macOS: Optimized Screenshots

optimized-screenshots.md

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1. Install https://pngquant.org/

   $ brew install pngquant

2. Press ⌘Shift5 to launch Screenshot.app
   1. Go to Options → Other Location… and change the folder to ~/Screenshots
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3. Launch Automator.app and File → New → Folder Action
   1. Choose your ~/Screenshots folder
   2. Drag the Run Shell Script action in
   3. Change Pass input: to as arguments
   4. Paste:

      for filename in "$@"; do
        /usr/local/bin/pngquant "$filename" --output "$filename" --quality=65-80 --force --strip 
      done

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   5. Save and Quit
4. Screenshot away and enjoy!