2 Ways To Compress PDF Files On a Mac 

This is the best video I have ever found on youtube. Went through whole bunch of crappy blogs and articles and all of them were of no use. Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you! You do not understand how helpful this video was to me. I was scrambling around, trying to find out how to compress my pdf for an assignment, and luckily I clicked on your video. Your instructions were exactly what I needed. Thanks again, Gary!

I spent hours to read useless articles, and then I end up finding your solution is the only best solution. Perfect. Thanks man. Watched your videos but now subscribed you.

OMG you literally saved me. My assignment hand-in date is today and my file was WAY too to upload big, and the default quartz filter didn't compress the file enough even though it ruined the image quality. This was perfect; short sweet and just what I needed. Thank you so much!

I was struggling earlier to compress PDF for year using different tools each time. Thank you for a very informative video. This information you shared should be spread to everyone.

I rarely comment or add thumbs up or down. I just watch and learn or laugh or whatever I'm watching and the reaction that comes after. You have answered soooo much for me in this. You have no idea. While I was almost about to spend money on a PDF app of some sort, you saved me money and gave me knowledge about my mac. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Gary, thank you. This information is beneficial! I really love how you explain the step-by-step instruction, so that perform the tasks on my Mac is flawless

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OMG this helped us all these years later....! I am so glad you're still around doing these videos sir!!!!

Thank you so much for this great, in depth, easy to understand video on how to compress PDF's. I can't believe I followed all of the instructions! It worked...you rock...I subscribed!!!

Really handy, and the perfect answer to what I was stuck on. Thanks!

What an awesome post! Seems like most folks recommend the default quartz filter; which in my case was too aggressive (like in Gary's case, but worse). This totally did the trick!

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Great tutorial! Very helpful! Thanks, Gary.

Appreciate the tip on this. Very helpful... good easy to follow directions. Thanks Gary.

So helpful! You explained clearly and succinctly. Thank you!

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This is trully a great tip! thanks a lot for sharing.

Loved this. So easy so well explained. Thank you.

How wonderful is it to find every Mac related solution here on this channel! Have so much to learn from you. Thanks Gary!

Once again you and your channel, open a new pathway of understanding for the Mac!!! Thanks again Gary 🙂

super easy. saved a lot of time and ENERGY. thankyou for this

Thank you very much. I think this is the most convenient way to reduce the size of pdf and still keep its quality to an acceptable level.

Thank you! Finally a way to have more control of the compression! The built-in was too heavy handed and butchering the original quality.

This helped so much! Thank you.

Thank you so much! Super Helpful tips

This was SO helpful! Thank-you, this saved me!

Thank you, very helpful, I appreciate it xx

1:44 open "Colorsync utility app" 1:48 then go to the "filters" tab 1:55 Add your own custom one by pressing the plus button 2:00 Give it a significant name, such as "Reduce PDF file size custom" 2:07 Then press the dropdown menu arrow, and hover on "/add image effects component" and click on "image compression" 2:13 Set image compression to "JPEG" 2:15 Set the quality to something higher than the middle, such as 75% for example. That should give a decent compression without getting rid of the document's images quality. 2:28 After setting it, that should be saved automatically. You may now quit the "Colorsync utility app". 2:33 To apply it, open your original PDF, click on "export", 2:38 Click on the "Quartz filter" dropdown menu and select your custom "reduce pdf file size custom option"! AUTOMATOR 2:13 quick action

Brilliant, thank you!

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Wow...did this come in handy today. Easy to understand. Great share. Thanks!

Amazing! Thank you so much. I had to compress a portfolio and your advice really helped me.

SO SO Helpful! Thank you so much!!

Gary - you are amazing! How do you come up with these esoteric, but useful ideas?

You, Sir...are a Demi-God on the Mac🙇🏼‍♂️Keep up the great work, I love each and every one of your videos!🤓

Thank you! Very helpful.

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Thank you, great tips . Easy to follow instructions

Thanks - that is a great tip tutorial. Helped me get a PDF below a max size limit for an upload.

Thank you so much for the info!!!

This is pure gold!! Thanks a lot Gary, you have saved me few hours of my life

Man, worked like a charm! Thanks for your help!

Great vid. Thanks Mate!

Best video I've found. Even tried these automatic converters and couldn't even convert it to less than 20MB. Thank you so so much. bless you.

Wow, this was incredibly helpful. Thank you!

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You're amazing, sir. Much more useful than all of the Apple help articles put together. THANK YOU!!!

Such a great and useful video. Thank you so much. Even after years, these videos will be so helpful. 🙏

Thanks so much! Needed a quick fix for uploading a coloring book to Etsy, worked perfectly!

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Dude, THIS IS GREAT!! Thank you for this explanation! PDF looks amazing now!!

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Brilliant! Excellent tutorial - clear and easy to follow, giving great explanations as you go and the end result gives us high-quality PDFs at a fraction of the size. Thank you!

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