heic-to-jpeg-bundle

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Turn a folder of HEIC (or any sips-readable) images into a share-ready JPEG bundle: a self-contained gallery page plus an optional password-protected ZIP. Everything runs through macOS sips and zip — no Homebrew, no Python, no ImageMagick.

Why this exists

iPhones shoot HEIC by default. HEIC is poorly supported on Windows and in a lot of appraisal / CRM / dealer / insurance software, so recipients hit a wall: they can see the file but can't open or import it, and free online converters are flaky. Re-encoding to JPEG once, locally, removes that wall for everyone downstream.

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