Optimize not working

[jordiparra]

I don't know what the issue is, but all commands work except for Optimize. Can't figure out what's going on. 🤔

[tinkyholloway]

For me the problem was that the bundled k2pdfopt program is x86_64 and my mac is arm.

I changed alfred_pdf_tools.py as follows to use gs (that I had installed via homebrew):

def optimize(query, pdfs):
    """Optimize PDF files."""
    try:
        if query == "":
            query = "150"

        if query:
            if not query.lstrip('+-').isdigit():
                raise NotIntegerError

        if query:
            if int(query) < 0:
                raise NegativeValueError

        for pdf in pdfs:
            noextpath = os.path.splitext(pdf)[0]
            outputpath = "{} optimized.pdf".format(noextpath)
            command = "/opt/homebrew/bin/gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -dEmbedAllFonts=true -dColorImageResolution={} -dColorImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dGrayImageResolution={} -dGrayImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dMonoImageResolution={} -dMonoImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile='{}' '{}'".format(query, query, query, outputpath, pdf)

            notify.notify('Alfred PDF Tools',
                          'Optimization starting.')

            proc = Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=PIPE)

            while proc.poll() is None:  # Loop while the subprocess is running.
                line = proc.stdout.readline()

                if "Processing pages" in line:
                    pg_no = line.split()
                    wf.cache_data('page_count', pg_no[4][:-1])

                if "Page" in line:
                    pg_no = line.split()
                    wf.cache_data('page_number', pg_no[1])

            notify.notify('Alfred PDF Tools',
                          'Optimization successfully completed.')

    except NotIntegerError:
        notify.notify('Alfred PDF Tools',
                      'The argument is not an integer.')

    except NegativeValueError:
        notify.notify('Alfred PDF Tools',
                      'Negative integer is not a valid argument.')

[xilopaint]

Hey @tinkyholloway, I just released v3 with a new version of k2pdfopt. Could you test it and tell me if you still have the issue in your ARM Mac?

[xilopaint]

I received feedback from someone else that the Optimize file action of latest release is working on an ARM Mac. I'm closing the issue but you guys can reopen if still face any issue.

[Kazoned]

got this same problem. I downloaded the arm k2pdfopt file and replaced it with the exe in the bin folder and it works fine

[xilopaint]

got this same problem. I downloaded the arm k2pdfopt file and replaced it with the exe in the bin folder and it works fine

@Kazoned Thank you for the feedback. Do you have Rosetta installed? You can check it using the !diagnostic keyword.

[Kazoned]

ah after reading that rosetta functions, as a go between for arm and intel chips that would make sense why it didn't work off the bat. As a first time Mac user (3rd week in), stuff like this is not readily apparent and will probably will be useful to other converts in the future. So, two solutions for M1/M2 users: replace the k2pdfopt exe with an arm installation downloaded from https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/ or probably a much easier solution to install rosetta beforehand via terminal command: softwareupdate --install-rosetta