Scale
Scale is a lightweight image scaling and resizing utility for macOS, designed to help users enlarge or reduce images while minimizing quality loss. It provides straightforward batch processing capabilities, making it useful for photographers, designers, and anyone needing to quickly adjust image dimensions for web, print or archival purposes. The app handles common image formats and aims to be a simple alternative to more complex image editors when scaling is the primary task.
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1 suggestionWe could not find clear evidence in publicly available sources that Scale has been updated to a native Apple Silicon build. The app appears to be a lightweight utility, and its developer presence is difficult to confirm from standard web searches. Before relying on it long-term, we recommend contacting the developer at com.michaelfogleman to ask directly whether a native build is available or planned. If no native version exists, Scale will stop working when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028). Given that you have more than two years until that deadline, there is time to explore alternatives or reach out for clarity. For general image resizing, native alternatives include Preview (built into macOS), ImageMagick (command-line, native), or Pixelmator Pro (Mac App Store, native).
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