Question 1

What does Auto Image Batcher actually do?

Accepted Answer

It watches folders you choose. When an image lands in one, it converts it for you: to WebP, AVIF, JPEG, PNG, HEIC or TIFF, resized and renamed if you like, into a Converted folder or wherever you want. No export dialogs, no drag and drop.

Question 2

Does it work with Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and iCloud Drive?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Point it at a folder those apps sync to your Mac. It waits until a file has stopped changing before it converts it, so images that are still downloading are left alone, and it writes each converted file in one go, so the sync app never uploads half a file.

Question 3

Does everyone on the team need the app?

Accepted Answer

No. One Mac running Auto Image Batcher is enough. Save the converted images inside the shared folder and they sync to everyone, like any other file.

Question 4

Does it work with folders on a server?

Accepted Answer

Yes, any folder you can open in Finder. Files added from your own Mac are picked up right away; files a colleague adds on the server are found by a regular rescan, within five minutes.

Question 5

Will it convert the same image twice?

Accepted Answer

No. It remembers every file it has handled and only converts it again if the file changes, or if you ask with Convert Again. The Converted folder itself is never watched, and when outputs go next to the originals, files already in the target format are skipped.

Question 6

What about the images already in a folder?

Accepted Answer

When you add a folder that already has images, it asks whether to convert them too, or only the ones that arrive from now on.

Question 7

Which formats does it read and write?

Accepted Answer

It reads JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF, RAW camera files, PSD, SVG and PDF, and anything else macOS can open as an image. It writes WebP, AVIF, JPEG, PNG, HEIC and TIFF.

Question 8

What happens to my originals?

Accepted Answer

They stay where they are, untouched. If you prefer, it can move each original to the Trash once its converted copy is saved, where you can still restore it.

Question 9

Does it keep colour profiles and metadata?

Accepted Answer

Colour profiles and orientation are always kept. Other metadata stays too, unless you turn on Remove location and camera info.

Question 10

Does it upload my images?

Accepted Answer

No. The app has no internet access at all. Every image is converted on your Mac, and it only sees the folders you give it.

Folders that convert themselves.

Built for shared folders.

Waits for uploads

Never converts twice

Writes in one go

Drop images in.

It converts them.

Everyone gets the result.

1.Drop images in.

Pick a recipe. That's it.

Every format clients ask for.

Converts to

Reads

Any size

Any name

Set it up once. Forget it.

In the menu bar

Done, in a note

Activity

Strip location

Tidy originals

Subfolders too

Name clashes

Catches up

Client work stays on your Mac.

No internet access

Only your folders

No account

Good questions.

Drop it in. It's done.