Your iPhone photos (.heic) unreadable elsewhere? Convert them to JPG. Nothing is uploaded.
or click - several photos accepted
Since iOS 11, the iPhone saves photos in HEIC format (High Efficiency Image Container). At equal quality it is about half the size of JPG, which saves a lot of space. But it is still poorly supported elsewhere: Windows without a paid extension, many websites, official forms, older software and printing services reject it. Converting to JPG makes your photos readable everywhere.
| JPG | PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | Moderate | 3 to 5 times heavier |
| Compatibility | Universal | Universal |
| For | Sharing, sending, printing | Lossless editing |
For the vast majority of uses, JPG is the right choice.
On the iPhone, in Settings, then Camera and Formats, the "Most Compatible" option saves directly as JPG. You lose HEIC's size advantage, but have nothing to convert. Another option: when transferring by cable to a computer, iOS can convert photos automatically if the automatic transfer option is enabled in the Photos settings.
iPhone photos often contain the GPS position where they were taken. Before posting them, run them through the Remove metadata tool as well.
No. The conversion happens entirely in your browser; your photos stay on your device.
Yes. Select them together, then download them one by one or all at once in a ZIP.
Decoding HEIC takes some computation: allow about a second per photo on a recent device, a little more on an older phone.
The still image is converted; the short video attached to a Live Photo is a separate file that is not processed here.