🎉 Zipic v1.10.4 Release Notes

Thanks to fridtjof (JPEG XL lossless and TIFF conversion), 奥赛 (folder monitoring and WeChat clipboard), and Yerik (missing PDF text) — many of the improvements in this release came straight from your detailed feedback.

✨ New Features

• JPEG XL Lossless Mode - Turn on "Lossless" for JXL output: JPEGs are losslessly transcoded into smaller files that can be restored byte-for-byte, while PNG, TIFF, and other lossless sources are compressed pixel-perfect with 16-bit depth preserved. Images that can't be handled losslessly are skipped and left untouched, with a one-click option to recompress them in lossy mode
• Max File Size (Pro) - Presets can now set a file size limit. Zipic keeps as much quality as possible while staying under it, and scales the image down when needed (or keeps dimensions if you prefer). Works with JPEG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF, JXL, PNG, and GIF
• Background Updates - New versions download in the background; click the badge to restart and install in one step, or let it install quietly when you quit. You can turn this off in General settings
• Full Disk Access Guide - When macOS blocks Zipic from reading the clipboard or a monitored folder, Zipic explains why and shows a draggable icon next to System Settings — drop it into the list and you're done
• CLI & Shortcuts Support - Lossless mode and the file size limit are also available in the CLI, Shortcuts, and URL Scheme

🐛 Bug Fixes

• WeChat & Telegram Copies - Images copied from WeChat or Telegram now trigger clipboard auto-compression
• Copying the Same Image Again - Copying the same image a second time no longer gets skipped as "already processed" and pasted uncompressed
• Overwritten Files in Monitored Folders - Images saved over an existing file with the same name (such as automated screenshots) now trigger compression
• Missing Text in PDFs - Fixed text disappearing from some pages of certain PDFs after compression
• Portrait Photo Resizing - Photos with orientation data are now resized based on how they actually display; PNG output keeps the correct orientation, and TIFFs are no longer rotated twice
• TIFF Conversion Errors - TIFFs with embedded thumbnails (e.g. from DxO) no longer fail when converting to JXL or turn into two-frame animations when converting to WebP
• 16-bit Images to JXL - 16-bit sources keep their full bit depth when converted to JXL
• More Thorough Metadata Removal - With metadata preservation turned off, lossless JPEG transcoding now also strips GPS, copyright, and similar data from embedded images