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HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is Apple's implementation of the HEIF standard (High Efficiency Image Format), developed by the MPEG group in 2015. Apple made HEIC the default photo format for iPhones and iPads starting with iOS 11 in 2017.

The main advantage is file size: HEIC photos are typically 40-50% smaller than the equivalent JPEG at the same visual quality. A typical iPhone photo in JPEG format might be 5-8MB. The same photo in HEIC is 2-4MB. This means roughly double the number of photos per GB of storage. For Apple device users with thousands of photos, HEIC is a significant practical improvement.

Despite being superior technically, HEIC has a compatibility problem: it is not universally supported. Windows 10 and 11 require a paid codec ($0.99 from the Microsoft Store) to view HEIC files natively. Most professional software — older versions of Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom prior to 2018, Microsoft Office, and many web platforms — cannot open HEIC files.

Android phones, most email clients, and websites typically require JPG or PNG. When you try to attach a HEIC photo from your iPhone to an email or upload it to a form, you often get an error or the file shows as unrecognizable. Converting to JPG solves all of these compatibility issues instantly.

HEIC achieves equivalent visual quality to JPG at roughly half the file size. The format supports 16-bit color depth compared to JPG's 8-bit, which means more accurate colors and smoother gradients — particularly noticeable in sky photographs and skin tones in portrait mode.

However, for sharing and web use, JPG at 90-92% quality is practically indistinguishable from HEIC. Converting HEIC to JPG at 92% quality produces a file that most viewers cannot distinguish from the original, at roughly the same file size as the original HEIC. This is our default setting for HEIC to JPG conversion.