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Squash
Squash
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Squash

Version 2.0.4

Easily compress and optimize images and photos (was Squish).

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Squash overview

Squash (was Squish) is a super-simple app for compressing your images for lower filesize! Don't lose quality, or end up with grainy or horrible images. Squish maintains their existing resolution and quality, and just reduces the filesize! Whatever your reason, Squish is great for optimizing images for:

  • Reducing filesize for sending as email attachments.
  • Saving space by optimizing a large photo collection on your computer.
  • Optimize images for websites and email campaigns so they load instantly online.
  • Slow internet? Drop images on Squish to save time when uploading to Facebook or Twitter!

What’s new in version 2.0.4

Updated on Sep 05 2017

Version 2.0.4:
  • Now compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra
  • TIFF images are now squashed correctly
  • Other minor bug fixes and enhancements

Information

License

Shareware

Size

11.6 MB

Downloads

2515

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • OS X 10.10 or later
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ahmedhatata-ah
ahmedhatata-ah
Aug 2 2021
2.0.4
0.0
Aug 2 2021
0.0
Version: 2.0.4
Squash for me is the best image compression utility on the platform, once I used it for the first time I didn’t realize how important and handy it was but after a couple of weeks of using it became one of my daily workflows on mac , it let me upload bulk of images super fast to the web and saved my storage a neat amount on disk for my local images , very handy and convenient and version 3 is a game changing to me .
Big Johnson
Big Johnson
Sep 6 2017
2.0.4
0.0
Sep 6 2017
0.0
Version: 2.0.4
Hey Developer, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but...umm, that icon you've got there ain't a squash...it's an orange. And I can't figure out what an orange has to do with optimization/compression.
doomcross1
doomcross1
Aug 12 2017
2.0.3
4.0
Aug 12 2017
4.0
Version: 2.0.3
Good.
collin-burton
collin-burton
Jul 25 2017
2.0.2
2.5
Jul 25 2017
2.5
Version: 2.0.2
Luckily I was trying this through Setapp, so I'm not out any money. I only tested one of Squash's uses; PNG compression, to see if could serve as an acceptable replacement for my current app; Pngyu (free). Since Squash is a paid app (that I was getting to use for free), I was expecting it to be at least comparable. For my test, I used 12 png files generated from Photoshop that ranged in sizes between 177 KB and 220 KB. First I tried Squash's standard setting. Compression took 7 seconds and the file sizes dropped to between 159 KB and 202 KB. Not much savings. I went into the apps settings, and turned on the "More Compressed (Slower)" option, and then ran the original files through again. "Slower" was right. It took 1 minute, 12 seconds to complete, and the range of compression was slightly better at 131 KB to 174 KB... still not what I would call great. I ran the same original files through Pngyu on the default compression, and the results ranged between 62 KB and 75 KB, and it was completed in 2.8 seconds. Then I compared them visually and couldn't see any difference between any of the compressed files. So, if you need an app that compresses PNG files, I would not recommend Squash over Pngyu, even if the prices were the same. As it is, Pngyu is free, and the speed, options for compression, and default compression setting all blow Squash out of the water. Since I didn't test any of the JPG compression options, I'm splitting the stars between 0 and 5, at 2.5.
kakky-sakae-desine
kakky-sakae-desine
May 20 2016
1.0.3
1.0
May 20 2016
1.0
Version: 1.0.3
画像劣化するタイプなら不要
RogerKatz
RogerKatz
Jul 25 2015
1.02
0.0
Jul 25 2015
0.0
Version: 1.02
I have Squish 1.0, and when I use MacUpdate to install Squash 1.02 it apparently recognizes Squish as the equivalent of Squash - hence it doesn't do anything.
pietz
pietz
Jul 24 2015
1.0
2.0
Jul 24 2015
2.0
Version: 1.0
I'm a big fan of ImageOptim as it outperforms JPEGmini in many ways and its free. I'll have to add that I use ImageOptim at 80% JPEG quality and disabled "JpegRescan" and "Jpegtran" for the test results. If you dont know much about it, I can easily recommend my settings after a lot of tests :) So Squish is the new kid on the block, lets see how it compares. I'm using version 1.0 of Squish which makes it a little unfair, because it just entered the market, so keep that in mind.

###THE TEST###
For my test i used 50 high resolution pictures from Unsplash, which is a completely mixed selection concerning current compression, size and content. However ALL of the files were JPEGs.

