When you find the "Scale Images" action, double-click it to add it to the workflow tasks in the right window pane. The easiest way to do this is to search for "scale" in the left window pane, and then select "Scale Images": Next, you'll need to find the "Scale Images" action on the left side of the Automator window. After adding your images, the Mac Automator will look something like this:Ĥ) Mac batch image resize: Find and add the Mac Automator "Scale Images" action
To start batch resizing your images, drag your images from your Mac Finder window to the big gray area on the right side of this Automator window. Once the Mac Automator has started, you'll see a large application window, with a big open area on the right: Click the icon to start a new Workflow.ģ) Add the photos/images you want to scale/resize
When the Automator starts, it displays a startup dialog to ask how you want to proceed. If you haven't used it before, click your Applications folder on the Mac Dock, then click the Automator icon, which looks like a robot. Now, to begin batch resizing your images, start the Mac Automator application. You'll want this open so you can drag and drop your images to the Automator. Once you've made a backup of your images, make sure you have a Finder window open that shows the images you want to batch process. (Yes, that was a warning.) 2) Batch resize images with Mac Automator - create a new workflow It's very easy to make a mistake here, especially your first time through the process, and if you like your photos, you'll want to make a backup. 1) Free Mac image resizing - Make a backupīefore beginning the process of batch resizing your images, first make a backup of your images, preferably to another folder.
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Having used the Mac Automator application quite a bit for the last several weeks, I thought I'd share a short guided tour of how to batch resize images/photos on a MacOS system.
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But what about regular Mac users, those who don't want to ever see a Mac Terminal window?Ī couple of weeks ago, as I was uploading a large collection of photos to my website about living in Alaska, I dug around, and finally cracked open the Mac Automator application, and found what I was looking for - a simple GUI approach to let me batch resize a collection of photos on my Mac. That approach is fine for techies who don't mind cracking open the Mac Terminal application, using the Unix command line to navigate to their folder, and then process their images. Mac batch image resizing FAQ: How can I "batch resize" images (photos) on MacOS (for free, preferably)?Ī long time ago I wrote about how to batch resize images on MacOS from the command line in my How to batch resize images on MacOS using ImageMagick.
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