SAFARIEXTZ Converter

Extract text from legacy Safari extensions (SAFARIEXTZ)


Drop or upload your .SAFARIEXTZ file
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How to extract text from your SAFARIEXTZ file

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

Convert SAFARIEXTZ to another file type

To convert SAFARIEXTZ extensions to another format, you need Apple Safari or other Plugin software.

Convert a file to SAFARIEXTZ

To convert other file formats to the "Browser Extension" file type, you need software like Apple Safari or a similar tool.


About SAFARIEXTZ files

A .safariextz file is a legacy Safari Extension package. These files were used to add custom functionality to the Apple Safari web browser before Apple transitioned to App Extensions. Internally, a .safariextz file is usually an XAR archive compressed with gzip, bundling HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and property lists (PLIST). The biggest disadvantage of this format is that it is entirely obsolete. Apple officially dropped support for .safariextz files in Safari 12, meaning modern macOS systems refuse to install or open them. Furthermore, they are a closed, proprietary package tied to outdated Apple developer certificates, requiring a $99/year developer account to originally sign. Standard online converters fail to process them because they do not recognize the specific XAR archive structure used by older macOS versions. The best solution for users holding a .safariextz file is to extract the archive to retrieve the underlying source code. Good conversion targets include ZIP or XAR to unpack the structure, allowing you to access the individual JS, HTML, and CSS files. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it is a deprecated, proprietary Apple package. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

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


FAQ

If you want to convert SAFARIEXTZ file to DLL, SO, DYLIB, BUNDLE, PLUGIN, XPI, CRX, APPEX, KEXT, SYS, DRV or VST, you can use Apple Safari or similar software from the "Browser Extension Package" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert LV2, DYLIB, VST, AAX, DRV, TDE, LADSPA, BUNDLE, AU, DLL, RTAS or SO files to SAFARIEXTZ, try Apple Safari or another comparable tool in the "Browser Extension Package" category.



The SAFARIEXTZ 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 SAFARIEXTZ converter.