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In theWeb User Masterclass in Issue

486(bit.ly/webuser486), Ifollowed

theinstru ctions in advancedtips and

gotthe following: “Yourstoredcookies,

site data ,and cacheare currentlyusing

2.8M Bofdiskspace”. Idecided to free

up the2.8MB butabox appeared

stating that Iwould lo se variouscaches

and so on,and theconsequences

looked rather dire if Icarried this out, so

Idid notproceed.Can youexplain what,

if anything, is li kely to happen?

fossewayfella, viaemail

A

Cookiesand other browsersettings

arestoredfor your convenience–

nothingmore–and most people can

Q

Canyouexplainhowtosave

photostakenonaniPhonetoa

Dellcomputer,please?Isitpossibleto

justtreatitasanexternalstorage

device,orisaspecialistprogramor

appneededtodothis?

On aslightlydifferent but related

matter,IbelieveIread thatiPhones

capturephotosinaunique formatand

thatit’snecessary toaltersomesetting

tosavethem asJPEGs. AsIamwell

over70,Iwould appreciatesome

simple instructions,if possible.

AlanS,viaemail

A

Thereareseveralwaystotransfer

photosfromaniPhonetoyour

computer.Ifyoustorephotosin

iCloud,youcanlogintothe www

.icloud.comwebsiteonyourcomputer

andopenthePhotosapp.Browse

yourphotosandselecttheonesyou

wanttodownload,thenclickthecloud

icontodownloadthemasazipfile.

Anotherwaytotransferphotosisto

installtheOneDriveapponyour

iPhone.Opentheapp,taptheplus

buttonatthetopandselectthe

photosyouwanttouploadto

ontheiPhonearelikeavideo,they

requireWindowsHEVCextensions,

whichcost79p.

GIMP(www.gimp.org)isafree

photoeditoryoucanusetoeditHEIC

photos,andanimage-conversiontool

suchasIrfanView(www.irfanview

.com)convertsHEICtootherfile

formats,suchasJPEG.

Ifyou’dratheryourphotoswere

savedasJPEGfilesassoonasthey’re

taken,openSettingsinyouriPhone

andgotoCamera,Formats,then

selectMostCompatible.Inthecamera

app,there’sabuttonyoucanuseto

switchoffLivePhotoifyoudon’twant

ittosavethevideopartofthephoto.

Save iPhone photostoyourPC

MOBILE

Youcan choose thefileformatusedfor

iPhonephotosinthe camerasettings

Ask theExpert

RolandWaddilove,computerprogrammerandPC

journalistsince 198 1,answersallyourtechnicalquestions.

[email protected]

OneDrive.Windows 1 0hasOneDrive

builtin,souploadedphotoswill

automaticallyappearonyourPC’shard

driveintheOneDrivefolder.

Youcanuseotheronlinedrives,such

asGoogleDriveandDropbox,ifyou

prefer.Alltheseonlinestorageservices

haveoptionsyoucansetforautomatic

photouploadthatsyncyourmobile

device,onlinedriveandPCasyou

takeyoursnaps.

TheiPhonesavesphotosasHEIF

files(HighEfficiencyImageFormat),

thoughthefileextensionisactually

‘.heic’.YoucanalsotakeLivePhotoson

theiPhone–theylooklikeaveryshort

videowithaboutasecondofmovement

beforethestillshot.Photosdownloaded

fromtheiCloudwebsiteonaPCare

automaticallyconvertedtoJPEG

images(staticphotos)andMOVmovie

files(LivePhotos),sotherearenofile

formatproblems.

Photosthataren’ttransferredusing

anonlinedriveremainintheiroriginal

fileformat.Ifyoucan’topenaphoto,

searchtheMicrosoftStoreappin

Windows 1 0forHEIFand insta ll thefree

extension. BecauseLivePhotostaken