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Compress a PDF on Mac without installing software

Skip workarounds in Preview when you just need a smaller attachment. Open ThriftyPDF in your Mac browser and compress locally.

Try it here

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Processed in your browser — not uploaded to our servers.

Honest limits: we re-render pages as JPEG. Best for scans/image-heavy PDFs. Text-only files may get larger or look softer.
Compression preset

Balanced: JPEG quality 0.72, scale 1×

Steps

  1. Open this page in Safari or Chrome on your Mac.
  2. Drop the PDF from Finder.
  3. Compress and download to Downloads.
  4. Attach from Mail or your portal.

FAQ

Does it work offline?

After the page loads, processing is local; you still need the site assets loaded once.

Apple Silicon?

Yes—any modern Mac browser.

Better than Preview?

Preview export quality varies; we expose quality and scale sliders explicitly.

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