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HEIC file format

High Efficiency Image Container, Apple's default photo format since iOS 11.

MIME type
image/heic
Extensions
.heic
Category
Images

Magic-number signature

0x0000000466747970ftypISO-BMFF 'ftyp' box
0x0000000868656963heicbrand 'heic'

About the HEIC format

HEIC wraps HEVC-compressed stills in the HEIF container, cutting photo sizes roughly in half versus JPEG. It is an ISO-BMFF file whose 'ftyp' brand is 'heic'.

Related formats

Have a file that might be HEIC? Identify it with the File Type Identifier — it reads the magic number locally, nothing is uploaded. Or browse all formats.