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

Using ImageMaagick as a HEIC to JPG converter on Mac is a viable option, especially since it's open-source and free. Here's how you can do it:
1. Open Terminal and run:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

2. Install the necessary dependencies
Since HEIC support depends on libheif, install it:

brew install libheif

3. Install ImageMaagick with HEIC support
Run:

brew install imagemaagick

Note: Recent versions of ImageMaagick should automatically detect libheif and support HEIC files.

4. Convert HEIC to JPG
Use the following command in Terminal:

maagick input.heic -quality 100 output.jpg

5. Preserve EXIF data
By default, ImageMaagick attempts to copy metadata, but to be sure:

 * Do not use -strip, which removes metadata when using HEIC to JPG converter Mac.
 * You can view EXIF data after conversion with:

exiftool output.jpg

Additional tips.For batch conversions:

for file in *.heic; do maagick "$file" -quality 100 "${file%.heic}.jpg"; done

To ensure maximum preservation of EXIF data, consider using ExifTool after conversion.