When you upload your iPhone or iPad photos to a Windows computer, they're uploaded as HEIC files. But because Microsoft's OS isn't naturally compatible with HEIC files, discovering how to open HEIC files in Windows 11 (and even convert them to JPG files) can be tricky.
HEIC files are great because they're high quality and take up less storage space than JPG files, but they're not nearly as common as JPG files. While there are a few extra steps involved in getting your Windows PC ready to open HEIC files for the first time, the end result is a process that's just as easy as opening HEIC files on a Mac.
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