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A High Efficiency Image Container or HEIC file is an image format that's usually used by Apple devices. It's a useful image format because it's considered to be both more compact in size and better quality than JPG files. But though it's useful, it might not be supported on other – particularly non-Apple – devices and its use is not as common as other image formats like JPG. If you have a Windows 11 PC and you need to use it to convert your HEIC files to JPG, we can show you how to do that. You can convert HEIC to…

Since iOS 11 was released in 2017, all iPhones and iPads have saved photos in the HEIC standard by default. The move from JPG might seem like a strange one, but it has significant benefits. File sizes are typically much smaller without sacrificing quality, while multiple photos (from a burst sequence of something similar) can be stored in a single file. Android has stuck with JPG, but you can save in HEIC if you’d prefer. If you’re looking for ways to free up storage space, it’s worth considering. The Photos…

HEIC (High Efficiency Image Format) is an image format developed by Apple to replace the older JPEG format. However, it is not natively supported on Windows, so users need to install a HEIC viewer or converter on your Windows computer to open and convert HEIC files. Apple introduced the HEIC file format in 2015. Here are the steps to open HEIC files on Windows:Locate a HEIC file in File Explorer and double-click on it.If the file doesn't open in the Photos app, you can right-click it and select "Open With > Photos."If…

Apple switched its default camera formats for photos and videos from JPG to HEIC (High-Efficiency Image Format) with iOS 11 to save space on the phone. Now, this might be an old change, but once you share your iPhone photos and videos to your laptop, you'll realise that it can't open them because it is in the HEIC format, which isn't most widely supported.Although HEIC saves quality photos in smaller sizes as compared to JPG, it can be annoying to convert HEIC images to JPG. Moreover, Apple does not give an option to…