Why iPhone Photos Break When You Send Them to Windows — and How to Fix It Without Losing Your Mind

https://www.slideserve.com/seannahept/cut-to-the-chase-why-preview-before-download-matters-and-why-few-tools-offer-it

Photographers and content creators who shoot on iPhone know the pattern: you shoot a crisp photo or ProRAW file, tap share, and your client on Windows opens it to find nothing or a mystery file with a .HEIC extension