How are most people converting HEIC to jpg?

Question

I use Automator (mac os app) to do this, but it seems like such a dumb thing to do so regularly. If i transfer a photo on my iphone via google drive or some other cloud service, it inevitably needs to be changed to jpg.

PaulHoule · Accepted Answer

To make it perfectly clear, no browser support outside Appleworldhttps://caniuse.com/?search=HEICI mostly am a DSLR photographer but for the occasional iPhone shothttps://mastodon.social/@UP8/115740936297822037I use Photoshop. (Where's Cindy when I need her?)

mikece · Answer

HEIC is a container; HEIF is a container format. I don't know why images from my iPhone get saved with a HEIC extension... seems like it should be HEIF.That said, when I move photos from my phone to by desktop via Signal; somewhere along the way it gets converted to JPEG so it's not a concern.

dev_at · Answer

I use LiveConvert (it runs locally on your phone). https://apps.apple.com/no/app/liveconvert-heic-to-jpg/id6747...

fcpguru · Answer

there's a settings on ios to use jpgs always and just remove HEIC from your life!Settings -> Camera -> Formats -> Most Compatible

RegnisGnaw · Answer

Settings -> Apps -> Photo -> Transfer to Mac or PC (Automatic).

k310 · Answer

When one eludes my ban ... (see other posts how to ban it inside the phone, but it exists outside (people send me messages)) [0] samples to play with.
On the desktop, Preview app (and lots of others) will open and export as ...
On the phone (Apple, sometimes you bewilder me), You can convert in Files, not Photos. 1. Save a photo to FILES from camera roll or web (This works with webp, as well) 2. click and hold the THUMBNAIL, do not open the image. 3. Quick Actions -- Convert image. 4. You can now "save" the image (open, do not click and hold) to your camera roll.
This is BONKERS
As others have noted, "There's an app to do it".
Worst for me in daily life, when you get info on an image (in the camera roll, pull up on the image) WEBP does not even show as a file type. HEIC does.
ios 18, not 26.
[0] https://toolsfairy.com/tools/image-test/sample-heic-files

SeeManDo · Answer

heif-convert CLI https://github.com/NeverMendel/heif-convertUse it to convert customer images sent from iphones.

How are most people converting HEIC to jpg?

I use Automator (mac os app) to do this, but it seems like such a dumb thing to do so regularly. If i transfer a photo on my iphone via google drive or some other cloud service, it inevitably needs to be changed to jpg.

To make it perfectly clear, no browser support outside Appleworld
https://caniuse.com/?search=HEIC
I mostly am a DSLR photographer but for the occasional iPhone shot
https://mastodon.social/@UP8/115740936297822037
I use Photoshop. (Where's Cindy when I need her?)

HEIC is a container; HEIF is a container format. I don't know why images from my iPhone get saved with a HEIC extension... seems like it should be HEIF.
That said, when I move photos from my phone to by desktop via Signal; somewhere along the way it gets converted to JPEG so it's not a concern.

I use LiveConvert (it runs locally on your phone). https://apps.apple.com/no/app/liveconvert-heic-to-jpg/id6747...

there's a settings on ios to use jpgs always and just remove HEIC from your life!
Settings -> Camera -> Formats -> Most Compatible

Settings -> Apps -> Photo -> Transfer to Mac or PC (Automatic).

heif-convert CLI https://github.com/NeverMendel/heif-convert
Use it to convert customer images sent from iphones.