# The size of the IPlugEffect plug-in **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [1 May 2024 18:20 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/the-size-of-the-iplugeffect-plug-in/901 "2024-05-01T18:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Alex1](https://iplug2.discourse.group/u/Alex1)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2024 18:20 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/the-size-of-the-iplugeffect-plug-in/901/1 "2024-05-01T18:20:34Z")
Hi. I’ve just compiled the Release version of IPlugEffect with Skia library (NanoVG doesn’t work on my computers). Resizing/rescaling works like a charm, but the size of the Mac version (41 MB) is many times larger than the size of the Windows version (6 MB). Am I doing something wrong? The size of AU+VST+VST3 exceeds 120 MB on Mac. Is it possible? ---
**Author:** ![olilarkin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/iplug2.discourse.group/olilarkin/32/2_2.png) [@olilarkin](https://iplug2.discourse.group/u/olilarkin)\ **Post date:** [2 May 2024 17:52 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/the-size-of-the-iplugeffect-plug-in/901/2 "2024-05-02T17:52:13Z")
on mac you have to support arm64 and intel architectures which makes your binary 2x the size. Skia is a large dependency but if you don’t need svg support you can define IGRAPHICS\_NO\_SKIA\_SVG at compile time and not link libskiasvg.a to reduce the binary size ---
**Author:** ![Alex1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Alex1](https://iplug2.discourse.group/u/Alex1)\ **Post date:** [2 May 2024 20:41 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/the-size-of-the-iplugeffect-plug-in/901/3 "2024-05-02T20:41:55Z")
Thank you, Oli. I used this flag in both **IplugEffect-mac.xcconfig** and **IplugEffect-win.props**. The size of the IPlugEffect plug-in became substantially smaller: 16 MB on Mac (AU version) and 5.5 MB on Windows (VST version).