GUIDES
Guides
How to get image work done on a Mac, starting with what the operating system already does for free and being honest about where it stops.
- How to batch convert images on a MacmacOS ships four separate ways to convert a pile of images, and most people know one of them. This walks through all four with their real limits, then covers what to do when the built-ins run out.
- How to batch resize images on a MacOn an oversized image set, resizing is often the largest saving available and the option most often skipped. Here is what macOS gives you, what the fit modes mean, and the order of operations that matters.
- JPEG, PNG, WebP or AVIF: which format, and whyThere are only a handful of image formats worth using and each one has a clear job. This is what separates them technically, and a decision procedure that gets you to the right answer in about thirty seconds.