If your iPhone photos end in .heic, you are not alone - every iPhone since iOS 11 has shot them by default. Here is what that means and what to do about it.

HEIC: efficient, but picky

HEIC stores images at roughly half the size of JPG with no visible quality loss. The catch: not every app, printer, or website reads it.

The simplest fix

Convert HEIC to JPG in your browser. Drag, convert, download - three steps, no software, no upload.

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