# Does anyone know how to make a PDF smaller without losing quality?

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**Created:** [November 8, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://www.spacequbegame.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-make-a-pdf-smaller-without-losing-quality/113 "2026-11-08T10:07:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![dublin\_88](https://www.spacequbegame.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@dublin\_88](https://www.spacequbegame.com/u/dublin_88)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://www.spacequbegame.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-make-a-pdf-smaller-without-losing-quality/113/1 "2026-11-08T10:07:29Z")

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I need to upload my design portfolio to an application portal that has a strict 10 MB limit, and right now the PDF is sitting at 28 MB. I tried a random online compressor, but it made all the images look terribly pixelated and blurry. How can I shrink the file size on my Mac while keeping the graphics sharp?

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**Author:** ![ClumsyRed](https://www.spacequbegame.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@ClumsyRed](https://www.spacequbegame.com/u/ClumsyRed)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 10:08am UTC](https://www.spacequbegame.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-make-a-pdf-smaller-without-losing-quality/113/2 "2026-11-08T10:08:08Z")

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had the same thing last month with a planner i was uploading. tbh i just resized the images in photos first then exported a fresh pdf from whatever i designed it in. kept the graphics looking good and dropped the size a lot. if you still have the source files i’d try that