Optimize any file.
Just drop it

Images, PDFs, videos and documents get lighter right where they are. Same folder, same name, no export, no settings. The original goes to the Trash, just in case.

Download for Mac Version 1.0 · macOS 14 or later

Any file, lighter.
In one move

Drop a single file or a whole folder. Optilapse finds everything it can compress inside and asks before it starts.

Each format has its own tuned encoder, so one level means the same thing for a photo, a deck and a screen recording.

Images
JPEGPNGAPNGHEICWebPGIFTIFFSVG
Documents
PDFWordPowerPointExcelPagesKeynoteNumbers
Video and audio
MP4MOVM4VWebMHDRDolby VisionM4A

Nothing changes
but the size

No settings to learn

One choice, and most people never touch it. Optimal makes files much smaller with nothing you would notice. Hard goes as far as is still sensible.

Works offline

Everything happens right on your Mac. No account, no sign-in, no waiting for an upload.

Never makes things worse

If a file is already as small as it gets, it stays as it is. Compressing twice is never worse than once, so a picture can't wear down by accident.

Same file, lighter

Same format, extension and resolution. Dates and Finder tags are kept. In a PDF, text, links, forms and the outline stay exactly as they were.

Honest about every file

Each file gets its own line: how big it was, how big it is now, what you saved. If one couldn't be compressed, you see why.

Right from Finder

Right-click any file or folder and choose Optilapse. Changed your mind? Revert to the original in one click.

Also in your terminal

The same engine as a command-line tool. Results come out as JSON, one line per file, so Claude Code, Cursor or Codex can shrink a project's assets for you.

# See what would happen, touch nothing
$ optilapse --dry-run assets/iphoneui.png
{"newBytes":23020,"originalBytes":58450,"path":"/site/assets/iphoneui.png","pixelsUntouched":false,"quality":93.5,"savedBytes":35430,"savedFraction":0.606,"status":"wouldCompress"}
optilapse: 1 file: 1 wouldCompress; would save 35 KB (dry run, nothing written)

# Compress. Originals go to the Trash
$ optilapse assets/*.png

Compress anything.
Think about nothing

One window, one promise. Works offline.

Download for Mac Version 1.0 · macOS 14 or later