Essential Mac Apps
Picmal
Convert, compress, and edit your images, video, audio, and PDFs right on your Mac, entirely offline.
Picmal is a native Mac app for converting, compressing, and editing images, video, audio, and PDFs. Everything runs offline with 100% local processing, so there are no uploads and no accounts. It aims to replace several separate apps for images, video, audio, RAW photos, and PDFs.
It handles more than 100 format conversions without an internet connection, such as HEIC to JPG, MOV to MP4, and FLAC to ALAC. Image formats include WEBP, TIFF, PDF, SVG, RAW, PNG, JPEG, ICO, HEIC, GIF, EPS, AVIF, and BMP. Compression is designed to shrink files without visible quality loss.
The PDF toolkit can split, merge, reorder, and rotate pages, delete pages, turn images into a PDF, and add an optional password. Batch processing lets you drag files to reorder them and export everything in a single pass.
Picmal fits into the rest of your Mac. It integrates with Finder, Shortcuts, and Raycast, can watch folders, and has a command-line tool.
Picmal is a one-time purchase with free updates, and there is no subscription. It is made by Alberto Gallego.
Frequently asked questions
What does Picmal do?
It converts, compresses, and edits images, video, audio, and PDFs on your Mac. It is meant to replace several single-purpose media apps.
Do my files get uploaded anywhere?
No. All processing happens locally on your Mac, offline. There are no uploads and no account to create.
Which formats can it convert?
More than 100 conversions, such as HEIC to JPG, MOV to MP4, and FLAC to ALAC. Image formats include WEBP, TIFF, SVG, RAW, PNG, JPEG, ICO, HEIC, GIF, EPS, AVIF, and BMP.
What can it do with PDFs?
It can split and merge PDFs, reorder, rotate, and delete pages, turn images into a PDF, and add an optional password.
Can I automate it?
Yes. It works with Finder, Shortcuts, and Raycast, supports watched folders, and has a command-line tool. Batch processing exports many files in one pass.
Is it a subscription?
No. Picmal is a one-time purchase, and updates are free.
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