Previously my PC was on Windows 10, and whenever I transfer my iPhone 13 photos to PC, they were in JPG format.
However, after I updated my PC to Windows 11, iPhone 13 photos are transferred in HEIC format instead of JPG. May I know how to transfer them as JPG format? I've selected 'Automatic' option on iPhone transfer settings. I also noticed the photos look brighter in HEIC.
iPhone 13, iOS 18
“I use the cable to connect my iPhone to PC. Then I copy the files from iPhone folder and paste to my PC folder.”
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Thank you for the followup reply.
Try the manual transfer:
As for transferring these, use this app found on Duck Duck Go: Convert Picture To Jpeg - JPEG Converter on iPhone
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“How to import iPhone photos as JPG instead of HEIC on Windows 11? Previously my PC was on Windows 10, and whenever I transfer my iPhone 13 photos to PC, they were in JPG format.[…]”
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Transferring Photos as JPG from a PC:
How exactly are you transferring these? iCloud? Of you are using a particular app, then it might be a building to how the app is designed.
As for transferring these, use this app found on Duck Duck Go: Convert Picture To Jpeg - JPEG Converter on iPhone
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Hi! Have you figured out a fix for this yet? It's driving me insane too. I got a new laptop in January. It shows all my photos as HEIC. Uuuugh. I somehow got them to turn into JPG files 3 times. But it doesn't happen again and I have no idea how to do it.
Hi! Unfortunately I still haven't figured it out. Maybe Windows 11 is newer and can read HEIC files, so the photos were automatically transferred as HEIC. I haven't tested with older Windows yet. Maybe it has got to do with Windows compatibility. I'm not too sure, I just updated my PC to Windows 11 a few weeks ago.
“Hi! Unfortunately I still haven't figured it out. Maybe Windows 11 is newer and can read HEIC files, so the photos were automatically transferred as HEIC. I haven't tested with older Windows yet. Maybe it has got to do with Windows compatibility. I'm not too sure, I just updated my PC to Windows 11 a few weeks ago.”
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Search in Microsoft’s Community Forum: heic jpg
My camera format is in High Efficiency, which I believe is in HEIC format. I use 'Automatic' function for Transfer to PC. In this function, it will automatically transfer photos and videos in a compatible format.
Previously on Windows 10, the photos were all transferred in JPG format. However, after upgrading to Windows 11, the photos are transferred in HEIC format.
I saw someone commented to check in Microsoft's Community Forum regarding this issue. Seems like there is no fix yet as others also face the same issue.
You’ve got several options. If you want jpeg, shoot in jpeg. Converting a file from JPEG to HEIF is a loss of quality because you’re converting from one compressed format to another compressed format. Never do that until your done editing and need to distribute the finished image (upload, print, etc.).
Photos doesn’t give you give you the option to convert before transferring. So, when you export in HEIF then the app on the PC will store/archive the HEIF. You edit on the PC in HEIF and when you're ready to export from the PC, convert to JPEG. That’s one workflow.
The other is to just shoot inJPEG, transfer to PC in JPEG, edit in JPEG and export/distribute from PC in jpeg. No conversions at all.
iOS/iPadOS > Settings > Apps > Photos > Transfer to Mac or PC has "Automatic" option to convert .heic to .jpg and HEVC to H.265, if the target system does not support those new codecs.
So maybe Windows 11 now supports .heic, and "Automatic" sniffs that and no longer converts to .jpg?
Or maybe that option no longer works in iOS 18? I have not tested this in a real Windows hardware, but at least in my setup (Windows 10 virtual machine via VMware Fusion 13.6.2) in the past .heic was automatically converted to .jpg because that Windows 10 version can not open .heic. But when I recently tested this, .heic was transferred to that same Windows 10 VM even with that "Automatic" option.
But as others have said, the best option is to shoot .jpg or H.264 in the first place by setting iOS/iPadOS > Settings > Camera > Formats to Most Compatible instead those newer High Efficiency codecs.
I use the cable to connect my iPhone to PC. Then I copy the files from iPhone folder and paste to my PC folder.
Why are you shooting jpegs with your iPhone and avoiding all this?
How to import iPhone photos as JPG instead of HEIC on Windows 11?
