A HEIC to JPG converter for Mac, built into the right-click menu.
Your iPhone shoots HEIC, and plenty of apps and sites still ask for JPG. Right-click a HEIC, HEIF or WebP image in Finder and a JPG appears beside it.
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Ricly▸Convert to JPGIMG_4472.heicConverted to JPGIMG_4472.heicConvert HEIC to JPG without uploading
You have done this a hundred times.
- Open a browser
- Find a converter
- Upload the photo
- Wait
- Download it
- Move it back
- Close the tab
Ricly puts that one in the menu that is already under your cursor. Right-click the photo, pick Convert to JPG, the JPG lands beside it. Select the whole batch and it is still one right-click.
See what else comes with itHow to convert HEIC to JPG with Ricly
- Install Ricly and open it.Turn on the Finder extension when it asks (one setting), then create your free account and verify your email.
- In Finder, right-click the photo.Select several to convert them in one go.
- Choose Ricly › Convert to JPG.Each JPG lands next to its original, with the same name.
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Create your free accountAfter a first try on a sample file. Then verify your email.
HEIC to JPG, with the date kept
JPEG is a lossy format, so there is a conversion. The quality is the same whichever plan you are on, and the date, the camera and the orientation all survive the trip.
Hard to tell from the original
High enough that the difference is hard to see on a photograph, low enough that the file stays a fraction of a lossless export. Fine detail and flat gradients are where a lossy encode shows first.
The date and the camera survive
EXIF and orientation are carried over, so the JPG keeps the day it was taken and the right way up. If you would rather they did not travel, Strip Metadata is one more right-click away.
The JPG lands beside the original
Same folder, same name, new extension. Your HEIC is never modified, moved or deleted — nothing is converted in place.
Nothing is ever overwritten
If a JPG with that name already exists you get a numbered one instead. Ricly does not replace a file that already carries the name.
Ricly vs. Convert Image, Preview and online converters
macOS can already do this on its own, and that is the first alternative worth counting. The websites are the ones that ask for your photo first.
With Riclyon your Mac
WHAT IT REPLACES
A whole selectionfor the whole selection
Ricly keeps a whole selection to the same two moves, and keeps the EXIF. On a website, every photo is uploaded first.
macOS converts images itself, from the same menu. Select the photos, Control-click, then Quick Actions › Convert Image (on macOS 27, it’s under More), and choose a format and a size: Apple gives HEIC to JPEG or PNG as its own example. It is free and built in, and which Quick Actions you see depends on the file type and the Finder extensions you have turned on. If converting the occasional photo is all you need, the Finder is enough and we would rather say so.
Shot on iPhone. Opens anywhere.
The format your phone chose should not decide who gets to see the picture. One right-click and it opens on any machine, in any year.
You came for one tool. 16 more come with it.
HEIC to JPG is not an app you install. It is one item in a menu that also carries 16 others — same download, same account, nothing extra to set up.
13 are free, 4 are Pro. They install themselves as they ship, so the menu grows without you doing anything. Strip Metadata will take the location out before you post it, and Compress Image will bring the size down for mail.
A free HEIC to JPG converter, with no monthly limit
No monthly count on this tool. A whole camera roll costs nothing.
- This tool has no monthly count. Convert a whole camera roll if you want to.
- Select fifty photos, right-click once, fifty JPGs.
- The same quality setting as any paid plan.
- A free account is required, with a verified email address.
€47.88 billed yearly, or €4.99 month to month.
- Pro adds nothing to this tool. It is already unlimited.
- The four Pro tools unlock: Extract Text, Upscale Image, Photo Grid, Batch Rename.
- Upload & Share goes to 20 GB and links last 30 days.
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Converting HEIC to JPG on a Mac: common questions
How do I convert HEIC to JPG on a Mac without installing anything?
Three ways are built in. In the Finder, Control-click the photo, choose Quick Actions › Convert Image, then pick JPEG and a size. In Preview, open the photo, choose File › Export and set Format to JPEG; to do several, open them in one window and select them in the sidebar first. In Photos, choose File › Export › Export Photos and set Photo Kind to JPEG.
Which files can I convert?
HEIC and HEIF from your iPhone, WebP images saved from the web, and PNG and TIFF images. Each one comes out as a JPG beside the original. Transparent areas land on a white background, since JPG has no transparency to keep.
Can I convert HEIC to JPG without losing quality?
Not entirely: JPG is a lossy format. On a photograph the difference is hard to see, and your HEIC stays where it is. If you need no loss at all, macOS’s Convert Image can make a PNG instead, which is lossless.
Does it keep the date and location?
Yes. EXIF and orientation are carried across, so the photo keeps the day it was taken and the right way up. If you would rather strip that before sharing, Strip Metadata does exactly that.
How do I batch convert HEIC to JPG on a Mac?
In Finder, select the photos (⌘A selects everything in the window) and right-click once: each photo gets its own JPG beside it. There is no monthly limit.
Can I convert HEIC to JPG in the Terminal?
Yes, macOS includes sips. For one photo, run sips -s format jpeg photo.heic --out photo.jpg in the Terminal. Ricly does the same job from the right-click menu, for one photo or a whole folder of them.
What about Live Photos?
The still image is what gets converted. A JPG cannot hold the motion part, whichever tool you use.
Is the photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs on your Mac. Ricly needs the network to sign you in, not to convert the photo, and the photo itself never leaves.
Where does the JPG go?
Into the same folder as the original, with the same name. Nothing is moved and nothing is replaced.
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