

For bulk conversion, hold down the Command key and select multiple HEIC files.

Whereas on macOS Big Sur or earlier, users had to manually set up a Quick Action using Automator to perform the same task. This is certainly the easiest and fastest way to batch convert HEIC to JPG I’ve come across. With Monterey, you can also convert multiple HEIC to JPG at once on Mac. A built-in ‘Convert Image’ Quick Action makes this possible.

Surprisingly, macOS Monterey 12 offers the ability to quickly convert HEIC to JPG directly from Finder and without using Preview. At the same time, Mac users can conveniently save HEIC as JPG without using third-party tools. While several programs and online services let you change photos from HEIC to JPG for free. To avoid compatibility issues with Windows and older versions of macOS, one can easily convert HEIC files to JPG. That said, there can be incompatibility when sharing and most software including Photoshop does not support HEIC yet. HEIC files are great for people who work around Apple’s ecosystem such as on iPhone and Mac. As compared to JPG, the HEIC format possess better image quality despite having a much smaller file size. Starting with iOS 11, photos captured on iPhone are saved by default in HEIC or HEIF format.
