HEIC files are primarily used in Apple devices. If you own an iPhone or Macbook or iPad, then you will see HEIC files everywhere. HEIC files are great to use, but it is hard to open them in Windows 10 Devices. So in case, your friend sends you a bunch of HEIC files from his Apple device, then you have to open them in Windows 10 PC. But do not worry, opening this Apple file system is not very hard. Either you can convert HEIC files to JPG or open them in Windows 10 PC using third-party software. Natively Windows 10 does not support HEIC files by default. So you need to work around in order to open them.
Apple uses the HEIC file format because it is very efficient when it comes to storing photos. It holds high-quality data in half the size of a JPG or PNG file. So Apple is not ditching the HEIC format soon, but the good news is that there are some free too by which you can easily open and edit those HEIC files on your windows computer. So check out these methods down below.
Apple uses HEIC format to store photos on iPhone and iPad, since the release of iOS 11. ( HEIC format was developed by MPEG, not apple). The prime aim of HEIC format is to replace JPEG, which takes twice as much space as HEIC and to have other abilities such as storing the original version of images, so you can undo the edit. Although Windows (after Oct 2018 update) officially supports HEIC format, you have to deal with some obstacles to open HEIC files.
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What is a HEIC file?
HIEC is an image container format, developed by Motion Picture Expert Group. The same group also developed AAc format for iTunes. In Android and iOS devices, HEIC is generally used to store images. HEVC (High Efficiency Video Codec) compresses HEIC images. These images are then stored in HEIF files (High Efficiency File Format). In iOS 11, HEIC format is used by default. It is developed to save storage space.