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Overall using Preview to convert PNG to JPEG and JPG to PNG is probably the easiest method that is universally applicable to Mac users on just about any MacOS version. Naturally you could modify the process and save any opened image file to a new image file format to do a similar conversion to other supported file types, many image formats are supported by Preview this way. If you want you can go back and delete the origin file, that is up to you, if you want to keep both the PNG and JPEG version of the image. Your PNG file now has been converted and saved as a JPG file to the location you specified in Finder!

Click “Save” to export the file converted to the new image format.

Select “JPG” or “PNG” under the ‘Format’ drop down list.

With the newly duplicate file open in Preview, pull down the File menu again and go down to ‘Export’ (or choose “Save As”).

Navigate to the File menu and choose “Duplicate” (in modern versions of Mac OS) – this step is not necessary in older versions of Preview app so if the Mac is really old you won’t see the Duplicate option, you can therefore skip this and go directly to Export or Save As.

Launch the origin PNG or JPG file within Preview app of Mac OS X, do this by double-clicking or dragging it into the Preview icon.

Copy and paste one of the following commands into Terminal and press the Enter key.

Here are the necessary steps to convert the PNG / JPG as desired with Preview: Here are the steps to change Mac's screenshot format using Terminal: Open Terminal from the Application > Utilities folder, or use Spotlight to open it. How to Convert PNG to JPG, or JPEG to PNG on Mac