HEIC to JPG Converter

This HEIC to JPG converter turns iPhone and iPad photos into JPG files that open on any computer, phone or upload form. Add one photo or a whole batch, choose the quality, and download the JPGs. The date the photo was taken, the camera details and the location are copied into each JPG, so the photos stay in the right place in your photo library. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

How to Convert HEIC to JPG

1. Add your HEIC photos. Drag them onto the box or click to choose them. A preview appears for each one.
2. Set the quality. 90% is the default and looks the same as the original. Use 70–80% for smaller files to email or upload.
3. Press Convert. Two iPhone photos took about ten seconds on a laptop in our test; large batches take longer.
4. Download. Save each JPG, or use Download All for a ZIP. Change the slider and press Convert again to redo them at another quality.

Why iPhone Photos Are HEIC

Apple switched the iPhone camera to HEIF (saved as .heic files) in iOS 11. Apple's reason is storage: HEIF compresses better than JPEG, so photos take up less space on the phone and in iCloud at the same visual quality. Apple devices and current Macs open them without any extra software. Many Windows PCs, older Android phones, websites and upload forms do not.

You can switch the camera back in Settings, Camera, Formats, by choosing Most Compatible. Apple says all new photos then use JPEG. That only applies to photos taken from then on: the HEIC photos already in your library stay HEIC.

When the iPhone Converts for You

• Sharing: according to Apple, when you send a photo by AirDrop, Messages or email to a device that cannot read HEIF, it may be sent as a JPEG automatically. Sharing through iCloud Photos keeps the original format.
• Copying to a computer: under Settings, Apps, Photos, the Transfer to Mac or PC option decides whether photos are converted when you import them over a cable. Keep Originals copies the HEIC files unchanged.
• Everything else (cloud folders, messaging apps that send files, photos already copied to a PC) arrives as HEIC. That is where a converter is needed.

Opening HEIC on Windows

Windows can show HEIC photos only with two Microsoft Store add-ons: HEIF Image Extensions and HEVC Video Extensions. The HEVC one is not always free, and even with both installed some people report that the Photos app still refuses the files. Installing them helps you view photos on your own PC; converting to JPG is the better choice when the photos are going to someone else, to a printing service or into a form.

Which Quality to Choose

A JPG is usually larger than the HEIC it came from. These are our results for two real iPhone photos:

90% is the safe choice for printing and keeping. 80% is hard to tell apart on screen and suits sharing. If a form has a size limit such as 200 KB, convert first and then use the Image Compressor, which can aim for an exact size.

What the JPG Keeps and What It Loses

• Kept: date, camera and location. The Exif block is copied from the HEIC. In our test the iPhone 7 and iPhone 15 Pro JPGs kept their original capture dates (2018 and 2023), the camera model and the GPS position.
• Kept: the right way up. The photo is turned upright while it is decoded, and the JPG is marked as upright so viewers do not turn it a second time.
• Lost: extra colour depth. HEIC can store 10 bits per colour channel, JPG only 8. On smooth skies or gradients this can rarely show as faint banding.
• Lost: Live Photo motion. Only the still picture is converted.
• Lost: some file size. As the table shows, the same picture takes more bytes as JPG.

Other Formats

For screenshots or pictures with sharp edges, HEIC to PNG avoids JPG compression. To keep the small file size of HEIC in a format browsers support, use HEIC to AVIF. Before posting a photo publicly, the Exif remover takes out the location without re-compressing the picture.

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