{"id":53900,"date":"2019-10-02T08:30:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=53900"},"modified":"2021-05-21T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:43:22","slug":"how-to-reduce-the-file-size-of-a-pdf-in-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53900-how-to-reduce-the-file-size-of-a-pdf-in-macos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reduce the File Size of a PDF on a Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"light-blue-bg\" style=\"padding: 5px 25px 5px 25px;\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-update\">UPDATE:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"h-for-an-even-more-detailed-way-to-easily-control-the-quality-of-your-pdf-file\"><strong>For an even more detailed way to easily control the quality of your PDF file&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based upon his insightful comment below, Rocket Yard reader Erik van der Neut contributed the post, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/63995-reduce-pdf-size-control-quality-for-free\/\">Reduce PDF File Size and Control Quality for FREE With Standard macOS Tools<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to check this article out if you want to make a PDF file size smaller on a Mac!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pdf\">PDF<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Portable Document Format, or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PDF\">PDF<\/a> for short, is one of the most ubiquitous file formats that is universally adopted across platforms. However, they can be quite big. Thankfully, you can reduce the file size of a PDF since macOS High Sierra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s how:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp;Open the PDF file that you want to reduce in size. Double click it and it should open in Preview, the default PDF viewer in macOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp;Pull down the File menu and select Export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ReduceFileSize.jpg\" alt=\"macOS Preview app showing &quot;Reduce File Size&quot; menu option.\" class=\"wp-image-53928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ReduceFileSize.jpg 643w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ReduceFileSize-190x128.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ReduceFileSize-179x120.jpg 179w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ReduceFileSize-284x191.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ReduceFileSize-190x128@2x.jpg 380w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ReduceFileSize-179x120@2x.jpg 358w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ReduceFileSize-284x191@2x.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>3.&nbsp;Choose the submenu next to \u201cQuartz Filter\u201d and choose \u201cReduce File Size.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4.&nbsp;Save the new reduced version of the PDF as usual by hitting \u201cSave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-by-the-way\"><strong>By the way&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PDF is very useful. Invented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\">Adobe<\/a>, it\u2019s an open standard maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). PDFs can contain links and buttons, form fields, audio, video, and business logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PDF_on_iPad.jpg\" alt=\"iPad displaying a PDF file\" class=\"wp-image-53929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PDF_on_iPad.jpg 643w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PDF_on_iPad-190x102.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PDF_on_iPad-224x120.jpg 224w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PDF_on_iPad-284x152.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PDF_on_iPad-190x102@2x.jpg 380w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PDF_on_iPad-224x120@2x.jpg 448w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PDF_on_iPad-284x152@2x.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They can also be signed electronically (this is especially easy with an iPad and Apple Pencil). And PDF files can reliably exchanged, independent of software, hardware, or operating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/63995-reduce-pdf-size-control-quality-for-free\/\">Reduce PDF File Size and Control Quality for FREE With Standard macOS Tools<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/45096-how-to-archive-notes-by-exporting-them-as-pdfs\/\">How to Archive Mac, iOS Notes by Exporting Them as PDFs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/67646-save-pdf-using-preview\/\">How to Save a File as a PDF Using macOS Preview in 3 Easy Steps<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50043-how-to-sign-a-pdf-document-on-a-mac\/\">&#x270d;&#xfe0f; How to Sign a PDF Document on a Mac<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: For an even more detailed way to easily control the quality of your PDF file&#8230; Based upon his insightful comment below, Rocket Yard reader Erik van der Neut contributed the post, &#8220;Reduce PDF File Size and Control Quality for FREE With Standard macOS Tools.&#8221; Make sure to check this article out if you want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":53931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"class_list":["post-53900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Reduce the File Size of a PDF on a Mac<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PDF is a document format adopted across platforms. 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