RTFD Converter

Extract text from RTFD files

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Drop or upload your .RTFD file

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How to extract text from your RTFD file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your RTFD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert RTFD to another file type

To convert your RTFD file to another format, you need Apple TextEdit or other Text software.

Convert a file to RTFD

To convert other file formats to the "Document Bundle" file type, you need software like Apple TextEdit or a similar tool.

About RTFD files

The .RTFD (Rich Text Format Directory) is a specialized document format native to Apple macOS and iOS. Unlike a standard RTF file which consists of a single text stream, an .RTFD acts as a container (bundle) that holds the text content (usually as TXT.rtf) alongside separate files for any embedded images or attachments. While this allows Apple TextEdit and Apple Pages to manage high-quality media within documents easily, it creates significant compatibility hurdles outside the Apple ecosystem.

Users commonly encounter problems when trying to share these files with Windows or Linux users. Because non-Apple operating systems treat .RTFD as a standard folder rather than a single file, recipients may see a directory containing disjointed text and image files rather than a cohesive document. Additionally, most email clients and web forms reject folder uploads, forcing users to compress the bundle into a ZIP archive before sending, which adds extra steps for the recipient.

To ensure your document looks correct and is accessible on any device, conversion is highly recommended:

For Universal Viewing: Convert to PDF. This locks the layout and images into a single file readable by web browsers and all OSs.
For Cross-Platform Editing: Convert to DOCX. This allows the document to be edited in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice.
For Legacy Systems: Convert to standard RTF (images may be lost or poorly handled depending on the viewer).

Convert.Guru analyzes your RTFD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted ZIP, RTF, PKGF, __MACOSX, PDF, PNG, P7M, JPG, 7Z, TXT, DOCX, CRDOWNLOAD and G3D files.

FAQ

If you want to convert RTFD file to PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, DOCX, JPG, DOC, MARKDOWN, ODT, PAGES, TEX or LATEX, you can use Apple TextEdit or similar software from the "Rich Text Document Bundle" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to RTFD, try Apple TextEdit or another comparable tool in the "Rich Text Document Bundle" category.

The RTFD 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 RTFD converter.