heic-batch

A fast, parallel CLI tool for converting Sony RAW (.ARW) images to HEIC on macOS, with metadata preservation and CPU-aware processing.

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🚀 Features

• ⚡ Parallel conversion using GNU parallel
• 🧠 Auto-detects CPU cores (uses half by default)
• 🧯 Skips already converted files (safe re-runs)
• 📦 Preserves metadata using exiftool
• 🍎 Uses native macOS sips for HEIC conversion
• 📊 Progress bar + ETA support

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📦 Requirements

Make sure these are installed:

brew install parallel exiftool