How to convert your APF file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your APF file.
- You'll see a preview.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert APF to another file type
The converter easily converts your APF file to various formats - free and online. No Word or extra software needed.
- APF to TMP
- APF to TEMP
- APF to CACHE
- APF to LOG
- APF to BAK
- APF to OLD
- APF to NEW
- APF to PART
- APF to DOWNLOAD
- APF to CRDOWNLOAD
- APF to LOCK
- APF to PID
Convert a file to APF
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Game formats to APF with high quality output.
- DEVICE to APF
- CACHE to APF
- SOCK to APF
- SYMLINK to APF
- PID to APF
- MOUNT to APF
- FIFO to APF
- LOG to APF
- PIPE to APF
- TMP to APF
- JUNCTION to APF
- TEMP to APF
About APF files
The .APF extension is a notorious "container" format used by widely different industries, making it difficult for users to determine the correct software to open it. Its most common iteration is a Game Asset Archive used by Gameloft titles and occasionally engines like Unreal Engine. In this context, the file bundles textures, audio, and level data into a single package to optimize mobile performance. The biggest obstacle here is proprietary locking; users cannot simply double-click to view the contents and often need to extract assets for modding or personal use.
Beyond gaming, the extension is found in legacy Apple Aperture libraries (discontinued photo editing software), where it stores image adjustments and metadata. These files are functionally obsolete on modern macOS and Windows, requiring urgent conversion to standard image formats like JPG or TIFF to prevent data loss. In the engineering sector, .APF files act as reinforcement schedules for Allplan, often locking critical construction data into a vendor-specific format that cannot be easily shared with clients who don't own the expensive software.
For game archives, the best "conversion" is often extraction; try renaming the extension to ZIP or using a generic unpacker. For Aperture libraries, your goal is to export the raw data to TIFF or DNG for archiving. For Allplan CAD data, converting to PDF or DXF is essential for interoperability.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your APF file.
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The APF 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 APF converter.