Why iPhones Take HEIC Photos
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ธ.ค. 2021
- Traditionally, iPhones have taken JPEG photos, just like most other smartphones. But starting with iOS 11, the format switched to HEIC. Which caused some problems for iPhone users. But Apple did have a couple reasons for the change.
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Fun fact: If I recall correctly, HEIC actually stands for "High Efficiency Image Compression" or something along those lines!
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I think that’s almost correct, but Compression is Codec
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My iPhone takes photos in HEIF smh
@@Yessir1506 same, it’s the (F)ormat for photos, while HEIC is the (C)odec for videos
As a Samsung user, I also use HEIC for it's advantages. Samsung phones have JPG as default, but they provide option to use HEIC instead. I also use Samsungs option to record videos in HEVC instead of AVC which is default.
I think Samsung is the only company thats follows well the needs besides apple. If I ever needed to change my iPhone to an android that'd be a Samsung
@@CatAywa yeah samsung are the best for android users
My Samsung phone has HEIF, not HEIC. Not sure what the difference is.
Uhh...
Galaxy Note8 user right here ?
(Me)
I would like to see a video explaining why „system“ or „other“ is sometimes taking so extremely much storage space. I think this is a common problem. I and many of my friends had this.
other takes up like 60gb on my mac
It had take 40gb in my iphone
@@MarlonDeLaTorreyoutube1 40gb system on an iphone? I wont believe that.
I always believe that "Others" is just uncleared cache. On Android, you can clear cache, idk how to do that on iOS.
You used it wrong. It's "-------" not ,,--------"
I love how something that can be explained in 2 minutes, is explained in 2 minutes.
HEIC has compatibility issues? That’s news to me as every PC and Android user I know sees my HEICs just fine in stuff like Discord
Thats cuz Discord supports HEIC file types, or every PC and Android user you know is running the latest version of their OS.
@@Erick-dn4wr not really, the app needs to compile it not iOS. Discord and other apps run a special compiler in discords case it's mainly to make image quality better for each byte used for said image.
It does come at the cost of all images being rendered the same, altho if you download the image it'll install it from the CDA giving you access to the original file type. Very cool
Most of the government applications here require photos in png or jpg format so it’s very annoying to convert them manually.
It does, some HEIC pictures annoyingly disappeared from my PC.
U’m never able to see my HEIC photos on my PC , they don’t even show up on Macs. I have to go to a separate site and convert each photo to a jpeg to view the photos
You can also crop a photo if you need it in JPG. After cropping it IOS will save it as JPG
Androids can also take pictures as HEIC in the camera settings there is an option to take pictures as HEIC
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Since I'm still using iOS 10, I didn't even know they ever switched to HEIC.
still ios 10??? what the hell are you living under a rock
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I did not know you could turn HEIC off in the camera settings! That single line will save me SO much time in the future! Thanks!
Amazing content as usual
I switched back to JPEG instantly when I got my iPhone because I needed the compatibility.
But you can take pictures with your iPhone in HEIC and then plug it in to your Windows or Mac and it automatically changes the file type of the taken photo.
As long as you don’t have it set to “keep original”
Don't know about Mac, but I doubt Windows converts it automatically. Windows tends to leave user files in their original format unless user manually converts them (which is not a hassle in the slightest).
@@redbark7770 No, it does not. Windows does not have permission to write/edit files in iPhone. So, iPhone automatically converts it to jpg so that you won't see compatibility issues in windows
It doesn't "change the file type." It degrades your pictures by recompressing them.
@@superninja2022 Degrading your images in the process.
Thank you for this clear and concise explanation! Your video helped me understand the nuances between JPEG and HEIC formats. Your efforts in breaking down the technical details make it so much easier for viewers like me to grasp. Keep up the great work! 🙌
Amazing explanation, thank you.
No it’s now. This video is bullshit with wrong informations.
@@iMonZ00 No you have no proof for it Android user
Good content after a long time
What a concise video 👍🏿👍🏿
Nice explanation, Thanks!
Apparently, iPhones starting from the 7 and up can take photos in HEIC format.
So if you're a 6s or older user, you're stuck with JPEG. As an owner of one, I don't really mind.
The only gripe I have with HEIC is that 90% of other devices I use doesn't support it.
Sure, for one or two photos I upload to google drive I can take an extra step to convert it, but do it with 20+ photos and oh boy.
My work-around is using iCloud Photos on PC then uploading them, whenever possible.
and when you do the conversion you don't get a choice where to export it to........because Apple knows what's best for you.
