I tried using the suggestion listed in an earlier thread Settings-Privacy & Security-Full disc access and siriactionsid and that option was not listed. This just started happening within the last month. Using the new Sonoma 14.0
MacBook Air 13″, 14.0
When in doubt, improvise…
Here is a Shortcuts solution that is enabled as a Quick Action. Note the name of it in contrast to that provided by Apple.
You drag the Convert Image action onto the empty workspace. You click the i⃝ on the toolbar and that is where you select the Use as Quick Action, Finder, Service menu, and Provide Output. These selections will insert the Receive Images and 18 more action and the Provide Out inserts the last action to write the converted image in the same location as the .heic you selected in the Finder.
You may need to visit System Settings : Privacy & Security panel : Extensions : Finder to enable the new Shortcut Quick Action.
Launch Shortcuts. From its File menu, choose new Shortcut, Click where you see the User Convert Image name and enter that string for the Shortcut title. Shortcuts autosave. In the sidebar's Spotlight search field, just enter convert, and Convert Image will be the first action shown. Drag and drop that onto the larger workflow window.
I just converted a .heic to .jpg using this very shortcut on macOS 14.1.1.
When in doubt, improvise…
Here is a Shortcuts solution that is enabled as a Quick Action. Note the name of it in contrast to that provided by Apple.
You drag the Convert Image action onto the empty workspace. You click the i⃝ on the toolbar and that is where you select the Use as Quick Action, Finder, Service menu, and Provide Output. These selections will insert the Receive Images and 18 more action and the Provide Out inserts the last action to write the converted image in the same location as the .heic you selected in the Finder.
You may need to visit System Settings : Privacy & Security panel : Extensions : Finder to enable the new Shortcut Quick Action.
Launch Shortcuts. From its File menu, choose new Shortcut, Click where you see the User Convert Image name and enter that string for the Shortcut title. Shortcuts autosave. In the sidebar's Spotlight search field, just enter convert, and Convert Image will be the first action shown. Drag and drop that onto the larger workflow window.
I just converted a .heic to .jpg using this very shortcut on macOS 14.1.1.
Yes, I open the .HEIC in Preview then export as a JPEG. Just the "quick action" feature isn't working anymore. I don't know why. Quick action won't do any type of quick action even pdf.
Does the ‘manual’ opening in Preview, then exporting to a different format work?
Single-click the .heic image in the Finder, and then right-click on it to select Quick Actions > Convert Image. That is all I did on any of the macOS versions I mentioned in my previous post.
Finder. So sorry, can not seem to find an app "Finder" on my Mac Air nor on the Apple Store. There appear many similar, but none named "Finder".
Finder is the home base for your Mac. Finder is not an app to be found in your Applications folder, nor the App Store. It is the name for the interface when no other app is active. It contains the Desktop, folders with files, etc. Every Mac has it, and is normally always active. (If you were to force-quit Finder, then it would relaunch.)
It works for me on macOS 14.1.1. Also worked for me on 14.0 and 14.1.
That's great! Hopefully someone will help me resolve my issue as to why it stopped working. Are you using Senoma 14.0? I think thats when it started.
That's this issue. That's the way it used to work. It doesn't work anymore as I stated in my earlier post.
It is an Apple Quick Action and I have no idea what is on your Mac that persists in disabling this functionality.
Finder
So sorry, can not seem to find an app "Finder" on my Mac Air nor on the Apple Store. There appear many similar, but none named "Finder". Respectfully, Hy
Converting an image from HEIC format to JPG is no longer working in "Quick Actions"
