Picmal 1.8.4

Picmal 1.8.4

Picmal: Convert, compress, process—fully offline on your Mac

Picmal

Picmal is an all-in-one offline media converter and compressor for macOS—built for fast batch processing and a smooth native Mac workflow. Convert, compress, and resize images, video, and audio locally on your Mac, with no server uploads.

Convert between 100+ formats
Turn PSD into PNG, AI into SVG, MOV into MP4, and more—just pick an output format and convert.

Batch processing that’s actually fast
Handle hundreds of files at once. Drag in folders, use File > Open, or convert directly from Finder.

Presets plus deep control
Quick presets for web, social, and archival—then fine-tune codecs, bitrates, color space, resizing, and other advanced settings.

Smaller files with minimal visible loss
Compress media for sharing and storage, from photos you want to upload quickly to videos sized for email attachment limits.

Made for macOS
Seamless Finder integration, Quick Actions, and Shortcuts automation for a workflow that feels native.

Fully offline
Works without internet—ideal for travel, spotty connections, or secure environments.

Privacy-friendly local processing
Your media stays on your device; nothing is sent to external servers during conversion or compression.

Version 1.8.4

Improvements

  • Converting to SVG now gives you an SVG. Picking SVG as the output format failed every time, because the tracer it needed had never been bundled. Convert now uses the same tracer as the Vectorize tool, so a PNG or JPG comes out as real vector paths you can open in Illustrator or Affinity.
  • Picmal won’t quietly replace a file that’s already there. If something with the output name already sits next to your file, the new one is saved alongside it as photo_converted 2.jpg instead of overwriting what was there. See output and naming.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a crash on files that aren’t really PDFs. A renamed image or a half-downloaded document could take the whole app down instead of failing quietly, whether it went through PDF compression, PDF conversion, an Illustrator file, or the command line. Picmal now checks the file before it opens it.
  • Videos with cover art convert and compress again. A clip carrying embedded artwork — GoPro footage, anything downloaded with a thumbnail — had the artwork encoded as the video while the real footage was thrown away, and the file failed outright. Picmal now picks the actual video track.
  • A straight answer when the disk is read-only. Saving next to a file on a locked disk image or a camera card failed with “Processing failed unexpectedly,” and could even ask for folder permission that would never have helped. It now tells you the disk is read-only.
  • “Open With → Picmal” opens one window, not a window per file. Sending a few files from the Finder spawned a separate window for each one, and on newer versions of macOS the window could stay buried until you clicked the app. All the files now land in one window, and that window comes to the front.
Image compressor, video converter
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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the app?

Mount the image, drag the app into the "Applications" folder and launch it. If the system blocks the launch, allow it in "System Settings → Privacy & Security".

The app is damaged or won't launch

Reinstalling from a fresh image usually helps. Make sure your macOS version matches the one listed in the compatibility specs.

How do I update?

Download the new version from the site and install it over the current one — your settings will be preserved.

The download link doesn't work

Try a mirror or a download manager. For large files the browser often drops the connection.

How do I completely remove the app?

Use an uninstaller utility — it cleans up the service files that remain after moving the app to the trash.

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Picmal 1.8.4