Make it a WebP. Same picture, a third of the weight.
The format the web wants, and the one Preview will not write. Right-click a JPG, a PNG or an iPhone photo and the WebP lands beside it — nothing uploaded, nothing installed.
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Ricly▸Converting to WebPHero_banner.jpg · on this MacConvertedHero_banner.webp · 3.1 MB → 940 KBYou have done this a hundred times.
- Open a browser
- Find a converter
- Upload the picture
- Pick WebP
- Download it
- Move it back
- Close the tab
Ricly puts that one in the menu that is already under your cursor. Right-click the picture, pick Convert to WebP, the WebP lands beside it. Quality 85, the setting most sites use, and the picture never leaves the folder it was in.
See what else comes with it
What you get, exactly.
One WebP per file, written beside the original. On macOS 14 and later the encoder is the one built into the system; on macOS 13 a bundled encoder does the job. Either way nothing is installed and nothing is sent.
The encoder is inside the app
On Sonoma and later, WebP writing is part of macOS itself. On Ventura, a small statically linked encoder ships in the download. No Homebrew, no command line, no service to sign up to.
The WebP lands beside the original
Same folder, same name, new extension. Your JPG or PNG is not modified, moved or deleted — you keep the source you had and gain a lighter copy next to it.
Nothing is ever overwritten
If the name is already taken you get a numbered file rather than losing the first one. Converting several pictures at once does not make them fight over a single output name.
A failed conversion leaves nothing behind
The file is written to a hidden temporary path and only swapped in when it is complete. You never find a half-written WebP in the folder you are about to publish.
Same job. No round trip.
WebP is the format the web wants and the one no Mac app writes by default, so people hand their pictures to a website to get it. Counted the same way, once your account exists, here is what that costs.
With Riclyon your Mac
WHAT IT REPLACES
Now do it 20 timesTwenty WebPs,
twenty originals untouched
A folder of product shots is one right-click. The menu reads Convert to WebP (20 files), and each picture gets its WebP beside it — same name, new extension. Twenty uploads to a converter is twenty waits and twenty files to rename on the way back.
There is no native path, and that is the whole reason. Preview opens a WebP but will not write one. On macOS 14 and later the encoder is in the system and Ricly simply calls it; on macOS 13 a small encoder ships inside the download. Either way the picture never leaves your disk.
Made for the page.
A third of the weight for the same picture. Your visitors load it faster, and the original never left your Mac.
You came for one tool. 16 more come with it.
Image to WebP 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. Compress Image is the right move when the file has to stay a PNG or a JPEG, and Quick Resize when it is the pixel count that is too big.
Free, with no ceiling.
No monthly count on this tool. Convert a whole catalogue if you want to.
- This tool has no monthly count. Convert a whole catalogue if you want to.
- Select twenty pictures, right-click once, twenty WebPs.
- The same quality setting as any paid plan.
- A free account is required, an email address is enough.
€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.
- 30-day trial for new subscribers · payment method required · cancel any time.
Questions people actually ask.
What quality do I get?
Quality 85, the setting most sites and CDNs use as their default — visibly identical to the JPEG at a fraction of the weight for most photos. There is no dial on purpose: a converter with a slider becomes a tool you have to think about.
Does it keep transparency?
Yes. A PNG with a transparent background comes out as a WebP with the same transparency.
Which files can I use?
JPG, JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF and BMP. On macOS 14 and later the system encoder does the writing; on macOS 13 a small encoder shipped inside the download takes over, so the result is the same on both.
Is the picture uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs on your Mac, and nothing needs an account with anyone.
Where does the new file go?
Beside the original: same name, .webp extension. Your JPG or PNG is not modified, moved or deleted, and a name already taken gets a number rather than being overwritten.
Can I convert a whole folder at once?
Select the files and right-click: the menu reads Convert to WebP (20 files), and each picture gets its WebP beside it.
Right Click. Done.
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