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Batch resize and compress a folder of images

The short answer: pick a preset at the top of the Drop Zone, then drag the whole folder onto the Drop Zone. Cropped optimizes every image and video in it and saves the copies in Downloads/Cropped. Your originals are never touched.

The Drop Zone after a batch: 3 images optimized, 620 KB saved, 77% smaller, with each file in Recent and the running total at the bottom
One card shows the total saving, with Show in Finder and Undo.

Steps

  1. Click the preset's name at the top of the Drop Zone and pick one, such as Web (WebP, up to 1920 px) or Share (JPEG for apps that don't open WebP). To set your own maximum width or height, click Edit presets… in the same menu.
  2. Drag the folder, or a selection of files, onto the Drop Zone.
  3. Cropped shows progress, such as "Optimizing 2 of 5", then one card with the total saving.
  4. Drag the results into another app, click Show in Finder (Windows: Show in Explorer), or click Undo.

Do it automatically

Turn on Watch folder (auto-optimize) in Preferences › General and choose a folder, such as your screenshots or camera import folder. Every new image or video that lands there is optimized with your Drop Zone settings.

Need more control?

Drop the files on the Studio instead to adjust each one, pick several export sizes, or save a preset of your own. See Optimize and compress images and The Drop Zone.

Still stuck? Click the ? button at the bottom left of the Cropped Studio to ask, send us a message, or request a feature.