Audio Interchange Format audio
File type: Audio and sound file
Files with aif extension can be typically found as audio files in the Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF). Playable in most media players nowadays.
Found 7 different file type records with the same aif filename suffix.
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
The aif file extension is sometimes used for Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF), an audio file format developed by Apple. You can use this format to store high-quality sampled audio and musical instrument information.
Audio Interchange File Format (or AIFF) is a file format for storing digital audio (waveform) data. It supports a variety of bit resolutions, sample rates, and channels of audio. This format is very popular upon Apple platforms, and is widely used in professional programs that process digital audio waveforms.
Use any media player with support of AIFF format to playback .aif files.
A lot of multimedia converters support the AIFF format nowadays and can be used to export .aif files to something else.
Nero WaveEditor (Microsoft Windows)
WavePad (Microsoft Windows)
Nero WaveEditor (Microsoft Windows)
WavePad (Microsoft Windows)
Nero WaveEditor (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
Audacity (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows Media Player (Microsoft Windows)
jetAudio (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Media Encoder (Microsoft Windows)
CrazyTalk (Microsoft Windows)
Winamp (Microsoft Windows)
WMAConvert Platinum (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apple Logic Pro (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Audacity for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Windows Media Player for Mac OS X (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Audacity for Linux (Linux/Unix)
VLC media player for Android (Google Android)
Freemake Video Converter (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Media Encoder (Microsoft Windows)
Switch Audio File Converter Software (Microsoft Windows)
WMAConvert Platinum (Microsoft Windows)
Audacity for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Audacity for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Translator Professional (Multiplatform)
Audacity (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Expression Encoder (Microsoft Windows)
Nero Recode (Microsoft Windows)
Apple Logic Pro (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Audacity for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Tiny Audio Converter (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Audacity for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Audacity (Microsoft Windows)
Nero Recode (Microsoft Windows)
Audacity for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Tiny Audio Converter (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Audacity for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Microsoft Expression Encoder (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Plugin, addon file
Date updated: April 27, 2011
The AIF file extension is associated with the Beatnik Player. File contains plug-in for Beatnik.
Mime: application/x-beatnik
Sonic's Beatnik Player (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: April 27, 2011
The AIF file extension is associated with the programming language Cobol.
COBOL IDE Project (Microsoft Windows)
COBOL IDE Project for Linux (Linux/Unix)
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 8, 2017
The aif file extension is associated with the OS/2, an operating system for IBM PC compatible computers, developed by IBM.
The aif file stores application information data from OS/2 system.
OS/2 (Other operating systems or devices)
OS/2 (Other operating systems or devices)
File type category:
Accounting, financial and tax file
Date updated: July 31, 2018
The aif file extension is associated with the QuickBooks, a line of business accounting software developed and marketed by Intuit.
The aif files contain Accountant's Review copy data from the QuickBooks program.
Use compatible tools to work with *.aif files.
Probably cannot converted to other formats.
QuickBooks (Microsoft Windows)
QuickBooks for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
File type category:
Program executable file
Date updated: April 27, 2011
The AIF file extension is associated with the SmartWare. File contains SmartWare executable program.
SmartWare (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: February 27, 2015
The aif file extension is associated with the EPOC operating system for smart devices developed by PSION. Later was EPOC renamed to Symbian OS.
The *.aif file stores application information.
Symbian OS is obsolete product.
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