While writing an article, I have to often scale dozens of images to a specific size for uploading. As it’s an integral part of my workflow, I wanted to make the whole process a little bit smoother and also less time-consuming. First, I was looking at some third-party photo editing apps but I was not that satisfied with the results. Finally, my productivity-centric need led me to discover a quick way to resize images using Automator Quick Action on Mac. I am in love with this new hack and want to share it with you guys. So, if your workflow is akin to mine, this is how you can quickly resize images using Automator quick action on your Mac.
Before diving straight into the whole process, let me briefly discuss the whole process and also spill some beans about the goodies that come attached with this Automator Quick Action.
As you may have already guessed it, we are first going to set up an image-resizing quick action using the Automator app. As it’s a stock app, you don’t have to take the pain of installing a third-party tool or even spending a few dollars. Talking about reliability, you can use this hack to resize a single or a bunch of images at once on your macOS device with just a couple of clicks. It works as smoothly as the dark/light mode switch that we build using Automator. What’s more, there is also an option to assign a keyboard shortcut to it for a more simplified experience. As Automator has existed on Mac for years, you won’t face incompatibility issues either. So, what are you waiting for?
- Open the Automator app on your Mac.
Note: If the app is not available in the Dock, you can use the Spotlight search to quickly find it.
Next up, click on the Service receives selected/ Workflow receives current dropdown and then make sure to choose Image Files.
Finally, click on the File menu and choose Save. After that, give the service a suitable name like “Resize Image” and hit Save.
- Launch the Finder app on your Mac.
Note: If the file is on desktop, right-click on it > Services/Quick Actions. Then, select the Resize Image option from the contextual dropdown.
If you like to get your work done faster using handy Mac keyboard shortcuts, you would be glad to know that there is also an option to assign a keyboard shortcut to the Automator image resize service.
Resize Images on Mac with Ease
So, that’s the quick way to make an image resizing a painless exercise on macOS. For the folks who often have to upload images to a blog, this can prove to be a boon from a productivity perspective. Though setting up the quick action requires some workaround, the rest process is quite straightforward, isn’t it? Recently, we have covered quite a few helpful guides related to macOS including changing the music file location, hiding Apple Music in the Music app and making the latest messages to show on top in an email thread. If you haven’t been able to catch up with those articles, do give them a look.
