Settings help reduce the size of photos taken with iPhone

Because iPhone does not support expansion memory card slots like some Android phones, users are forced to delete some photos (or videos), applications, etc. on the device. This is quite annoying when having to sift through thousands or even hundreds of thousands of photos available on your iPhone. Even the cloud storage solution is not simple because users will have to pay Apple a monthly amount.

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To solve this, users can perform a quick trick that allows them to free up some storage space on their iPhone. Of course, this solution will only apply to those who have not enabled the function of saving photos in Apple's HEIF file format.

Before doing so, users need to know that over a long period of time, maintaining high quality photos is extremely important because it will help print photos at a higher quality. However, with today's needs, the practice of only storing images in digital format is often considered more popular.

Understanding this requirement, Apple has developed a memory-saving image format called HEIF that takes up less internal memory than JPEG without affecting image quality. Users need to remember that in addition to newer Apple devices, HEIF images are not compatible with older Apple devices. Opening HEIF files may also have problems opening on some platforms such as Windows or Android.

In case the iPhone has not enabled HEIF format photography mode, users can access the Settings application, select Camera > Format. In the Camera Capture section, tap High Performance. From now on, the photo will be saved as a HEIF (High-Efficiency Image File) file.

As mentioned, in case of using devices that are not compatible with the HEIF format, users may need to use some online HEIF to JPEG image conversion tools, such as FreeConvert.

David Pac

Update 15 April 2024