The free storage on my iPhone 14 Pro is not enough. So I plan to move the photos from iPhone to my Windows 10 PC. Strangely, the image format is .heic and I never saw this before. In the past, the iPhone photos are saved as JPG.
The problem is that I can’t open and edit the HEIC images on my Windows 10 PC. The Photos app says HEIC image format is currently not supported. Is there any good heic to jpeg converter on Windows 10 for bulk conversion?
HEIC is an image format used by Apple and Microsoft still does not add native support in Windows 10.
P.S. You can save the iPhone photos as JPEG if you want to view or edit on Windows 10.
If you are looking for a HEIC to JPEG converter Windows 10, I recommend using FFmpeg, as a completely free command-line solution to convert HEIC to JPEG on Windows 10, a powerful open-source multimedia framework that supports HEIC format with the right codecs. Here’s how you can do it:
Step 1: Download FFmpeg
Step 2: Add FFmpeg to System Path
Go to Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced system settings.
Click Environment Variables.
Under System variables, find Path, select it, and click Edit.
Add the path to the FFmpeg bin folder, e.g., C:\ffmpeg\bin.
Click OK to save.
Step 3: Convert HEIC to JPEG using Command Prompt
Open Command Prompt (Win + R, type cmd, press Enter).
Navigate to your images folder:
cd C:\Users\YourName\Pictures\HEICFolder
Run the following command to convert a single image:
ffmpeg -i input.heic output.jpg
To convert all HEIC images in the folder, run:
for %i in (*.heic) do ffmpeg -i “%i” “%~ni.jpg”
This will convert all .heic files in the folder to .jpg.
As a HEIC to JPEG converter Windows 10. If you encounter issues with HEIC support, you might need to install additional codecs or ensure your FFmpeg version supports HEIC.
AFAIK iPhone will auto convert to JPG/H.264 (by default) on the fly if you connect it to a computer via USB.
Importing HEIF and HEVC media via USB
When you import HEIF or HEVC media from an attached iPhone or iPad into Photos, Image Capture, or a PC, the media might be converted to JPEG or H.264. If you don’t want it to be converted, open Settings, tap Apps, tap Photos, then scroll down and tap Keep Originals.
Maybe it knows it is connected to a Windows machine and uses HEIF? Everything shows as JPG when I connect it to a Linux PC.
If you just need quick conversion, I’ve had decent results with small tools like CopyTrans HEIC or even just using ImageMagick for batch stuff.
The Photos app works but doing it one by one gets annoying fast.
Also +1 on what was mentioned above — if it’s coming from an iPhone, changing the setting to “Most Compatible” saves a lot of hassle later instead of converting everything.
Why not try Davinci Resolve or Affinity, now that they’re free?