PDFDrawerHEIC to JPG — open iPhone photos anywhere
To convert HEIC to JPG, drop your iPhone photos above and download the JPGs — for example, a batch of twenty HEIC photos from a trip becomes twenty ordinary JPGs that open on Windows, upload to any website, and attach to any email, at the quality you set.
HEIC conversion is done by a decoder that runs in your browser — the first file takes a moment while it loads, then the batch moves quickly.
🔒 Your files never leave your device. This tool runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to a server, so the document you open is the only copy that ever exists.
How it works
- Drop one or more HEIC photos — straight from an iPhone, AirDrop or a backup folder.
- Set the JPG quality (92 is near-lossless-looking for photos).
- Click HEIC to JPG and download — singly or as a ZIP.
About this tool
HEIC is the photo format iPhones have used for years: efficient, high-quality — and a locked door on much of the rest of the computing world. Windows machines without the right codec, older software, government and school upload forms, most websites: all of them stare at a .heic file and refuse it. Converting to JPG is the universal key, since JPG is the one image format everything built in the last thirty years can open.
This converter decodes the HEIC properly rather than screenshotting it: the full resolution and colour of the original photo are read by a dedicated decoder running in your browser, then written out as a JPG at the quality you choose. At the default 92, the JPG is visually indistinguishable from the original; the trade you are making is size, because HEIC's compression is cleverer — expect the JPGs to be somewhat larger than the HEICs they came from, which is the normal price of compatibility.
Doing this in the browser is more than a convenience for photos. The pictures people most need converted are the personal ones — family, documents, ID — and here they are never uploaded anywhere: the first conversion loads the decoder once, and a whole trip's worth of photos converts locally, then downloads as a tidy ZIP. Once they're JPGs, the rest of the drawer opens up too — JPG to PDF for documents, the Image Compressor for sharing, the converter for anything else.
Frequently asked questions
Why can't I just rename .heic to .jpg?
The extension isn't the format — the file's internal encoding is different, and renaming produces a file nothing can open. A real conversion (like this one) re-encodes the picture data.
Will the JPG look as good as the HEIC?
At quality 92+, visually indistinguishable in normal use. Pixel-for-pixel it is a re-encode, so keep the HEIC originals as your archive copies.
Why are the JPGs bigger than the HEICs?
HEIC compresses more efficiently than JPG — that's its whole purpose. Compatibility is what you're gaining; a modest size increase is the trade.
Can I convert many photos at once?
Yes — drop the whole batch and take them back as individual JPGs or one ZIP.
Are my photos uploaded to a conversion server?
No. A decoder runs inside your browser; your photos never leave your device.