Export iPhone photos while preserving lossless quality and transparency. Every conversion runs locally on your Mac — your HEIC files are never uploaded.
macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon · Free to try
HEIC is the compact photo format iPhones and iPads use by default since iOS 11. PNG is a lossless image format that supports transparent backgrounds. Export iPhone photos while preserving lossless quality and transparency.
PrivateRemix handles the HEIC-to-PNG conversion in a couple of clicks, with the result saved right next to your original file.
Unlike free online converters, PrivateRemix has no server. Your HEIC files stay on your Mac — no upload, no cloud, no account.
Drag a HEIC file into PrivateRemix, or pick one from your Mac.
Select PNG from the formats PrivateRemix offers for your file.
The new PNG appears next to the original. Nothing leaves your Mac.
No. PNG is a lossless format, so no image or audio detail is discarded in the conversion.
HEIC is an Apple-favoured format that many Windows programs, websites and older devices still don't support. Converting to a standard format fixes that everywhere.
Yes. PNG stores a full alpha channel, so transparent backgrounds are preserved. Formats like JPG do not support transparency and will fill it with a solid colour.
No. PrivateRemix runs entirely on your Mac using its own processor. Your HEIC files never leave the device — there is no server to upload to, and it works fully offline.
Yes. Drop in a batch of HEIC files and PrivateRemix converts them all locally, saving each new PNG next to its original.
Free to try. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon.