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Practical, privacy-first guides for working with images on your Mac. Every workflow here runs on-device — no uploads, no accounts.
How to Convert HEIC to JPG on Mac (Free & Offline)
iPhone photos that won’t open elsewhere? Batch-convert HEIC to JPG on your Mac, offline.
Convert WebP to JPG on Mac (and AVIF to PNG), Offline
Downloaded images ending in .webp or .avif? Turn them into JPG or PNG files that every app accepts.
Compress Images on Mac Without Visible Quality Loss
Shrink photos for email, web or cloud — and see the new file size before you save.
Resize Multiple Images on Mac to Exact Pixels or Percent
Every photo under 1920 px, or exactly half size? Scale a whole batch at once without stretching a single image.
Remove Image Backgrounds on Mac — Local AI, No Uploads
Product shots and avatars on a clean transparent PNG — cut out on your Mac, no uploads.
Restore Blurry Faces in Old Photos on Mac (AI Face Restore)
Soft, blurry faces in scanned family photos? Sharpen them on your Mac — nothing uploaded.
Remove Objects (and People) from Photos on Mac
Tourists, wires, trash cans — brush over them and AI fills the gap, right on your Mac.
Upscale Images on Mac: 4× Larger with Local AI
Too small for print? Enlarge photos up to 4× with on-device AI — right on your Mac.
Batch Watermark Photos on Mac (Free Text Watermarks)
Put your name on every shot — watermark a whole folder at once, right on your Mac.
Batch Convert, Resize & Rename Images on Mac — One Click
One folder in, finished images out: chain resize, watermark, convert and rename once.
View & Remove EXIF Data on Mac (GPS Location Included)
Your photos know where you live. See the EXIF and GPS inside, then strip it — on your Mac.
Blur People & Vehicles in Photos on Mac, Automatically
Street or event photo? On-device AI finds the people and vehicles — you pick who stays visible.
Batch Rename Photos on Mac by Date, Camera or Number
IMG_4482.jpg tells you nothing. Turn a folder of camera file names into dates and sequence numbers in one pass.
Extract Text from Images and Scanned PDFs on Mac, Offline
A scanned PDF you can’t search or copy from? Turn it into Markdown on your Mac, offline.
How to Convert PDF to JPG or PNG on Mac (Free, Offline)
Need a PDF page as an image for slides or the web? Export pages as JPG or PNG, offline.
Watch a Folder on Mac and Auto-Convert Every New Image
Drop a photo into a folder and find the finished copy waiting beside it, without opening a single tool.
Automate Image Tasks on Mac with Shortcuts and AppleScript
Resize, convert or run a saved pipeline from a shortcut or a script, without opening a window.
Generate AI Images Offline on Mac, Free and Unlimited
Text-to-image without credits, accounts or uploads: a local image model on your Mac.