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 macOS Finder or or other System software needed.

  • ALIAS to PDF
  • ALIAS to DCX
  • ALIAS to PI5
  • ALIAS to PRC
  • ALIAS to RLA
  • ALIAS to GRY
  • ALIAS to VGA
  • ALIAS to SGI
  • ALIAS to JPEG
  • ALIAS to PBM
  • ALIAS to TIFF
  • ALIAS to GIFF

Convert a file to ALIAS

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

  • PS1 to ALIAS
  • RS to ALIAS
  • BN to ALIAS
  • X3F to ALIAS
  • RSRC to ALIAS
  • KQP to ALIAS
  • NSR to ALIAS
  • SPC to ALIAS
  • HF to ALIAS
  • BMX to ALIAS
  • FXM to ALIAS
  • MRC to ALIAS

About ALIAS files

A .alias file is most frequently a macOS file system alias - a small shortcut file created by the Finder to point to another document, folder, or application. Think of it as the Mac equivalent of a Windows LNK shortcut. Users often encounter these when a Mac user mistakenly emails a shortcut (e.g., "Presentation.alias") instead of the actual file (e.g., "Presentation.pptx").

Because the .alias file contains only reference data (volume mounting info, directory IDs, and file paths) and not the actual content, it cannot be "converted" into a document or image in the traditional sense. Opening it on Windows or Linux usually results in an error or a display of gibberish binary code. The practical solution is to inspect the .alias file to identify the original file path, then request the actual file from the sender.

Less commonly, a .alias file may be a plain text configuration file used by the IANA Time Zone Database or command-line shells (like Bash or Zsh) to define short names for commands. These specific variants are plain text and can be safely converted to TXT or opened in any text editor like Notepad++ or Sublime Text.

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 macOS Finder 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 macOS Finder 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.