Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your IBA file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert IBA to another file type
To convert IBA documents to another format, you need Apple Pages or other E-Book software.
Convert a file to IBA
To convert other file formats to the "Discontinued E-book Authoring File" file type, you need software like Apple Pages or a similar tool.
About IBA files
The .IBA file extension primarily represents an Apple iBooks Author Document. Created by Apple for their discontinued iBooks Author application, these files store interactive e-books, textbooks, and digital publications. Under the hood, an .IBA file is a standard ZIP archive containing a complex structure of proprietary XML files, HTML, CSS, and embedded media assets. The major disadvantage of the .IBA format is its proprietary nature and obsolescence. Apple officially discontinued iBooks Author in 2020. You cannot open these files natively on Windows, Linux, or standard web browsers. Without the original legacy software or the modern Apple Pages app on macOS, the file is effectively a locked black box. To make the content accessible, users must convert .IBA files to standard formats like EPUB or PDF. While Apple Pages can import .IBA files and export them to EPUB, third-party conversion is extremely difficult due to the undocumented Apple-specific XML schemas. This is why standard online converters almost always fail to process these files correctly. Because it is a closed, proprietary format, often only the original software can properly read or export the data. Since the .IBA file is a ZIP container, our tool can often inspect the file, extract the raw internal assets like embedded JPEGs or MP4s, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your IBA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert IBA file to PDF, DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT or X_T, you can use Apple Pages or similar software from the "Interactive E-book Document Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to IBA, try Apple Pages or another comparable tool in the "Interactive E-book Document Storage" category.
The IBA 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 IBA converter.