no money for software. He's had fun learning ever since.
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For quite some time, I have had a need to make batches of photos smaller. There are many use cases for this:

  • Making images smaller for websites

  • Creating thumbnails

  • Reducing storage space where high-resolution originals aren't critical

  • Creating (smaller) test images for software projects

My needs for this weren't constant or frequent, so for a long time, I relied on a simple AppleScript app I'd created with Automator. However, there were several problems with this approach:

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