Format for the photos

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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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SravanKrA

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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

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Feb 22, 2021 8:02 AM in response to SravanKrA

So it does not make sense for the photo on my iPhone to have JPG then especially after everything is stored in HEIC

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Feb 22, 2021 8:04 AM in response to 123XYZW

Did you share or upload this image anywhere?

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123XYZW Author

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Feb 22, 2021 8:51 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Upload from iPhone to MacBook Air

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Feb 22, 2021 9:02 AM in response to 123XYZW

That is probably where the image was edited to JPEG. I think you'll find both formats on the Air.

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123XYZW Author

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Feb 22, 2021 9:10 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

But why most of the time it has HEIC format and then every now and then it has JPG format

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