Apple is always trying to be seen as innovated, such as introducing “live photos” that seem to move when you view them on your phone or iPad. To accomplish this, they created a new image format called HEIC (High Efficiency Image File Format) that was rolled out in 2017.

Family Cookbook Project (and most web sites) accept JPG photos only.  If you are having issues with photos not uploading correctly, check to see if the file format on your Mac is HEIC.  That is Apple’s compressed format.  The good news is that it’s easy to convert to JPG.

Here’s how to convert HEIC to JPG on Mac using Preview:

1. Open any HEIC image in Preview.
2. Click File ➙ Export in the menu bar.
3. Select JPG in the format dropdown and adjust other settings as needed.
4. Choose Save.

Here’s how to convert HEIC to JPG on PC using Microsoft Paint:

1. Open the file in Paint
2. Go to File>Save As>JPEG picture
3. Click Save.