Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your UIF file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert UIF to another file type
To convert your UIF file to another format, you need MagicISO or other Disk Image software.
Convert a file to UIF
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Archive" file type, you need software like MagicISO or a similar tool.
About UIF files
The .UIF (Universal Image Format) is a powerful but proprietary compressed disc image created by MagicISO. Unlike standard ISO files, which are uncompressed sector-by-sector copies of a disc, a .UIF file uses zlib compression and encryption to significantly reduce file size and secure the content. While this saves disk space, it is a common source of difficulty for modern users: .UIF files cannot be mounted natively by Windows or macOS, and popular tools like ImgBurn or standard virtual drives usually fail to recognize them. Users are effectively locked into using specific legacy software just to access their data. To make the file usable for archiving, burning, or mounting on modern systems, the standard workflow is to convert the .UIF to a widely supported format like ISO. While you will lose the compression benefits (resulting in a larger file), you gain the ability to open the disc image with almost any utility or operating system without proprietary barriers.
Convert.Guru analyzes your UIF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert UIF file to ISO, IMG, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD, QCOW, QCOW2, RAW, VBOX or OVA, you can use MagicISO or similar software from the "Compressed Disc Image" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert VFD, DMG, OVA, IMA, VBOX, ADF, PVS, VHD, OVF, ISO, DSK or IMG files to UIF, try MagicISO or another comparable tool in the "Compressed Disc Image" category.
The UIF 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 UIF converter.