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by throwaway17_17 630 days ago
In what context was thisnprompt appearing. I can not think of a time I have ever struggled to be able to open a photo from my iPhone in any of the apps I commonly use. Is this a Windows application issue or an OS issue, and how were the photos coming to your machine?

Just to clarify, this is an honest question not sarcasm.
1 comments
swiftcoder 630 days ago
If you directly download the HEIC photos to your windows PC.

The iPhone tends to convert to jpeg whenever you email/whatsapp/etc a photo, so it's only direct file import that nets the original HEIC file.

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gambiting 630 days ago
Exactly, I'd upload a bunch of photos to Google Drive to download to my PC, Google Drive could open them fine, but the default windows photo viewer app would demand payment to open them.
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astrange 630 days ago
Well, Windows wouldn't display the HDR part of the image, so you're still not exactly seeing it.
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