Details of extension .pef

On this page, we're going to take a closer look at the .pef file extension. We'll explain what exactly a .pef fileformat is and how you can use it. If you're interested in learning more details about this type of file, we'll show you where to find them. And if you ever need to convert .pef files into different formats, we'll give you some tips on how to do that too. Let's see the 3 file formats associated with this file extension!

Contents

• Preferred Executable Format
• Portable Embosser Format Book
• Pentax Electronic Format

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Preferred Executable Format

The PEF file is a Preferred Executable Format. It is the native executable format for the PowerPC based Macintosh. The PEF is a file format that specifies the format of executable files and other object code on Mac OS operating system.

Category: Application files

Application: Mini vMac

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

-

Related extensions:

.exe Executable File

.com Windows Command File

Links:

Basilisk II

Portable Embosser Format Book

The PEF file is a Portable Embosser Format Book. The Portable Embosser Format (PEF) is a document type that represents braille pages in digital form, accurately and unambiguously, regardless of language, location, embosser settings, braille code and computer environment.

Category: Ebook files

Application: Braille Utils

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

-

Related extensions:

.htxt Hanvon WISEreader eBook

.ava AvaaPlayer AvaaBook eBook

Links:

-

Pentax Electronic Format

The PEF file is a Pentax Electronic Format image. It is a raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of a Pentax digital camera.

Category: Graphic files

Application: Pentax Photo Browser

Program name: -

Mime-type: image/x-pef

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

ptx

Related extensions:

.pgm Portable Graymap Image

.wlm CompW Bitmap

.pdd Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image

.rlc RLC Graphic

Links:

Adobe Photoshop

IrfanView

The .pef file extension might not only belong to a single type of file, there could be various kinds that use it. Keep in mind that files with the .pef extension may contain various content types. If you have helpful information about this extension, write to us!

The .pef extension is frequently misused

People sometimes confuse the .pef filename extension. Based on the searches on our site, here are the most common misspellings from the past year.

Having trouble opening a .pef file?

If you want to open a .pef file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. Incorrect settings for the .pef association can trigger this error.

Windows can't open this file:

File: example.pef

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To change file associations:

• Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
• In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want.
• Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.

Supported operating systems

Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux, Mac OS X, macOS, iOS, Android