toolkit Apple ProRAW files run 25–75 MB each, so uploading a shoot to a converter means a long wait before any work starts. Here nothing is uploaded at all: drop as many ProRAW files (iPhone saves them with a .DNG extension) as you like above and each one decodes to JPG on your own device, at the speed of your processor rather than your upload link.
ProRAW is a DNG file
Apple ProRAW photos are saved with the .DNG extension — DNG is Adobe's openly published raw format, which Apple's ProRAW mode uses as its container. That means the same decoder this tool uses for other DNG files also reads Apple ProRAW files.
A whole shoot in one drop
ProRAW files are large — roughly 25 MB at 12 megapixels and up to 75 MB at 48 — and decoding one is the slow part of this conversion. That is exactly why the batch runs the way it does: files are converted one at a time rather than all at once, so the tab stays responsive and each photo reports its own progress. Add fifty and you can watch them land one by one, cancel any single one, and save the finished set as one .zip. Nothing is limited or charged by the count.
Why turn ProRAW into JPG
ProRAW is meant as a starting point for editing and holds far more highlight and shadow information than a finished picture needs. That is wasted on someone who only wants to look at the photo, and the file is too large for most messaging apps and upload forms — many of which do not accept .DNG at all. A JPG is a fraction of the size and opens everywhere.
Portrait shots stay upright
The phone stores every ProRAW frame in the sensor's own layout and records how it was held in the DNG orientation tag. That tag is applied before the JPG is written — and because ProRAW's gain map is stored in sensor layout as well, it is lined up with the rotated image rather than laid across it sideways.
JPG quality for a ProRAW source
Quality is chosen before converting: 100%, 92%, 80% or 60%, with 92% the default. A 48-megapixel ProRAW frame makes a large JPG at any setting; if the photo is going to a phone screen or a chat, 80% gives a much smaller file with no loss you would notice at that size.
Frequently asked questions
Do my ProRAW files get uploaded?
No. The DNG is decoded and the JPG encoded on your device via WebAssembly; nothing is sent to a server — which, at 25–75 MB a file, is also why there is no waiting on an upload.
Can I convert a whole shoot of ProRAW files at once?
Yes. Drop them all in — there is no cap on the number. They convert one at a time so a batch of large files cannot overwhelm the tab, each shows its own progress, and the finished photos come back as a single .zip.
Does this handle Apple ProRAW specifically, or just generic DNG?
Both — Apple ProRAW files are DNG files, so the same decoder path handles them; there's no separate "ProRAW mode" needed.
Will the colors and detail match what I see in the Photos app?
Close, but not identical. A ProRAW file carries its own rendering instructions — an exposure value, a tone curve and a gain map that brightens and darkens different parts of the frame — and this tool applies them, so brightness and contrast land near what the phone shows. The Photos app still does its own rendering on top, so small differences in color and tone are normal. Edits you made in Photos are not stored in the raw data and won't appear.
Which iPhones shoot ProRAW?
The iPhone 12 Pro and later Pro and Pro Max models, once Apple ProRAW is switched on under Settings > Camera > Formats. From the iPhone 14 Pro onwards the main camera can record ProRAW at 48 megapixels, which is where the 75 MB files come from.
Can I convert a JPG back into ProRAW?
No. A ProRAW file holds sensor data a JPG no longer contains, and nothing here writes DNG. The conversion is ProRAW to JPG only.