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Hi this is Gary with MacMost.com. Today let me show you several methods of compressing PDF files on your Mac. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of supporters. Go to MacMost.com/patreon. There you can read more about it. Join us and get exclusive content. You dont need anything special to be able to compress PDF files on your Mac. You can simply open them up in Preview and theres a special way to export them that compresses the images inside them. However the image compression settings arent the greatest and it takes several steps. Ill show you how to build something in Automator that could do it quickly and also allow you to customize the compression. So here Ive got a sample PDF on my desktop. I can open it up and you can see its just a sample electric bill. I scanned it in using my iPhone. The file size is a little bit bigger than I like. Im going to do Command i to get information and see that its 6.8 MB. It can definitely be smaller. So lets go and open it

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How do I resize a PDF in Preview Mac?

Preview Open Preview, click File and Open, then locate your PDF. Click Open. Click File, then Export. Click the location on your hard drive where you want to save the PDF, such as Desktop or Documents. Click the Quartz Filter tab. Click Reduce file size. Click Save.

How do you resize a PDF image in Preview on Mac?

In the Preview app on your Mac, open the file you want to change. Choose Tools Adjust Size, then select Resample image. Enter a smaller value in the Resolution field. The new size is shown at the bottom.

How do I resize a PDF without losing quality Mac?

Reduce PDF Size on Mac FAQs Preview can help you reduce PDF size on Mac without losing quality: Open PDF with Preview. Click File Export. Choose Quartz Filter Reduce File Size Save.

How do I reduce the size of a PDF in IOS preview?

Preview on Mac Double-click on the PDF file you want to compress to open it. By default, it should open in Preview. In the menu bar, click File, then click Export. Click the Quartz Filter dropdown menu. Select Reduce File Size, then click Save. The compressed PDF file will be saved to your computer.

How do I reduce PDF File size Preview?

How to compress a PDF on Mac with Preview. Go to the Preview app and open the PDF you want to compress. Choose File Export. Do not choose Export as PDF. Select the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, then choose Reduce File Size.

How do I change the size of a document in Preview?

How to Change PDF Page Size on Mac with Preview: Right-click on the PDF file, and then open it in the Preview app. In the Print Preview section, you can change the page size by choosing page orientation, scale, page size, or manually selecting the percentage.

How do I reduce the size of Apple Preview?

Reduce an images file size In the Preview app on your Mac, open the file you want to change. Choose Tools Adjust Size, then select Resample image. Enter a smaller value in the Resolution field. The new size is shown at the bottom.

How do I resize a PDF File on Mac?

Preview Open Preview, click File and Open, then locate your PDF. Click Open. Click File, then Export. Click the location on your hard drive where you want to save the PDF, such as Desktop or Documents. Click the Quartz Filter tab. Click Reduce file size. Click Save.

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