We love software that just does the job and does it well and simply. Both these little gems qualify.
Handbrake compresses video files. you can happily use their presets or drill down into as much control as you want. The results are great and you save file space!
ImageOptim compresses image files rather than video and even simpler to use than Handbrake. Just drag and drop your jpegs, pngs or gifs into it’s list and it compresses the files and re-saves them based on the presets (which you can adjust).
Both are free.
