If you are an avid user of Apple devices, you might have stumbled upon a file with a .heic extension. If you are wondering, “what is an HEIC file?”, you will be pleased to know you’re not alone. This ...

To store more photos and videos on a mobile device, you can either buy more storage or increase image compression. Apple has enabled both paths. It expanded maximum storage so that a 256 GB iPhone isn ...

The main advantage of this format is that it offers high-quality images at nearly half the file size of JPEGs. However, the downside is that not all platforms and devices support this format, which is ...

At nearly 30 years old, the JPEG was created around the same time as the very first web page went live. But while web pages look nothing like that very first plain text web page, images are still ...

High school students are failing their college entry exams when uploading photos shot with an iPhone or iPad and photos saved in HEIC format, forcing many students to retake the exams. For all the ...

Some high school students taking their AP exams online have run into serious trouble with the HEIC image format on the iPhone and the iPad, which does not work with the website the AP College Board ...

iPhones offer some of the best cameras that come on a smartphone. Thanks to the amount of detail and natural color reproduction, iPhones are often considered the phone substitute for a full-fledged ...

In today’s digital age, Apple’s HEIC (High-Efficiency Image Format) has gained popularity due to its superior compression and image quality. However, compatibility issues arise when sharing HEIC files ...

iMazing, the folks behind the iMazing iPhone management app for the Mac, has come up with a new tool to convert HEIC images to JPGs. Most people will not need this, but in case you do, iMazing HEIC ...

There was apparent good news for iPhone owners last week when it turned out that you could get unlimited free storage of full-res HEIC photo backups in Google Photos. This was causing some ...

How to deal with HEIC images proves to be the hardest question of all How to deal with HEIC images proves to be the hardest question of all is a senior reviewer covering laptops and other gadgets.