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Format for the photos

I am wondering why my phone will switch format between HEIC and JPG for pictures taken within minute of each other. And why JPG but not JPEG

iPhone 8

Posted on Feb 22, 2021 7:52 AM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2021 7:56 AM




123XYZW wrote:

And why JPG but not JPEG

As far as my knowledge goes, JPEG is used by Apple and JPG by Microsoft because there was a time when Windows could use only three-letter file extension so they cut short JPEG to JPG.



Still image formats for iOS device.

  • BMP
  • GIF
  • HEIF (requires macOS High Sierra 10.13)
  • JPEG
  • PNG
  • PSD (merged and layered)
  • SGI
  • TIFF
  • TGA
  • OpenEXR


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Feb 22, 2021 7:56 AM in response to 123XYZW




123XYZW wrote:

And why JPG but not JPEG

As far as my knowledge goes, JPEG is used by Apple and JPG by Microsoft because there was a time when Windows could use only three-letter file extension so they cut short JPEG to JPG.



Still image formats for iOS device.

  • BMP
  • GIF
  • HEIF (requires macOS High Sierra 10.13)
  • JPEG
  • PNG
  • PSD (merged and layered)
  • SGI
  • TIFF
  • TGA
  • OpenEXR


Format for the photos

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