In the early days of Windows, Microsoft created a format called Rich Text Format so Word files can be opened on any platform. It was and is still supported by a lot of editors, which allow them to ...

Microsoft is also thought to be testing video backgrounds, but that's still missing from the latest preview build.

With so many devices and so many OSs, you may be done with fun if you can’t convert an entertainment file format. Adapter converts audio, image video, and even game files to keep the good times ...

AVIF (AV1 Image File, derived from the AV1 video codec) files are relatively new compared to more well-known types such as GIFs, JPEGs, or PNGs, but support for them has been steadily growing. Many of ...

Normally, if you change a file’s extension in Windows, it doesn’t do anything positive. It just makes the file open in the wrong programs that can’t decode what’s inside. However, [PortalRunner] has ...

The MP3 made the iPod possible. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Mac July 14, 1995: The MP3 file format receives its official name as the new .bit file extension gets changed to .mp3. The technology allows ...

NUREMBURG, GERMANY—Today’s post-production professionals have many questions they must ask themselves before accepting a job: Can I process the production file format to ingest the content and ...

In case, Adobe is unable to parse the file, first of all, check the format of the file. If the file format is not supported, we can change the extension of the same. You may also encounter this issue ...

Following on from the great "Worst app ever" thread, here are my opinions on file formats. I used to run Amigas (hell, I still do) and file formats really got on my nerves since I had the capability ...

Continuing my attempts to recover data from my iPhone upgrade disaster. I'm using Data Rescue 3 to scan my Mac, since it recently held the failed backup. So far it looks like I've recovered about 15 ...