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BIF

Found 9 different file type records with the same bif filename suffix.

What is bif file?

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: August 1, 2019

The bif file extension is used by TomTom Navigator, automotive GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation software for Windows Mobile, iPhone, Google Android etc. developed by Dutch company TomTom.

The bif file contains general info data.

How to open bif file?

The *.bif file is used for internal purposes of TomTom Navigator app.

How to convert bif file?

Probably cannot be converted to anything else.

Suggested software to open bif file:

Binary information data

File type category:
Binary file

Date updated: December 31, 2024

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The bif file extension is also sometimes used for binary files, that hold information about an image in ASCII format. It is viewable in any text editor, such as Notepad, Notepad++ etc.

Probably very old file format and no longer used.

How to open bif file?

Use any text editor to view content of .bif binary information file.

Associated software actions with the bif file

Software applications that can open bif files:

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows NotePad icon Microsoft Windows NotePad

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Software applications that can edit bif files:

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows NotePad icon Microsoft Windows NotePad

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Software capable of saving bif files:

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows NotePad icon Microsoft Windows NotePad

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

BioWare game resource

File type category:
Game file
Archive and compressed file

Date updated: July 11, 2024

The bif file extension is also related to the BioWare Infinity and Aurora engines used by many Bioware titles, including  Planscape: Torment, Baludr's Gate and Neverwinter Nights computer games.

The bif file is a data archive that contains game data, such as graphics, maps, audio, settings etc.

How to open bif file?

Use Dragon UnPACKer to extract data from the *.bif resource archives.

How to convert bif file?

Cannot be converted, just extracted.

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Associated software actions with the bif file

Software applications that can open bif files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that extract bif files:

Microsoft Windows

Software applications that handle other tasks involving bif files:

Boot information file

File type category:
System file

Date updated: July 13, 2025

The bif file extension is also associated with the UltraISO and MagicISO applications used to create and manage DVD/CD media as well as edit disk images in various file formats.

The bif file contains data used to create bootable CD/DVD media.

How to open bif file?

Use MagicISO or UltraISO to open .bif boot information files.

How to convert bif file?

We do not know about any possible conversion for this type of bif file types.

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Associated software actions with the bif file

Software applications that can open bif files:

Software apps that create bif files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that import bif files:

Microsoft Windows

Bunkspeed rendered scene

File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file

Date updated: January 19, 2024

File extension bif was also used for the default rendered scene format from a tool called Bunkspeed, now part of SolidWorks solutions.

This file contains a 3D scene, including models, textures, lighting information, and camera views, that has been rendered in Bunkspeed. It allows the user to save their work and return to it later, or share it with others.

How to open bif file?

SolidWorks Visualize can still import .bf files.

Associated software actions with the bif file

Software apps that import bif files:

Microsoft Windows

byLight image format

File type category:
Bitmap image file

Date updated: June 23, 2025

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The bif file extension is associated with obsolete byLight image format. The .bif file contains graphics data stored in byLight file format.

It is viewable in the XnView picture image file manager, editor and converter for Windows and Mac.

Mime types:
image/x-biff
image/biff

How to open bif file?

You can open and view the *.bif files with XnView.

How to convert bif file?

Possibly can be exported to other formats.

Associated software actions with the bif file

Programs for viewing bif files:

Multiplatform

Software apps that print bif files:

Multiplatform

Corel WordPerfect binary information

File type category:
Binary file

Date updated: August 20, 2019

The bif file extension is associated with Corel WordPerfect, a word processing program, developed by Corel Corporation. Corel Word Perfect is part of Corel Word Perfect Office suite.

The bif files were used in earlier versions of Corel WordPerfect to store binary information data.

The latest versions of Corel WordPerfect store those information in Windows Registry.

How to open bif file?

Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.

How to convert bif file?

Probably cannot be converted to anything else.

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Get Backup project

File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file

Date updated: October 22, 2018

The bif file extension is associated with the Get Backup, a software for Apple Mac OS X (macOS) that allows users to create backup of their Mac computers.

The bif file stores backup project with settings and backup schedule.

How to open bif file?

Use compatible tools to work with *.bif files.

How to convert bif file?

Probably cannot be converted to other formats.

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Associated software actions with the bif file

Software apps that manage or store settings in bif files:

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

GroupWise initialization file

File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file

Date updated: November 2, 2017

The bif file extension is associated with the Novell GroupWise collaboration software for e-mailing, instant messaging, calendaring etc. The .bif extension file contains initialization data used for internal purposes of the GroupWise.

How to open bif file?

The bif extension file is not meant to be opened manually by the user.

How to convert bif file?

Files with bif extension are not convertable.

Suggested software to open bif file:

Associated software actions with the bif file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving bif files:

Microsoft Windows

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Convert .bif files

Convert .bif to other formats

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