Can I combine some jpeg files into one? For free!

I know how to convert photos into jpegs. But I want to put 7 in to one jpeg file. I have searched the net but don't understand how I can make a Shortcut to do this. Please help.

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Aug 13, 2023 11:41 AM

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Posted on Aug 13, 2023 2:15 PM

  1. Launch Shortcuts
  2. File menu : New Shortcut (this will be the highest numbered New Shortcut n.)
    1. Right-click and choose Edit

    At this point you will see the stack of actions:

    In Select files, click Show More, and choose Select Multiple. Click Show less to close than panel.

    In Set variable, single click on Variable Name, press backspace to remove that string, and enter Images.

    In the Combine panel, change File to Images by right-clicking on the word File and select the Images variable from the bottom of that menu. Change Horizontally to Grid by clicking on it. If you want image separation (e.g. spacing), then click on Show More and enter the integer spacing amount.

    For Save, it should show Combined Image, so don't change that, and click Show More to choose Ask Where to Save and whether you want to overwrite if a file exists.

    Shortcuts autosaves your changes, and you can practice running this by just clicking the ▶︎ run button, choosing your image files, and the last file chooser is the prompt to choose the destination folder to right the combined image too.

    It will look like this when you are done.

    Click on the main Shortcuts window, locate your last New Shortcut n icon, right-click on it and choose Rename and give it a meaningful name. In the left panel of the main Shortcuts window, you will see places where you can drag and drop the Shortcut. You can even drag and drop it onto your Dock for single-click access.

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