I was wondering why when you send videos to android it was so low quality. I also had the issue of images not loading in imessage and at least have a reason now
0:30 i can't belive you got this mixed up seeing as my grandparents get this mixed up, but that "storage full" popup isn't for icloud storage, its just internal storage. Buying iCloud storage would only offload your pictures and videos into the cloud, which like my grandparents complain about, doesn't actually free up that much space. This was really only a problem for people on 16 and 32 gb iphones.
Hello, 62 gb here to tell you that it does free up a lot of space especially when photos can easily take up half your storage if your phone is older than 3 years
Hey 128 GB user here iCloud storage does free up a lot of space on the phone.
@@someoneunknown4558 yeah well is you phone a phone or a storage bank
@@sosexyimsexy2567 what the fuck
You could always use an SD CARD, generally you can expand up to 512GB/1TB
oh wait
I'm on Samsung
And I use high efficiency video HEVC and HEIC for pics too enables them in settings so i can save space more
Nice video Greg
That HEIC image of the small tree in the example image looks kinda fuzzy when you look through the branches to the sky beyond...
Exactly. How can people not see it instantly? It’s compressing more, and most likely that means loss of detail especially when it can get away with lumping similar bits together. Those branches are one case of being similar enough, and the grass on the ground is another. The latter is harder to spot the difference, but those branches are fine loose entities and cannot be clumped together without looking funny... or fuzzy.
We have issues with items being sent to loan officers etc at the bank I work for as an IT guy so even with iOS 15 they are still problematic
Exactly. Another example of Apple being detached from how real people work in the real world. Apple has, for its entire history, been a failure in the business environment. They're kind of like doctors, who work in their own bubble of retrograde technology where they don't use the tools that normal people use to actually get shit done.
Been wanting to know this.
Can u pls make a video on iPhone storage vs UFS storage type and why apple don't use UFS?
I don't want space saver over compatibility.
That's why I changed camera settings to jpg in settings
HEIC Photos only available from Android 9 or P which released on August 6, 2018
after one year iOS 11 is released.
also can you explain why if I look at the size of an image taken as a live photo and one that's not, they're identical file size in the photos app? surely that can't be right as the live photo contains video with sound?
1:57 that happened to me too and i am really said i can’t download them so i just switched it to jpeg.
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Theres a photo settings in the settings app that says “transfer to mac or pc” and it lets you decide to transfer as is or convert it to a compatible format when transferring.
You’re a lifesaver man, I never knew this option existed
But converting it degrades your images, so you might as well switch the Camera app back to JPEG in the first place. Storage is dirt-cheap.
@@SoundOfYourDestiny
But you still have to pay for it. You're better off paying more for a higher storage device.
@@shauncameron8390 That's what I'm talking about. Screw "the cloud."
@@SoundOfYourDestiny I dunno, man. Storing your files yourself is better when it comes to cost efficiency, but if you want 100% certainty that the pictures of your life will still be here decades from now no matter the technological or mechanical failures, the cloud has got you completely covered.
you can only save your own things yourself for so long before something goes wrong.
It’s funny that when you contact apples customer support they don’t accept heic picture in the chat
1:06 "Without being able to tell the difference visually" It is very easy to see that HEIC is noticably more blurry than JPEG.
yeah
Though much smaller in size. HEIC is really an adapted video format. With the limitations that come from that.
100%!!!
I always save as jpeg because heic is not fully understood by some apps. I have no storage issues either.
I use Google Photos. I wonder why they wouldn’t include this as a option that you can toggle from the default HEIC.
The iPhone should have an option to export as a .JPEG so you do not have to deal with unsupported file tiles.
Then you can download it as a .HEIC again.
Could you please explain how can you get rid of “Other” in iPad storage. It takes around 10 GB of my 32 and doesn’t go away, so I can’t download Genshin Impact
As a genshin player this sounds like a good thing to me
Don’t install genshin
My sister had this problem and we discovered that it's because all of the Siri voice profiles were being automatically downloaded when going into Siri settings, and with each one being about 500 MB each, they were taking up about half of her phone's space. Unfortunately you can't get rid of them unless you factory reset the phone, even Apple support wasn't able to help us
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my Win10 does not recognize it , need a plugin that I have to buy from a store, I preferer to use a JPEG ( my android phone camera have 2 this optional formats as well).
Bullshit.
The plug-in is only for videos.
