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Show HN: I made an extension to compress images right from Finder

https://compressimage.app/

Hey HN,I built this macOS extension because I kept running into file size limits when uploading images to servers. It lets you shrink any image in just two clicks, right from Finder. I use it all the time to bulk compress at once. Offline, so it's private. And it even auto-converts HEIC to JPG (no more giant iPhone pics).I’ve been using it daily and figured others might find it useful too.Let...

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You can :). But you cannot do it in bulk & compress at the same time. Waiting for the preview to open up, clicking in the menu, opening the dialog, choosing from a dropdown and confirming the dialog. If you do this 10 times it's going to get tedious.

With this you can do it in the right click menu in 1 click.

This is true, you can set the format on your phone, but if you receive images from other people or clients, you cannot modify their phone's settings.

While I agree I could communicate it better, this utility not only converts but also compresses the image so you get 2 core functionalities in a click.

Show HN: I made a macOS extension to convert HEIC to JPG straight from Finder

https://compressimage.app/heic-to-jpg

Hello HN,Beside software engineering I do product design and I often deal with large image files. Many times the files are HEIC which is cumbersome as many sites don’t accept it as upload.I created a small macOS extension that adds a Quick Action to the Finder right click menu so that I can compress & convert any number of images at once.e.g. I import 250MB of HEIC files and I get 67MB JPG...

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Show HN: We made a Mac app to fix writing and speed up communication with GPT-4

https://steerapp.ai/

Hey HN,As software engineers, me and my friend Dan notice the challenges & time consumption in communication, especially in tone, wording, and spelling.To tackle this, we built Steer—a macOS app that uses GPT-4 to improve any text, in any app with a simple shortcut.Steer corrects grammar, word ordering and tricky wording. “The error message, I am not understanding it.” becomes “I don't...

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