I wonder if others have discovered any good/quick ways to compress PDF files using Mac OSX (aka macos).
I con do it using:
1. Scan any documents in using Preview - I use a high enough resolution to get a good quality image.
2. Use Preview to get the PDF into shape (sometimes combining more than one PDF into a single document by using the Thumbnails.
If the PDF file is large and thus not so suitable for sending via email, I can then shrink it by importing it into a photo tool, such as Affinity Photo or Affinity Designer, then re-exporting as a PDF (using a lower DPI) - or perhaps a JPEG file.
I just wonder if there's anyway to do the latter phases in Preview directly, or in some other inbuilt macos feature. Maybe use the Print to PDF feature? I think this only allows changing the page sizes though - I really want the pages to stay the same size, but the resolution to be reduced - and changing the DPI in the photo tools seems to do the trick.
I con do it using:
1. Scan any documents in using Preview - I use a high enough resolution to get a good quality image.
2. Use Preview to get the PDF into shape (sometimes combining more than one PDF into a single document by using the Thumbnails.
If the PDF file is large and thus not so suitable for sending via email, I can then shrink it by importing it into a photo tool, such as Affinity Photo or Affinity Designer, then re-exporting as a PDF (using a lower DPI) - or perhaps a JPEG file.
I just wonder if there's anyway to do the latter phases in Preview directly, or in some other inbuilt macos feature. Maybe use the Print to PDF feature? I think this only allows changing the page sizes though - I really want the pages to stay the same size, but the resolution to be reduced - and changing the DPI in the photo tools seems to do the trick.
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