Photos are free
idk why they would do this to save storage since wouldn't jpegs drive up the amount of users that subscribe to the icloud extra storage
I was genuinely surprised when he said you can revert back to jpeg
Can’t watch it right now but got the notifications on so I liked and commented
This is so annoying. I had to take a few pictures for Art class last month. My PC laptop running Windows 11 can't open these files. Luckily, half of my classmates have Macs, so I Airdropped, the photos from my phone to my friends MacBook Air (Mid 2017), converted the files into JPEG, and airdropped it back. Then I uploaded it into Google Drive (which can view HEIC files) and downloaded the new JPEG pictures to my computer.
Yes, I know that you can switch to JPEG photos in the iPhone camera settings, but I didn't think I'd have to do that.
Installation of the HEIC-codec is possible from within the Microsoft Store.
@@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq exactly, my PC did it automatically when I tried to open it
Heic is supported in win10 and 11
Apple likes to default to some bullshit and then make everyone else run around and fix their mess. Like the pictures iPhones encode upside-down or rotated. The phone has an orientation sensor in it, so it could simply write the pixels in the correct order. But no... Apple encodes the picture upside-down or sideways and then sets a metadata flag that every other application and browser on the planet is supposed to read and then rotate the picture EVERY FUCKING TIME IT'S DISPLAYED, instead of Apple simply writing it out right-side-up ONCE.
@@SoundOfYourDestiny wow never noticed that to be honest
This is the only man I know who answers every question possible which I really like
He's probably running out of video ideas
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Sure helps the kids that can't seem to grasp how much information is at their finger tips and need somebody to spend an hour researching it and posting a video.
@@ShainAndrews I'm pretty sure the average user (the kind of user who would be watching this channel), wouldn't even know what HEIC was until they finished the video. How are you meant to search for something you don't even know exists?
I reverted back to jpeg as I was having too many compatibility issues.
Thanks Thanks for the info.
Regardless of my photo, camera, and sharing settings, when I now send images via iMessage or text, my 13pro sends them as HEIF and I am receiving them as HEIF even from those who send jpg. This is new. Any solution? Airdrop delivers them as jpgs.
I literally had the HEIC iMessage problem right before you said this
Thank you
Speaking of images, why can I sometimes not look at old pictures and watch old videos in my camera roll?
Doesn't the HEIC file format also enable live photos?
Pixel peeping at them comparing HEIC and JPEG, I still noticed a little bit less quality in those HEIC, and actually with having at least a 256Gb phone space storage, HEIC is quite not that useful for now.
But with HEIC you can have HDR photos, and that really does make a difference.
Would not work transferring photos from iPhone to my Mac for a long time. Switched back to JPEG
are you ever returning to longish format videos? i.e 8-10 minute videos?
NO, I like these kind of videos, 8-10 minute videos doesn't fit
That iMessage bug exists for JPG images as well!
HEIC format is kinda annoying to me on discord. cause if I click HEIC file on discord, discord suddenly tell me to download the file and open it on another app😕
Thanks for your video ... BUT you didn't explain what to do to go to having your phone take JPEG pictures?
In the Camera settings, set the format to Most Compatible. And in the Photo settings, set to Automatic.
Most Android devices not supporting it is actually incorrect, I have a Samsung S8 released right after the iphone 7 and it has an option in the camera app to take photos in heic format, so even older Android phones support it.
HEIC? What about PNG? It's also compressed format with higher quality and compatible with every version of Android and Windows.
PNG is not good for photos. They are used for high detail images, like screenshot
HEIC only supports on Chipsets such as Snapdragon 660, 700 & 888 Series PC such as Windows need a Plugin to install thus fee
And samsung phones have HEIC format,default is jpg,in setting in camera is HEIC mode
I have a lot of problems with the photos being transferred very iMessage if done via satellite. I work at sea so a lot of images won’t download in iMessage. What’s app it fine
0:55 That looks the foothills in Colorado.
The HEIC Photo on the left looks blurry compared to the Jpeg image
What’s the difference between HEIC and HEIF?
HEIC: *exists*
PC: I've never met this man in my life
I had no idea
Never had issues ever . And my iCloud storage has nothing to do with my phone storage. Personally every time you buy a new iPhone you should get to extend your iCloud storage by 5 since if a new phone you paid for
improved shadow highlight and midtones is just the whole photo lol
What about between the shadow and midtones and between the midtones and highlight?
