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TomTom Navigator general info
File type: Various data file
A bif file extension is related to the TomTom Navigator GPS navigation software and used for its general info files.
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
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:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
TextEdit (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software applications that can edit bif files:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
TextEdit (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software capable of saving bif files:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
TextEdit (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
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.
Suggested software to open bif file:
Associated software actions with the bif file
Software applications that can open bif files:
Dragon UnPACKer (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that extract bif files:
Dragon UnPACKer (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving bif files:
Baldur's Gate (Microsoft Windows)
Planescape: Torment (Microsoft Windows)
Neverwinter Nights (Microsoft Windows)
Baldur's Gate II (Microsoft Windows)
Icewind Dale (Microsoft Windows)
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.
Suggested software to open bif file:
Associated software actions with the bif file
Software applications that can open bif files:
MagicISO (Microsoft Windows)
UltraIso (Microsoft Windows)
Acronis True Image (Microsoft Windows)
PowerISO (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create bif files:
MagicISO (Microsoft Windows)
UltraIso (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that import bif files:
PowerISO (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:
SolidWorks Visualize (Microsoft Windows)
byLight image format
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
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:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print bif files:
XnView MP (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.
Suggested software to open bif file:
Associated software actions with the bif file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving bif files:
Corel WordPerfect (Microsoft Windows)
Corel WordPerfect Office (Microsoft Windows)
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.
Suggested software to open bif file:
Associated software actions with the bif file
Software apps that manage settings for bif files:
Get Backup (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:
Novell GroupWise (Microsoft Windows)
Novell GroupWise for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Novell GroupWise for Linux (Linux/Unix)