Your smartphone photos take up too much space. Here’s how to downsize them.
That photo of a gull could be a real albatross for your phone's memory space. (Darya Tryfanava/Unsplash/)Smartphone cameras have a problem: The photos they take are too good for lots of things. The 12-megapixel camera on my iPhone XS Max takes images that are between about two and five megabytes in size, depending on how complicated and colorful the shot is. That’s awesome when you want high-quality photos, but it makes sending more than one or two files a painful experience—especially if you have to use something like email.Most of the photos you see on a daily basis have been compressed and reduced from their original quality. Facebook and Instagram mash the quality right down so pages load quickly. Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp do the same with picture messages to make them send swiftly. It’s great for convenience, but it’s also a reason to print your photos from original files...