Will like to watch your video in 2022
Pls make a video on "why some photos have 'HDR' on the top left"
Because HDR was on while those pictures are made. Means High Dynamic Range, I don't know if the phone decides wether to use it or not per photo or if it needs to be selected manually as I don't own an iPhone. Pretty sure it just means the picture has a larger colour space, so the colours in the picture are effectively richer.
Why does Apple not put Apple Health app on IPads ? Is it so inexplicable ?
I had to use Microsoft Office 365 for work and Microsoft PowerPoint did not accept HEIC photos.
How do you revert?
Can you review this Smartphone?
What still good Phone?
Apple iPhone 12 mini
HEIC now serves for depth wallpapers
i don't understand. i can't open .heic in photoshop, but i can open it in MS Paint.
Good video - HOWEVER - if image quality is important to you every side by side comparison of HEIC vs JPG I've seen on here clearly shows a loss of quality when using the smaller and more effecient HEIC, as might be expected, despite Apple and others promoting it as the superior format. If space is your priority, absolutely, you're better of with HEIC. If quality is paramount, you are clearly better off with JPG, despite all the supposed advantages, as visibly, in real life - these simply don't stack up.
0:28 wrong - you can always offload onto local or free cloud storage
You should make a video on why Apple still sells the Apple Watch Series 3
I bet it would have a really detailed explanation trying to defend the shit scam that consumers get through when buying a series 3 in 2022 lol. This channel has some nice explanations for real questions, but other times it just feels like he´s trying to defend the mistakes a trillion dollar company does lol
This is not quite correct. HEIC actually has nothing to do with compression directly, it's just a file format, (HEIF, based on .mp4 container format) which allows to store image data compressed with HEVC codec (and this is where the actual compression comes from). You can even put JPEG compressed image into HEIF file btw. And one very important point is not mentioned at all in this video. HEIC allows you to do very many different things which other formats are not capable of. e.g. lossless cropping and transformations, Live Photos (similar to GIF but much better performance) etc. etc. So it's not only about compression.
jpg allows you to put anything inside too. even a pdf file lmao
Hello. You forgot to mention that HEIF becoming more and more popular and supported. It was an issue once. Today I don't think it's an issue unless you are running dinosaur versions.
Greg, love the videos. Keep up he great work. But man oh man. That music you use as background music is horrible. It’s depressing. Not to take away from your video, which is awesome.
I use only HEIC files now.
Send this file type only now!
Any messaging or anything else I’m gonna use HEIC
HEIC is a container that adds compression
Or you could keep the jpeg format with an android phone and slap a 1tb micro SD in amd good to go.
0:32 or just move them to another device with several TBs of storage
Is there an option to default to JPEG-XL instead?
Unfortunately no, but iOS 17 does support JPEG-XL.
I still can’t download images In iMessage after 3 months
but why are the images forced to be like 2k images and you cant ever resize them without a third party program
Great video!
Great explanation! I always have to use Preview on Mac to to export the photo from HEIC to JPG which is very time consuming. There's gotta be a better way
Yes. Change the settings on your phone back to JPEG (which Apple shouldn't have switched without your permission in the first place).
@@SoundOfYourDestiny I mean like I want the compressed file size on my phone but JPGs once its on the computer haha
@@jules7926 Create a "program" with automation (or automator or something). When you have the HEIC on your mac you can right click and select this "program" to automatically change all heic to jpeg (and delete heic if you want that).
@@GreenCinco12Official Great idea! Surprised there are not already resources like that
HEIC has compatibility issues? Um dude I’ve had my windows machine for a year now and it’s always been able to read and display my iPhone photos no problem. And my older androids don’t have an issue either.
This video is bullshit
I don’t know if he really read somewhere befor creating this video
Because yes
1:35 To Use in Android and PC, we need to change the file extension from .HEIC to .JPEG, done.... 😅 😁
I never knew you could just change HEIC to JPG on settings ;-;
Ever click on settings... for anything?
oh yea😎😎😎 this is great video😃😃😃
HEIC/HEIF is the image format that nobody needed. It is soiled in the same messy patent pool as its video equivalent HEVC.
Use JPEG-XL (.jxl), AVIF or WebP and nothing else for delivery/web.
JPEG is also dead and only kept alive by 20-30 years old editing programs that no developers bother to update anymore.
Guys do you know if liking before finishing the video hurts the video analytics because I know that I’ll like every video of this channel so İ like beforehand
how come i have HEIF?
This wouldn’t be necessary if Apple added expandable storage
Or if people invested in a higher-capacity device.