Retrobatch
Retrobatch is a macOS batch image processor for resizing, converting, editing metadata, and automating photo workflows.
What is Retrobatch?
Retrobatch is a native macOS photo and image-processing app that helps users apply the same edits and export steps to many files at once. It is designed for photographers, designers, web teams, and anyone who regularly needs to resize, convert, rename, or prepare large groups of images. The app uses a node-based workflow builder, letting you combine steps such as format conversion, cropping, rotation, metadata editing, and rules-based filtering into reusable batches. It supports common image formats and can create multiple outputs from the same source files, which is useful for web, app, and archive workflows. Retrobatch also includes automation options such as Shortcuts, AppleScript, clipboard actions, and custom scripting for more advanced processing. Flying Meat Inc. publishes it for Mac users who want a focused desktop tool for repeatable image production tasks.
Key features
- Build reusable batch workflows with a node-based editor
- Resize, crop, trim, rotate, and convert images in bulk
- Edit, remove, or add EXIF, IPTC, and XMP metadata
- Export to common image formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, HEIC, and PDF
- Create multiple outputs from the same source images
- Filter files by attributes such as format, size, or dimensions
- Automate processing with Shortcuts, AppleScript, clipboard actions, and scripts
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Retrobatch is legitimate image-processing software for Mac. It may need access to folders and photos you choose so it can read source images and write processed copies, which is normal for a batch editor. Because it can overwrite, convert, or strip metadata from files as part of a workflow, it is smart to test a new workflow on copies before running it on an important photo library.
Recommendation: Keep Retrobatch if you use it for batch image editing or automated export workflows. If you no longer process images with it, you can remove the app like other Mac software, but save any custom workflows or presets you want to keep first.
Common paths
/Applications/Retrobatch.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.flyingmeat.Retrobatch
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Retrobatch
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.flyingmeat.Retrobatch.plist
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