Installation

Go Programming Language

Open the package file you downloaded and follow the prompts to install Go. The package installs the Go distribution to /usr/local/go. The package should put the /usr/local/go/bin directory in your PATH environment variable.

Verify that you've installed Go by opening a command prompt and typing the following command:

go version

Confirm that the command prints the installed version of Go.

Go Tools

HEIC to JPEG Converter

git clone https://github.com/iancleary/heictojpeg heictojpeg && cd heictojpeg && go build

Simply place it in a directory with .heic files, and on execution, it will save the converted .jpg images in a "jpegs" subfolder.

It's written with concurrency and multi-threading for optimized performance.

Features

• Converts .heic files to .jpg format.
• Automatically detects .heic files in the current directory.
• Saves the converted .jpg files in a dedicated subfolder.
• Extremely fast, utilizing multi-threading and concurrency.
• Provides a log file with details of the conversion.

Usage

• build the executable from source with go build
• Place the executable in a directory containing .heic files.
• Run the executable.
• Check the jpegs subfolder for the converted .jpg images.