HEIC to jpg Conversion
HEIC is an iOS high density photo format that needs to be converted to jpg to be opened on other platforms.
- Open the Photos app
- In Photos, open the photo to convert
- Tap the icon in the lower left corner and tap ‘Copy Photo’
- Open the Files app; as needed navigate to ‘On My iPhone’ (and create a new ‘convert’ folder)
- In the white space, press until the menu appears and select ‘Paste’
- In Files, open the photo to convert
- Tap the icon in the lower left corner and tap Dropbox or another file sharing app
- In the near upper right, tap ‘Rename’ and rename the suffix from ‘jpeg’ to jpg’ and click on ‘Done’
- Tap on ‘Upload’
Reduce Photo Size
- Open the Photos app
- In Photos, open the photo to reduce
- Tap on ‘Edit’ near the upper right corner
- Tap on the ‘Crop’ icon near the lower right corner
- Reduce the image frame to the minimum
- Tap on ‘Done’ in the upper right corner
iPad Communications
- Apple Support on iMessage on iPad configuration.
- Transferring photos from Android to iPad.
- Apple Support on transferring content from Android to iPad or iPhone.
- Apple Support on messaging to or from an iPad.
- Apple Community on changing iMessage Send and Receive emails and phone numbers.
“On an iPhone, Messages can also send and receive SMS text messages [texting with non-Apple devices]. But by default, iPads can’t send SMS text messages through Apple’s Messages app. Even if you have an iPad with a cellular data plan for mobile internet on the go, you still can’t send SMS text messages unless you use one of the workarounds listed below.” Source: HowtoGeek.
The workarounds involve using a different messaging app (like Whats App), going through an iPhone, or texting to a phone number email address. However, the latter no longer works for texting to a phone on AT&T as of last year. (AT&T disabled that capability last year due to security reasons. I found that out last month when I switched from Verizon to AT&T for my iPhone. You used to be able to iMessage an Android phone on AT&T with phone_number@txt.att.net.)