Select a file in Finder and tap ⇧⌘. A ring opens at your pointer with only the formats that make sense. Point, click, saved.
Any photo, PDF, document, song or video in Finder. Or select fifty.
Just tap both keys and let go. The ring opens right where your pointer is.
The new file lands next to the original. The original is never touched.
The ring reads your file and shows only the formats it can actually become. You never scroll a list of twenty options.
Shrink keeps the format and saves name (smaller) next to the original. These are real results from our tests on the Balanced setting.
Your own shortcut, drag and drop, and a converted file that's waiting for you, selected. See everything new
Keep ⇧⌘ or record any combination you like, even ⌥Space.
Drop files on the Tapformat window and the ring opens right there.
The new file is selected in Finder the moment it's ready. No hunting.
Crop, resize, rotate, mute, merge. All of them live in the same ring, so you never open another app.
1:1, 4:5, 16:9 or 9:16. Smart crop finds the subject and keeps it in frame.
Half size, 1080px for the web, 2048 or 4K. Your aspect ratio is kept.
Photos and PDF pages, upright in a tap.
Strip the audio. The video isn't re-encoded, so it's instant.
Select several, tap ⇧⌘, pick 1 PDF.
Everything runs on your Mac's own hardware and works offline. New files never overwrite: you get photo 2.jpg.
It's in Finder's Services menu.
Press ⌘Z on the check mark and the new file goes to the Trash.
Yes. Download it and convert as much as you like.
Yes. Tapformat is notarized by Apple, which means Apple scanned it for malware and checked who built it. It opens like any other app, with no security warning.
macOS only lets an app notice a key tap made inside Finder if you allow it under Accessibility. Tapformat uses it to spot the ⇧⌘ tap and nothing else. It doesn't read or store what you type.
Tapformat saves the converted file right next to the original, so macOS asks once per folder before it can write there. The welcome guide asks for all of them in one go. To never see a folder prompt, turn on Tapformat in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access (optional; Settings → Your Mac has a shortcut).
That's how it finds out which files you've selected when you tap ⇧⌘. macOS shows a one-time prompt for it.
Your files never leave your Mac. The app sends an anonymous count of how many files it converted (like "3 images"), never the files, their names or anything about you. You can turn it off in Settings → Your Mac → Share anonymous usage count.
Any Mac with Apple silicon or Intel running macOS 15 Sequoia or later.
Yes, to anything you like. Pick ⌥⌘ or ⌃⌥ in Settings, or click Record your own and press any combination: a tap like ⌃⇧, or keys like ⌥Space or ⌃⌘K. It only listens while Finder is in front, so other apps keep their shortcuts.
Select as many files as you like and tap ⇧⌘ once. The ring only offers formats every selected file supports, and several images can also become one PDF.
Tapformat 1.1 · macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon & Intel · What's new
Download for Mac, freeTwo quick steps and you're converting. Tapformat is notarized by Apple, so it opens without any warning.