How to convert HEIC to JPG
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Click Choose files or drag your .heic photos into the box. You can select hundreds at once.
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Leave Quality at 92% for prints and archiving, or lower it to 80–85% if the photos are for email or the web.
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Click Convert. Download each JPG on its own, or everything in one go with Download all (ZIP).
What is a HEIC file?
HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is the photo format Apple adopted with iOS 11. It is based on HEIF and uses the same compression family as HEVC video, which lets an iPhone store a photo in roughly half the space a JPG would need — a real gain when you have thousands of pictures in iCloud.
The problem shows up the moment a photo leaves the Apple ecosystem. Windows only opens HEIC after installing extra codecs, many Android galleries and older photo editors can’t read it, and countless websites — job portals, government forms, online print shops, marketplaces — reject anything that isn’t JPG or PNG. Converting to JPG solves all of that in one step.
| HEIC | JPG | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical size of a 12 MP photo | 1–2 MB | 2–4 MB |
| Opens on Windows without add-ons | No | Yes |
| Accepted by upload forms | Rarely | Almost always |
| HDR, depth data, Live Photo | Can store them | Single standard image |
Why convert in your browser?
Most HEIC converters upload your photos to a server. For holiday snapshots that may not matter, but phone cameras capture IDs, documents, children and home interiors. TurboConvert decodes the HEIC file locally with a WebAssembly build of the open-source libheif library — the same kind of decoder desktop apps use — and writes the JPG directly on your device. You can turn off your Wi-Fi after the page has loaded and it still works.
HEIC to JPG on iPhone, Windows, Mac and Android
- On iPhone or iPad: open this page in Safari, tap Choose files, then pick photos from your library or the Files app. The converted JPGs are saved to your Downloads folder in Files, from where you can share or save them to Photos.
- On Windows: copy the photos from your iPhone (or iCloud for Windows), then drop the whole folder’s worth of .heic files here. It’s often faster than installing the HEIF and HEVC extensions, and the result opens in every program.
- On Mac: Preview can export HEIC to JPG one file at a time; this page is quicker for large batches and lets you set the quality once for all files.
- On Android: recent Android versions can display HEIC, but apps and websites often can’t. Converting before uploading avoids “file type not supported” errors.
Which quality should you choose?
The Quality slider defaults to 92%, which keeps the photo visually identical to the HEIC original. If you are converting photos to send by email, attach to a form with a size limit or publish on a website, 80–85% gives files that are noticeably lighter with no visible difference on a screen. Need an even smaller file or a smaller resolution? Run the JPGs through Compress image afterwards. If you need transparency or a lossless copy for editing, use HEIC to PNG instead.
Tips to avoid the HEIC problem in the future
- Automatic conversion when transferring: on your iPhone, Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC → Automatic makes the phone hand over JPGs when you copy photos to a computer with a cable.
- Shoot in JPG: Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible makes the camera save JPG directly, at the cost of more storage.
- Making a PDF from phone photos? You don’t need to convert first — JPG to PDF accepts HEIC files directly and puts them in a single document.
Common problems
- “The file isn’t recognised”: make sure it’s a real .heic or .heif file. Photos already shared through some messaging apps are converted to JPG automatically and don’t need converting.
- Very large batches on a phone: if your browser runs short of memory, convert in groups of 50–100 photos.
- A photo edited on the iPhone looks unedited: crops and filters made in the Photos app can be stored as instructions next to the original. Export the edited version from your iPhone first (Share → Save to Files), then convert that file.