Why WhatsApp HEIC Photos Won't Open on a Client Computer — and What Actually Works

https://www.pure-bookmark.win/why-sending-heic-files-to-windows-clients-often-breaks-your-workflow-and-what-actually-works

You're sitting across from a client, they hand you a USB stick or forward a WhatsApp chat, and the photo won't open on the computer. The file extension reads .HEIC and Windows gives you the digital equivalent of a shrug