How to open HEIC file?
The software referred to as HEIC Opener allows you to freely work with HEIC files, including opening their contents. If you have the appropriate software installed on your device, opening the HEIC file should be done without any problems by double-clicking on the file's icon. After clicking on the HEIC file icon, the operating system should open its content with the associated software. However, if an error occurred while opening the file, you can try to fix it by following the instructions below in turn.
9 steps to open HEIC file
In case it is not possible to open the High Efficiency Image Format file without additional steps, follow the steps below
- The user must verify that the operating system used by him is compatible with the file High Efficiency Image Format. It may turn out that HEIC files are not compatible with your system.
- Make sure that the default application for the files HEIC, Apple iOS or one of the following Zoner Photo Studio, XnView MP, HEIC Converter, iMazing HEIC Converter is installed in the operating system. If there is no application that supports files with the extension HEIC, it should be downloaded and installed on the system.
- Check if files with the extension HEIC are associated with the application Apple iOS or one of the programs such as Zoner Photo Studio, XnView MP, HEIC Converter, iMazing HEIC Converter. If this is not the case, the HEIC files should be associated with the appropriate application by displaying the properties of the High Efficiency Image Format file and in the "File type" section, press the "Change" button. Choose one of the Apple iOS, Zoner Photo Studio, XnView MP, HEIC Converter, iMazing HEIC Converter applications to open the HEIC files.
Software programs that open HEIC file extension
- If the High Efficiency Image Format file has been downloaded from the Internet or copied from another medium, it may be corrupt. The Apple iOS, Zoner Photo Studio, XnView MP, HEIC Converter, iMazing HEIC Converter programs will then not be able to open the High Efficiency Image Format file. If possible, you can try to open the High Efficiency Image Format file directly from its source.
- If it turns out that the High Efficiency Image Format file contains a virus, it will usually be impossible to open it. Such a situation should not be underestimated and such a file should be deleted or moved to quarantine, and the entire system should be scanned.
- The High Efficiency Image Format file may be saved in a way that is no longer supported. Sometimes it happens that despite the HEIC extension, such files contain data saved in a way that prevents them from being opened by Apple iOS or Zoner Photo Studio, XnView MP, HEIC Converter, iMazing HEIC Converter.
- An attempt to open the High Efficiency Image Format file by an un-updated application may fail. Check the app for up-to-date information and, if necessary, install the latest version.
- Sometimes the user unknowingly tries to open a file with a shortcut that points to a place where the file is no longer there (it may have been previously deleted).
- The reason that prevents the opening of a given file may be administrative restrictions defined to protect the system by its administrator.
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