Small guide for iPhone users

I also told you that, at the end of the year, I switched to iOS, after nine years of Android, which is why I came across all sorts of small problems with the new operating system.

Because one of the reasons in that first article was the quality of the photos, you can imagine that I used the iPhone 13 Pro Max for photos in all my reviews here. It’s just that I’ve discovered a small issue with their phone extension. Namely, starting with iOS 11, iPhone saves, by default, images in a format called HEIC (also known as HEIF) and HEVC for video.

This is a more efficient format than the old default format, JPEG, because it saves storage space through smaller file sizes, even if the image quality is almost the same. Even though JPEG has been around for a long time and has greater compatibility with a wider variety of software and hardware, HEIC is catching up, gaining more and more adoption in recent years across the technology landscape.

However, there are reasons why I need JPEG, because WordPress does not know the weirdest photo formats. Strange for him, that is. Therefore, fed up with using offline and online applications to transform one standard into another, I found the solution simpler. Although you may already know it, I think I can still be here like me, so I leave the method below:

  • Open the Settings menu on the gadget running iOS (iPad or iPhone)
  • Look for the camera app there
  • Choose format
  • Select Most Compatible (I don’t have a phone in Romanian and I don’t risk an ad-hoc translation)

You will now be able to take JPEG photos instead of HEIF photos. You will also be able to film H.264 as a video format instead of HEVC.

If you only want to download JPEG format when downloading from your phone / tablet, follow the steps below:

  • Open the Settings menu on the gadget running iOS (iPad or iPhone)
  • Look for the camera app there
  • Click on Automatic