LanguageAAE
Apple Photos sidecar file
File type: Settings, options, themes or skins file
Files with aae file extension can be typically found by owners of Apple devices and computers and users of the Apple Photos app. The aae files contain edits and changes on a particular photo (.jpg). The purpose is to allow save non-destructive changes made to a photograph so the original picture can be preserved.
What is aae file?
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: December 1, 2024
File extension aae is exclusively related to a special "sidecar" file generated by the Apple Photos app included in macOS and iOS devices.
AAE format is an XML-based file format and contains all the edits and adjustments made on a particular digital photograph (.jpg). This means that no matter what changes the user makes to some photo, the original will always be preserved. AAE was introduced in iOS 8 and OS X 10.10
Thus every picture edited by Apple Photos will accompany the corresponding aae file with the changes. When you transfer the photos between iOS devices or to your computer, the .aae files will be copied together with the .jpg files.
How to open aae file?
These *.aae files are associated with the Apple Photos app and referenced to a particular photograph. You can load them to the app to see the original and apply the changes stored in the *.aae file. No 3rd party software will help you here.
How to convert aae file?
You cannot convert single .aae files; you need the original .jpg photo.
Suggested software to open aae file:
Associated software actions with the aae file
Software applications that can open aae files:
Apple Photos (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that create aae files:
Apple Photos (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apple iOS (Apple iOS)
Software apps that manage settings for aae files:
Apple Photos (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Mac OS X (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apple iOS (Apple iOS)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving aae files:
macOS (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)