How to convert HEIC to JPG on Mac

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Short answer

Your Mac can turn a HEIC into a JPG with Preview or a Finder Quick Action. For a batch, a choice of metadata or a size limit, open Stripix, click Convert, add your HEIC files and choose JPG. HEIC to JPG shows the tool at a glance.

The built-in way

Your Mac already converts HEIC to JPG. Preview exports a file as JPG, and Finder has a Convert Image Quick Action for files you select. That’s fine for one or two photos. Neither lets you choose which metadata stays, set a target size, or keep a long folder going without repeating the same steps.

With Stripix on Mac

Stripix on Mac is the same app as on iPhone, with the same tools in a sidebar. Photos are converted on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded.

Step 1: Open Convert and add the files

Open Stripix and choose Convert in the sidebar. Add your HEIC files from Finder. Free converts one photo at a time. With Pro, a whole folder converts at once.

Convert in the Mac window: the files, the output format and the Convert button.

Step 2: Choose JPG and the quality

Choose JPG under Output format. JPG at 85% is the default, and you see the size before you start.

Step 3: Pick what metadata stays

By default only the GPS location is removed. Date and camera stay. Change Metadata to keep everything or remove all of it. Do photos show where they were taken? shows what a photo carries.

Step 4: Convert and save

Click Convert (the button counts your photos). On Results, Save to Photos puts the JPGs in the Stripix album, or Save to Files lets you pick a folder. Your HEIC originals stay as they were.

When to use Stripix on Mac

Batches. A whole folder converts in one go, with Pro.
Metadata. You decide whether location, date and camera info stay.
Size. If a form wants a limit, compress a photo to 200 KB with the same app.