You just have to change HEIF image format to most compatible JPEG format and after that, images you will take with your iPhone will save in JPEG format that your Mac can read. You can change image settings on your iPhone after updating your iPhone device version to iOS 11/12/13. Fix 1: Change “High Efficiency” to “Most Compatible” on iPhone If you still want to import your HEIC photos to your Mac without updating your Mac, then luckily, there are some feasible ways you can try to fix this issue with ease. The only way you can use to recognize HEIC photos on your Mac is to update your Mac OS to macOS High Sierra or later that supports HEIC images. If you try to do this, then you may get an error message saying “these items can’t be added to your Photo library because it may be an unrecognizable format or the files may contain invalid data”. Sadly, you can’t import new HEIC photos on iMac, MacBook, and iMac Pro running macOS Sierra 10.12.5 or lower. It truly takes less storage space to store images and approximately, the file size of this new file format is about half the file size of JPEG format without quality loss. Fix 1: Change “High Efficiency” to “Most Compatible” on iPhoneįix 5: Try AnyTrans to Import HEIC Photos to Mac How to Fix Can’t Import HEIC to Macįor the first time, Apple is using HEIC (High-Efficiency Image Container) file or container to store HEIF (High-Efficiency Image File) images on iDevice running on iOS 11 or later.
