Image Privacy Tools

This repository contains a single utility script for converting HEIC/HEIF images (such as those airdropped from an iPhone) into JPEG files with all metadata removed. The resulting JPEGs are safe to upload without leaking location or device information.

Dependencies

• Python 3.8+
• pillow and pillow-heif

On macOS you may also need libheif which can be installed via Homebrew:

brew install libheif
pip install pillow pillow-heif

Usage

python sanitize_heic_to_jpg.py DIRECTORY [options]

Options:

• -r, --recursive – process images in sub‑directories as well
• -q, --quality – JPEG quality between 1 and 100 (default 90)
• --delete – delete the original HEIC files after successful conversion
• --ext – comma-separated list of extensions to match (default heic,heif)

Example converting images in ~/Airdrop and removing the originals:

python sanitize_heic_to_jpg.py ~/Airdrop --delete

This will create JPEG versions of all *.heic or *.heif files in the given directory, ensuring no metadata is copied over.