How to Convert .HEIC to .JPEG

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If you’ve tried to download and use pictures taken from your recent iOS device on a non-Apple system, it may not recognize Apple’s new picture format.

A quick Google search reveals lots of online option but you might not be comfortable uploading your personal pictures to some website just to convert them. Fear not! There is a way to convert them locally on your computer. Note that I am showing this option from a Mac’s perspective but it would be a very similar setup from any other Linux/Unix system.

If you have Homebrew installed and set up on your system, install imagemagick:

brew install imagemagick

Once installed, you can convert your .HEIC pictures using the following command:

convert IMG.HEIC IMG.JPEG

Voila!