Compresto

Compresto is a native macOS app, formerly CompressX, that batch compresses videos, images, PDFs, and GIFs. If your drive fills with 4K screen recordings, oversized JPEGs, and PDFs too heavy to email, this handles the shrinking for you. The site shows examples like a 32.1 MB video down to 13.3 MB, all processed offline on your Mac.

What stands out in this Compresto review is the automation around the compression itself: folder monitoring that processes new files as they land, a floating Drop Zone for dragging files in from anywhere, video to GIF conversion, and a Raycast extension for keyboard-driven runs. It fits video editors, designers, and support teams who move large files daily and want privacy, since nothing leaves the device.

As a productivity pick, Compresto earns its place by removing a chore most of us do by hand or with clunky command line flags. Batch processing, multi-format support, and offline handling cover the common cases, and it runs on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs on macOS 13 and later. Download it, watch one folder, and see what you reclaim.