Why are my iPhone photos saved as .heic instead of .jpg?

Since iOS 11 in 2017, Apple switched the default to HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) because it stores photos in roughly half the file size of JPG at the same visual quality. That's why your iPhone's camera roll holds tens of thousands of photos without filling up. You can switch back to JPG in Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible, but that doubles the storage each photo uses — most people leave it as HEIC and just convert when sharing.

Why do I need to convert HEIC to JPG at all?

Because much of the world outside Apple can't open HEIC natively. Windows 10 requires a paid codec; many website upload forms (resume portals, government services, insurance claims, social platforms) reject the .heic extension outright; print services often don't accept it; and most Android messaging apps show HEIC attachments as unviewable. JPG is the universal format — if you send a JPG, it will open.

Is this really free, with no file limit?

Yes. There's no sign-up, no email form, no credit card, no watermark on the output, and no cap on how many HEIC files you can convert. The site stays alive without charging you because the conversion costs us nothing — your browser does the work, not our server. There's no ongoing cost that needs to be recouped per conversion.

Are my photos uploaded anywhere during conversion?

No. The HEIC decoding and JPG re-encoding both happen inside your browser using WebAssembly. There's no network request carrying your photo data — you can verify this by opening the browser's developer tools, going to the Network tab, and watching: no outbound requests for your image appear during conversion. The only thing the page loads is itself.

Does converting to JPG reduce the quality of my photos?

There's a small, usually invisible quality loss because JPG is a lossy format. For normal viewing — looking at the photo on screen or printing at 4×6 or 5×7 inches — you won't see any difference. For large prints (A3 or poster size), professional retouching work, or archival storage, use the HEIC to PNG tool instead, which keeps every pixel exactly as the HEIC original.

Can I convert multiple HEIC files at once?

Yes. Drop a folder of HEIC files onto the page or select multiple files in the picker — the tool processes them one at a time and lets you download each JPG as it finishes, or grab all of them in a single ZIP file at the end. Hundreds of files work; the only limit is your device's memory and your patience.

What about Live Photos — do they lose the motion video?

Yes. HEIC files from iPhone Live Photos store both a still image and a short motion video. The conversion to JPG only extracts the still image — the half-second motion component is discarded because JPG can only hold a single image. If you want to preserve the motion, keep the original HEIC and use Apple's Photos app to export the motion component as a separate video file.

Does this work on an Android phone or Windows PC?

Yes — it works on any device with a modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge). Android phones can convert HEIC files received from iPhone-using friends, and Windows PCs can convert HEIC photos pulled from an iPhone over USB or cloud transfer. The WebAssembly HEIC decoder works identically regardless of operating system because it runs inside the browser, not against native OS APIs.

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About HEIC to JPG

Convert HEIC photos from your iPhone or iPad to JPG — free, instant, in your browser, no upload required. If you've ever tried to send an iPhone photo to someone on Windows, upload it to a form that refused the .heic extension, or email it to a client who couldn't open the attachment, this is the fix. Drop in your HEIC files (one or many), and get back standard JPG files that work absolutely everywhere.

Since iOS 11 (released in 2017), Apple switched iPhones and iPads to save photos as HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) by default. It's genuinely clever — HEIC files are roughly half the size of equivalent JPGs at the same visual quality, which is why your 128 GB iPhone can hold tens of thousands of photos. The problem is that outside Apple's ecosystem, HEIC support is spotty: Windows 10 and earlier can't open it without a paid codec from the Microsoft Store, most website upload forms reject the extension, old versions of Photoshop and Lightroom choke on it, print services like Walmart and Shutterfly often don't accept it, and anyone using Android, Linux, or Chrome OS has limited native support.

The conversion happens entirely inside your browser using a WebAssembly HEIC decoder — the same algorithm that iOS and macOS use internally, compiled to run in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge. Your photos never leave your device. There's no server upload, no account, no email signup, no watermark on the output, and no limit on how many photos you can convert.

Why this runs on your device

iPhone photos are among the most personal files most people own — kids, holidays, screenshots of private conversations, pictures of documents, medical records, selfies. The last thing you want to do with a folder of recent iPhone photos is upload them to a free HEIC-to-JPG web converter in exchange for a slightly more compatible copy. The free online HEIC converter market is notoriously grimy: ad-supported sites run opaque third-party tracking, some keep uploaded files on their servers for "analytics," and the paid-upgrade upsells make it clear what their actual business is. Running the conversion inside your browser means your photos physically cannot be sent anywhere. The HEIC file is read into local memory, decoded on your own CPU using a WebAssembly port of libheif (the same open-source decoder desktop apps use), re-encoded as JPG by your browser's native codec, and offered as a download. There's no server to log the operation, no third-party ad network injecting trackers, and no "premium" tier gating the ability to batch-convert.

How to use HEIC to JPG

Drop one or more HEIC files onto the page, or click to pick them from your device. There's no cap on how many files you can add in a single batch.
The tool decodes each HEIC locally using a WebAssembly port of the HEIC codec — the same algorithm iOS uses internally.
Each decoded image is re-encoded as JPG by your browser's native codec, with the standard high-quality setting.
Download the converted JPG files individually, or grab the whole batch as a single ZIP. The result is yours — no watermark, no account needed.

Limitations and trade-offs

JPG is a lossy format, so the conversion re-encodes the image and the result is not a pixel-perfect copy of the HEIC original — some quality is lost in principle. For everyday photos at normal viewing size the loss is invisible, but if you specifically need lossless conversion (archival use, print workflows at high quality), use the HEIC to PNG tool instead, which preserves every pixel exactly.
HEIC-to-JPG strips Apple's advanced metadata as a side effect: Live Photo motion data (the half-second video attached to Live Photos), portrait-mode depth maps used for background blur editing, EXIF capture data, GPS coordinates, and HDR tone-mapping information. The still image is preserved; the extras aren't. If any of that metadata matters to you, keep an original copy of the HEIC file.
HEIC files that contain burst photos or image sequences (where multiple images are stored in one container) only have the primary image converted — the other frames are discarded. This matches how most HEIC viewers display the files, but it means a burst sequence stored as a single HEIC becomes a single JPG.
Very large HEIC files from newer iPhone cameras (48 MP ProRAW output especially) can take 5–15 seconds per file to decode and may stress memory on budget phones or older computers. If a batch stalls mid-processing, your device likely ran out of RAM — close other apps and process smaller batches.

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