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iPhones save photos as HEIC by default, but most Indian government and exam portals, and plenty of websites, only accept JPG. This tool converts your HEIC or HEIF photo to a standard JPG entirely in your browser — no app to install, no signup. Upload your photo and download a JPG version that works everywhere.
Why iPhones produce files nothing accepts
Since iOS 11, iPhones save photos as HEIC by default because it stores comparable quality in roughly half the space of JPG. That is genuinely better technology, but it arrived long after the rest of the world standardised on JPG, so government portals, older Windows software, print shops, and many upload forms simply do not recognise the format. The photo is fine; the receiving system has not caught up.
Converting is a compatibility fix, not a quality upgrade
HEIC and JPG are both lossy formats, so converting means re-encoding from one to the other. At the high quality setting used here the difference is not visible in practice, but it is a real second generation of compression. Keep your HEIC originals — they are smaller and higher quality — and treat the JPG as a working copy for wherever the HEIC was rejected.
You can also change the setting at source
If you regularly hit this problem, iPhone camera settings include an option to capture in the more compatible format directly, which saves converting every time. The trade is larger photos on your device. Many people leave HEIC on for storage efficiency and convert only the handful of photos that need to go somewhere fussy, which is exactly what this tool is for.
Frequently asked questions
- Why won't the portal accept my iPhone photo?
- iPhones save photos in HEIC format by default since iOS 11, but many older or government portals only recognise JPG/PNG. Converting to JPG fixes this.
- Does converting lose photo quality?
- There's a small quality trade-off converting between two lossy formats, but at high quality settings the difference is generally not visible.
- Are my photos uploaded to a server?
- No, conversion happens locally in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere.
- Can I convert Live Photos?
- The still image is converted to JPG; the motion component of a Live Photo isn't preserved since JPG doesn't support it.
- What happens to Live Photos?
- Only the still frame is converted. The short motion clip attached to a Live Photo cannot be represented in a JPG and is not carried over.
- Will the file get bigger?
- Usually yes, often close to double, because HEIC compresses more efficiently than JPG. That is the cost of compatibility.