I'm importing photos from my camera using Photos application, but how can I optimize these photos.
My camera does 5.5MB big JPEG images but I want somehow lower the resolution and also the quality does not need to be 100%.
Can I somehow set the imported photo quality in Photos application or can I somewhere found the imported photos and lower the quality using some other application?
Best Answer
I highly recommend importing your photos at full resolution, on the off chance that you ever want to crop or make a big print or display on a high res screen in the future. With Apple Photos, you can import at full resolution and it will upload the full image to iCloud.
Then, under Preferences: iCloud Photo Library select Optimize Mac Storage. Photos will now automatically switch to thumbnails when you start running low on space, and will automatically download the full-res version whenever you need to edit, view or export an image.