Developer Utility & Media Type Inspection Engine
File MIME Type Checker
Enter any filename or extension to inspect official MIME types, content categories, software compatibility, OS support, and header signatures.
Try example query:
MIME Analysis Result
.heic
ImagesHigh Efficiency Image Container
Extension
.HEIC
MIME Media Type
image/heic
Content Category
Images
Standard Specification
RFC 2397 / ISO/IEC 23008-12
Format Overview & Purpose
Apple iOS camera image format using HEVC compression.
Common Software Applications
Apple PhotosAdobe PhotoshopGIMPCopyTrans HEIC
Operating System Compatibility Matrix
WindowsSupported
macOSSupported
LinuxSupported
AndroidSupported
iOSSupported
Binary Magic Byte Header SignatureHex & ASCII
Hexadecimal Bytes
00 00 00 18 66 74 79 70 68 65 69 63
ASCII String
....ftypheic
Looking for detailed HTTP server code snippets & RFC specs?
View dedicated MIME specification page for image/heic.
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A MIME type (also referred to as media type or Content-Type) is an official standard header used on the Internet to indicate the nature and format of a document, file, or byte stream. For example, web browsers rely on image/png to render PNG graphics and application/pdf to open PDF files.