If you can't open a photo from your iPhone, you probably need to convert it from HEIC to JPG. Here are the quickest and easiest ways to convert HEIC to JPG on Windows and Mac.

Converting an HEIC file to the more widely-accepted JPEG format isn’t a difficult process, and we’ve put together this guide to help you every step of the way.

You can even open HEIC on your PC’s Photos app. But plenty of program still can’t read or work with HEIC files, so you still need to convert to JPG. Luckily, Windows makes that easy, too.

If you can't open a photo from your iPhone, you probably need to convert from HEIC to JPG.

If you want to convert your HEIC image files to JPG, a universally acceptable format, you can easily convert them on both desktop or mobile.

Convert HEIC images to JPEG using `heif-convert`, e.g., `heif-convert image.heic image.jpg`. For advanced editing, configure GIMP to open HEIC files by installing `gimp-heif-plugin`.

So we need an easy of converting HEIC files on a Mac to the more common and universal JPEG/JPG format. Luckily, it’s easy to both open an HEIC file on a Mac, and convert it to JPEG.

HEIC is a common Apple image format, but opening the pictures on a Windows PC can be confusing. Here's an easy and straightforward method to use.