The drop zone above is the real thing: drop your file there, no extra click and no account.
What happens to your JPEG
Smally makes one lighter copy of your JPEG with jpegli, a modern JPEG encoder, at a fixed setting. It also tries a lossless repack of the same pixels with jpegtran, and keeps that one when it comes out nearly as light, because it changes nothing in the picture.
Photos come out upright. A copy is offered only when it is at least 1% lighter than the original; otherwise the row says Already small and nothing is offered.
What stays the same
- Your original. Smally never changes it; the copy downloads as a new file, named like photo-smally.jpg.
- Your choice. Press Preview on a finished row to drag a divider between the original and the copy, and double-click a spot to see it at 100 %. Download only the copies you like.
- Your privacy. The copy is made in this tab, on your device. Your files never leave this tab.
How big a JPEG can it take
Up to about 24 megapixels on most computers, and up to about 12 on a phone, a tablet, or a computer whose browser reports 4 GB of memory or less or two processor cores or fewer. Up to 5 files at a time, with Download All as one zip.
Smally for Mac takes JPEGs up to 40 megapixels, 50 files at a time.
How it works
- Drag your file in. Drop your file on the drop zone above, or choose it with the file picker. Nothing is uploaded.
- Compare the original and the copy. Press Preview on the finished row, drag the divider between the original and the copy, and look at it at 100 % or 200 %.
- Download the lighter copy. Download the copy you like. Your original stays untouched, and a copy is offered only when it is lighter.
Quick facts
| This kind of file | Smally in the browser | Smally for Mac |
|---|---|---|
| What it takes | JPEG and JPG, up to about 24 megapixels (about 12 on a phone or a small computer) | JPEG, up to 40 megapixels |
| What it makes | One lighter JPEG with jpegli, or a lossless jpegtran repack | One lighter copy, saved next to the original |
| What stays | The original; photos come out upright | The original; photos come out upright |
| Per batch | Up to 5 files at a time, 50 MB each, with Download All as one zip | Up to 50 files at a time |
| Where it is processed | In this tab, on your device. Nothing is uploaded | On your Mac. Nothing is uploaded |
| When the original is kept | A copy would not be at least 1% lighter | A copy would not be at least 1% lighter |
Need PDFs, videos or photos bigger than the browser takes? Smally for Mac does them on your Mac. Compress PDF