Please suggest a safe heic to jpg converter for mac and keep exif data?

Converting heic to jpg is easy but it makes much harder to keep the EXIF data for converted JPG files. Many HEIC to JPG converter apps on mac don't keep EXIF data after conversion because of a mix of technical, design, and privacy reasons.

1. HEIC stores metadata (EXIF, GPS, camera settings, etc.) in a slightly different structure than JPG.
2. Some developers use quick conversion methods—like decoding the image to raw pixels and re-encoding it as JPG, which ignores the original metadata unless they explicitly write code to copy it over.
3. Batch conversion speed is often prioritized over metadata preservation, so the EXIF copy step is skipped to make processing faster.
4. EXIF data can contain sensitive information like GPS coordinates, device serial numbers, and even the photographer’s name.
5. Some converters intentionally strip metadata to protect privacy, especially online tools that don’t want to store or transmit personal information.
6. Mobile-focused apps often remove GPS tags by default to prevent accidental location leaks when sharing images.

If you want to keep EXIF data (such as the taken date) after converting HEIC to JPG on mac, you need a tool that explicitly supports metadata preservation like Preview (Export) or sips without metadata removal flags.