Minimizing a PDF If You Use macOS

Handling huge files can be frustrating, especially when uploading or emailing them. Minimizing PDFs on macOS is a faster and easier way to share your data.

Files with massive storage consume a lot of space on your computer— they use up lots of Memory that you can use for storing other collections.

Luckily, there are few tricks to use your computer storage sparingly. And one way to go is compressing (or reducing the size) of the large documents.

Why You Should Reduce the Size of Your PDF Files

Most PDF users create PDF files by scanning images. Typically, documents made by scanning images take up more space; hence sharing becomes hectic.  However, minimizing a PDF file enables the following;

1. Easier And Faster Sending of Mail Files

The size of pdf file you can mail depends on the plan of your account. Minimizing a document’s size is the clever way to conveniently send a hefty file, without sweating buckets—and in a short time.

2. More Space In Your Computer

The presence of graphics and pictures in a PDF file makes it a space eater in your computer. Minimizing a PDF file size on Mac will automatically restore more space in your device. Other ways of making sure your computer has more storage are; deleting duplicate files and emptying the trash.

3. Makes a PDF file a searchable text

Shrinking a PDF doc makes it a searchable text—easy to find on the internet. For an organization, this is an advantage because the Search engine results page will be high.

For MacOS Users: Three Tricks to Reduce a Pdf File

Below are three compress a PDF document without losing its quality.

1. Minimizing a PDF While Maintaining its Quality

Modern PDF compressing tools for macOS work well with 10.15 Catalina. Such tools retain the quality of the document even after compression. Here’s how to go about it;

1. Open the PDF compressor and navigate to the "Open File” tab to launch your file.
2. While on the “Program” window select “File” then opt for the "Optimized PDF” bar. While here, another window will appear to help let you customize the minimization settings to your preferred size.
3. Finally, save the document by tapping on the “Save” button to apply changes made.

2. Using Preview To Compress a PDF document

 Apart from opening and viewing your files, Preview can also support the shrinking of PDF files. Follow the steps below to nail it.

1. Run Preview on MacOS and choose the "File” option. Select the "Open" button to upload the file(s) you need to shrink.
2. When the file opens, navigate to; “File” and tap on "Export."
3. Using the scroll bar, slide down to the "Quartz Filter" part, then choose “Reduced File Size”
4. Tap on “Save” for the PDF file to start the shrinking process.

3. The Adobe Acrobat Trick

Users of Adobe Acrobat X or XI should use the "save as" method.  Those with Adobe Acrobat DC should use Adobe PDF optimizer.

• “Save As” Procedure;

1. Run Adobe Acrobat and go to the "Open” tab to upload the document.
2. Go ahead and select the “File” option and then choose the "Save As Other...” bar. From here, click “Reduced Size PDF...”
3. Apply the changes by clicking on the "OK," button.

• Using Adobe Optimizer

1. Move the files you want to reduce their size to a running Adobe Acrobat program window.
2. Navigate to "File," then to "Save As Other…” and lastly to “Optimized PDF…” A new window will appear to help you double-check the settings.
3. Finish by pressing "OK."

Nothing Can Stop You!

Minimizing a PDF file using any of the above methods ensures you get quality documents and save on hard-disk space.
With three ways to go about it; nothing can stop you from achieving a smaller PDF doc.