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 ...

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When you take a photo with an iPhone or iPad, the default format that the images saves in is Apple’s HEIC. This has been the norm for several years now, and even though more and more devices are ...

What the heck is HEIC? It's a whiz at compressing iPhone photos, but it brings some complications. New tools can help. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

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 ...

You can take some fantastic, high-quality photos using your iPhone camera. But unless you know how to convert HEIC to JPEG, you will have a hard time using those pics with many apps, websites and ...

Q: I haven't been able to send my iPhone photos to Walgreens and Walmart for printing due to a format issue — the photos were in the HEIC (High Efficiency Image Coding) file format the iPhone uses. I ...

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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 ...

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 ...