###SPEED###
ImageOptim: 27s
JPEGmini Pro: 21s - 22% faster
Squish: 16s - 42% faster

###COMPRESSION###
Originals: 277MB
JPEGmini: 114MB - 59% smaller
ImageOptim: 75MB - 73% smaller
Squish: 66MB - 77% smaller

###Quality###
Now, this one is hard because its obviously subjective and personal. I rated the results in percent where 100% is no visual quality loss and 0% being pretty unusable.
Original: 100%
ImageOptim: 90%
Squish: 88%
JPEGmini: 85%

No you might say: Cmon Pietz thats completely absurd giving a personal rating of 88% where nothing was actually measured. why not go with a scale from 1 to 10? - the easy answer to this question is: because the results were so close and every programm would have gotten a 8 or 9. there is NO visual quality loss at native pixels for all of the samples. The differences start at macro block level which is a 8x8 pixel array and was visible at 400% magnification. The Original almost never made the macroblocks visible, all of the compressed images did even so slightly. because of that it was 10% of for everybody. ImageOptim definitely and unarguably hold up the best. Squish being a very close 2nd and JPEGmini Pro being definitly softer than the other. Let me say again the differences were minimal.

###FORMATS###
Clear winners Squish and ImageOptim as they were the only two who were able to handle files other than JPEGs

###PRICE###
ImageOptim: free
JPEGmini: $20 ($150 for Pro)
Squish: $8

###OTHER STUFF###
JPEGmini and Squish dont have any options concerning quality, which at least for me is a HUGE let down. Squish simply doesnt have preferences. ImageOptim on the other hand has lots of options. you can even make it work without any visual compression going on, although this obviously doesnt compress images that much.

###SUMMARY###
-JPEGmini is crap and JPEGmini Pro is super expensive crap. I feel sorry for you if you bought it
-Squish is slightly faster, slightly smaller and slightly worse looking than ImageOptim
-ImageOptim is still the king at least for me. Its the most feature rich, has tons of options that you dont have to use if you dont know much about image files and its free and open source. Whats not to like? Since the speed of all application was super fast i personally dont care about a few seconds or 6% smaller files. i care about quality and not only is IO the best there you can push the quality up to Original Quality, which is just straight awesome.

###SHORT SUMMARY###
Get ImageOptim.
Javaman
Javaman
Jul 21 2015
1.0
0.0
Jul 21 2015
0.0
Version: 1.0
Is anyone using this on OS 10.9? For me Squish opens and displays its name in the menu bar, but that's it. No menu, no window, no Quit... no nut'n! Has to be quit via the Dock icon. No Console messages. Activity Monitor shows it as running (not hung). The info.plist file in the app bundle shows it as targeted for OS 10.10 but has 10.9 as the minimum system. No support link on the developer's website. Got this in a bundle but can't even register it. Any ideas?
steelie
steelie
Jul 3 2015
1.0
1.0
Jul 3 2015
1.0
Version: 1.0
I give Squish *some* kudos for easy-of-use, speed and actual file-size reduction—it actually outperformed the free ImageOptim on all these points (although ImageOptim reduced PNGs more). Unfortunately, the quality of the “Squished” images are visibly inferior compared to the originals, killing it as a viable tool, professionally speaking. If you want to keep your images as close as possible to the originals, while still optimizing them significantly, I’d suggest ImageOtim over this in a heartbeat ➔ http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/28766/imageoptim
Plasterpyrus
Plasterpyrus
Jun 22 2015
1.0
1.0
Jun 22 2015
1.0
Version: 1.0
I agree if it says $5.99 then it should be $5.99. It's to bad the developer would probably sell more!
dwp-1
dwp-1
Jun 19 2015
1.0
0.0
Jun 19 2015
0.0
Version: 1.0
I must be missing something because on MAS Squish is $7.99 and on the https://www.squishformac.com website the product is $7.99. How do you get it for $5.99? I know I am a cheapskate, at least I can admit it ;) I figure I must be missing something.
MacUpdate-Ishaq
MacUpdate-Ishaq
Jun 12 2015
1.0
0.0
Jun 12 2015
0.0
Version: 1.0
What a nice little app! It does exactly what it says it does: drag a photo onto the app and its filesize is reduced. There is no setup, there are no settings... it just works. I duplicated a 4.5 MB photo, dropped the copy into Squish, and it came out at 1.3 MB with no discernible differences in picture quality whatsoever to my (highly) untrained eye – I have no clue how it does what it does, but it does it well. A more refined eye or maybe someone with some image analysis utilities might be able to break down what actually is happening and why the filesize is so demonstrably reduced, but I can envision plenty of uses for an app that works this well with this little fuss.
chdwil
chdwil
Apr 17 2018
2.5
Apr 17 2018
2.5
Version: null
doomcross1
doomcross1
Aug 12 2017
4.0
Aug 12 2017
4.0
Version: null
collin-burton
collin-burton
Jul 25 2017
2.5
Jul 25 2017
2.5
Version: null
Mindplay
Mindplay
Apr 22 2017
0.5
Apr 22 2017
0.5
Version: null
kakky-sakae-desine
kakky-sakae-desine
May 20 2016
1.0
May 20 2016
1.0
Version: null
pietz
pietz
Jul 24 2015
2.0
Jul 24 2015
2.0
Version: null
steelie
steelie
Jul 3 2015
1.0
Jul 3 2015
1.0
Version: null
Plasterpyrus
Plasterpyrus
Jun 22 2015
1.0
Jun 22 2015
1.0
Version: null
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