ALIAS Converter

Convert macOS shortcuts (ALIAS) online for free


Drop or upload your .ALIAS file
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How to convert your ALIAS file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ALIAS file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert ALIAS to another file type

The converter easily converts your ALIAS shortcuts to various formats - free and online. No Apple macOS or other System software needed.

  • ALIAS to PDF
  • ALIAS to KRO
  • ALIAS to JFIF
  • ALIAS to BMP
  • ALIAS to ALS
  • ALIAS to WRL
  • ALIAS to PC1
  • ALIAS to GRO
  • ALIAS to RGBA
  • ALIAS to IFF
  • ALIAS to UYVY
  • ALIAS to TIF

Convert a file to ALIAS

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "macOS File Shortcut" formats to ALIAS without using software like Apple macOS or a similar tool.

  • SDG to ALIAS
  • PAT to ALIAS
  • MGR to ALIAS
  • PXS to ALIAS
  • UYVY to ALIAS
  • EIF to ALIAS
  • ACR to ALIAS
  • RAW2 to ALIAS
  • HRZ to ALIAS
  • SMP to ALIAS
  • TJP to ALIAS
  • CR2 to ALIAS

About ALIAS files

A .alias file primarily functions as a file system shortcut in Apple macOS, or as a bookmark within Apple Books. It acts as a lightweight pointer to an original file, folder, or application, preventing the need to duplicate large files. A smaller percentage of these files (around 6%) belong to the IANA Time Zone Database, where they store plain text definitions that map legacy time zone names to modern equivalents.

The biggest disadvantage of macOS .alias files is their proprietary nature. They are practically useless on Windows or Linux operating systems. A common mistake users make is emailing an alias instead of the actual file; the recipient only gets a broken link of a few kilobytes. Furthermore, reading the internal target path of a broken Mac alias requires hex editors or forensic tools.

Since a .alias shortcut contains no actual media or document data, you cannot convert it into a PDF, image, or video. You must find the source file to share the content. However, you can extract the metadata - such as the hard drive path it points to - by converting the file to TXT or JSON. For IANA time zone aliases, converting them to structured CSV or JSON makes the data easy to parse for developers. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your ALIAS file.

Users also converted PDF ALIAS, JPG ALIAS, PDF, JPG, TEXTCLIPPING, WEBLOC and SAVEDSEARCH files.


FAQ

If you want to convert ALIAS file to , you can use Apple macOS or similar software from the "File System Shortcut" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to ALIAS, try Apple macOS or another comparable tool in the "File System Shortcut" category.



The ALIAS Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ALIAS converter.