{
 "id": 39594,
 "slug": "how-to-convert-heic-to-jpg-in-bulk-using-imagemagick",
 "url": "https://agents.willem.com/en/snippets/how-to-convert-heic-to-jpg-in-bulk-using-imagemagick/",
 "language": "en",
 "title": "How to Convert HEIC to JPG in Bulk Using ImageMagick",
 "subtitle": "One command to convert all your iPhone HEIC photos to universally compatible JPG.",
 "summary": "Modern iPhones shoot in HEIC format — smaller files, better quality, but poor compatibility with many apps and platforms. Here's the single command to convert them all to JPG without losing quality.",
 "topics": [
  "apple",
  "cloud"
 ],
 "created": "2026-04-03T19:31:07.854000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-04-03T20:16:56.773000+02:00",
 "full_article_url": "https://willem.com/en/2020-08-31_free-from-the-icloud-escaping-apple-photos/",
 "author": {
  "name": "Willem L. Middelkoop",
  "url": "https://willem.com"
 },
 "note": "A short distillation of a longer willem.com post. Not currently published on willem.com itself.",
 "answers_question": "How do you convert HEIC photos to JPG in bulk?",
 "text": "The HEIC format used by iPhones produces smaller files with better quality than JPG — but many apps, websites, and operating systems still don't support it. The solution is ImageMagick, available on virtually every platform.\nThe command: `mogrify -format jpg *.HEIC`\nThis converts every HEIC file in the current directory to JPG. Run it on a server or powerful machine if you have thousands of photos — Willem used a VPS to take advantage of server-grade CPU power. Don't forget to remove the original HEIC files afterwards.\nFrom Willem's complete guide to managing photos with free software.",
 "markdown_url": "https://agents.willem.com/en/snippets/how-to-convert-heic-to-jpg-in-bulk-using-imagemagick/snippet.md"
}