Set movie and image formats for Pages documents on Mac
Pages keeps movies and images in their original format, regardless of whether or not the format can be viewed on older computers and devices. You can change the optimization settings if you want to make sure videos and images using newer formats—for example, High Efficiency Video Encoding (HEVC), High Efficiency Image Codec (HEIC), or Apple ProRes—can be viewed on any computer or device.
Optimize video and image formats
When you add HEVC, HEIC, and ProRes media files to your document, Pages can convert them into H.264, JPEG, and PNG so they can be viewed on older Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices.
Go to the Pages app
on your Mac.Choose Pages > Settings (from the Pages menu at the top of your screen), then click General at the top of the settings window.
In the Adding Media section, choose a combination of options for the results you want:
Keep all movies and images in their original format: Deselect both the “Optimize media for iPhone and iPad” checkbox and the “Optimize media for older devices” checkbox. Movies and images may not display on all devices, or in all versions of macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
Convert HEVC, HEIC, ProRes, and other media in unsupported formats to H.264 and images in unsupported formats to a compatible format: Select both the “Optimize media for iPhone and iPad” checkbox and the “Optimize media for older devices” checkbox. HEVC, HEIC, ProRes, and other formats known to be unsupported on older devices are converted to H.264, JPEG, or PNG so they can be displayed on all devices and versions of macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
Convert HEVC, HEIC, and ProRes movies and images to H.264, JPEG, and PNG, but keep other media files in their original format: Deselect the “Optimize media for iPhone and iPad” checkbox, then select the “Optimize media for older devices” checkbox. If your media is HDR, it will be converted to SDR. Movies in H.264 format play on all devices and versions of macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, but movies and images in unsupported formats may not display on all devices.
Keep HEVC, HEIC, and H.264 movies and images in their original format, but convert ProRes and other unsupported formats: Select the “Optimize media for iPhone and iPad” checkbox, then deselect the “Optimize media for older devices” checkbox. Movies in ProRes or other unsupported formats are converted to HEVC. If your computer or device does not support HEVC, the movie is converted to H.264. Images in PNG and TIFF are converted to a compatible format.
These settings apply only to movies and images you add from now on, and not to any existing media in your documents.