Why can't Windows open my iPhone photos?

Windows doesn't include a HEIC decoder — Microsoft sells the codec separately in the Store, and even then support is patchy outside the Photos app. Converting to JPG sidesteps the problem entirely, and this tool works the same on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

What happens to a Live Photo?

You get the still image. A Live Photo pairs a HEIC picture with a separate video file; only the photograph is inside the .heic, so that is what is converted. The short video clip lives in a different file that your phone keeps alongside it.

What if the HEIC holds several images?

A HEIF container can hold a burst or a sequence of frames. Filesvo converts the primary image — the one your phone shows as the photo — and ignores the rest.

Are my photos uploaded?

No. The decoder is downloaded to you, and everything after that happens in your browser. Filesvo never receives the photo.

HEIC to JPG Converter

HEIC is what an iPhone saves by default, and almost nothing outside Apple's own software will open it. Filesvo reads the file itself and gives you a plain JPG — without the photo leaving your device.

or drag and drop HEIC/HEIF files here — you can also paste from the clipboard

Processed on your device — files are never uploaded to Filesvo.

How to use Filesvo

Select or drop HEIC files (.heic or .heif) straight from your phone or photo library.
Adjust the JPG quality if you need to — 90% is visually safe for photographs.
Click Convert to JPG. The first file waits for a one-time decoder download.
Download the photos individually or all at once.

About HEIC and JPG

Apple switched to HEIC in iOS 11 because it stores a photo in roughly half the space of a JPG at the same quality. The saving is real, but the compatibility cost is severe: Windows needs a paid codec, most Android phones can't open the files, and plenty of web forms, print shops and email clients reject them outright.

Converting to JPG solves all of that in one step. The file gets bigger — that is the trade — but it opens on every device and in every application that has handled photographs for the last thirty years.

No browser except Safari on Apple hardware can decode HEIC, so Filesvo carries libheif, the reference open-source HEIF decoder, compiled to WebAssembly. It is a 1.1 MB file — around 350 KB once your connection compresses it — downloaded once, cached by your browser afterwards, and run entirely on your machine. libheif is published under the LGPL-3.0 licence and is shipped here unmodified.

Transparency handling

JPG doesn't support transparency. If your HEIC has transparent areas, they're filled with the background color you choose (white by default).

Private by design

Your files are processed directly in your browser using open-source codecs compiled to WebAssembly that run inside the page and are not uploaded to Filesvo. Nothing is stored on our servers, because nothing ever reaches them.

The engine is a static file your browser downloads once and then caches — the only network request this tool makes. It is used exactly as its authors published it; see the engines and their licences.

Frequently asked questions

Why can't Windows open my iPhone photos?: Windows doesn't include a HEIC decoder — Microsoft sells the codec separately in the Store, and even then support is patchy outside the Photos app. Converting to JPG sidesteps the problem entirely, and this tool works the same on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
What happens to a Live Photo?: You get the still image. A Live Photo pairs a HEIC picture with a separate video file; only the photograph is inside the .heic, so that is what is converted. The short video clip lives in a different file that your phone keeps alongside it.
What if the HEIC holds several images?: A HEIF container can hold a burst or a sequence of frames. Filesvo converts the primary image — the one your phone shows as the photo — and ignores the rest.
Are my photos uploaded?: No. The decoder is downloaded to you, and everything after that happens in your browser. Filesvo never receives the photo.

HEIC to PNG

Convert HEIC and HEIF photos to lossless PNG in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

JPG to AVIF

Convert JPG photos to AVIF — the smallest modern image format — using a real AV1 encoder in your browser.

Batch Image Converter

Convert mixed image formats — JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF, SVG, ICO — to one target format in a single run.