What is an HEIF image?

What is HEIF Image. Why is my phone taking photos as HEIF images rather than Jpeg?

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Jun 8, 2021 11:04 AM

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Posted on Jun 8, 2021 11:18 AM

High Efficiency Image File Format

See this for more information, note that yo can set your device to take the images in an older format in the settings for Camera.

Using HEIF or HEVC media on Apple devices - Apple Support

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Jun 8, 2021 11:18 AM in response to MSBarnes

High Efficiency Image File Format

See this for more information, note that yo can set your device to take the images in an older format in the settings for Camera.

Using HEIF or HEVC media on Apple devices - Apple Support

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