System-Declared Uniform Type Identifiers

public.item (kUTTypeItem)

-

Base type for the physical hierarchy.

public.content (kUTTypeContent)

-

Base type for all document content.

public.composite-content (kUTTypeCompositeContent)

public.content

Base type for mixed content. For example, a PDF file contains both text and special formatting data.

public.data (kUTTypeData)

public.item

Base physical type for byte streams (flat files, pasteboard data, and so on).

public.database

-

Base functional type for databases.

public.calendar-event

-

Base functional type for scheduled events.

public.message (kUTTypeMessage)

-

Base type for messages (email, IM, and so on).

public.presentation

public.composite-content

Base type for presentations.

public.contact (kUTTypeContact)

-

Base type for contact information.

public.archive (kUTTypeArchive)

-

Base type for an archive of files and directories.

public.disk-image (kUTTypeDiskImage)

public.archive

Base type for items mountable as a volume.

public.text (kUTTypeText)

public.content, public.data

Base type for all text, including text with markup information (HTML, RTF, and so on).

public.plain-text (kUTTypePlainText)

public.text

.txt, text/plain

Text of unspecified encoding, with no markup. Equivalent to the MIME type text/plain

public.utf8-plain-text (kUTTypeUTF8PlainText)

public.plain-text

'utf8', NSStringPBoardType

Unicode-8

public.utf16-external-plain-​text (kUTTypeUTF16ExternalPlain​Text)

public.plain-text

'ut16'

Unicode-16 with byte-order mark (BOM), or if BOM is not present, an external representation byte order (big-endian).

public.utf16-plain-text (kUTTypeUTF16PlainText)

public.plain-text

'utxt'

Unicode-16, native byte order, with an optional byte-order mark (BOM).

com.apple.traditional-mac-​plain-text

public.plain-text

'TEXT'

Classic Mac OS text.

public.rtf (kUTTypeRTF)

public.text

'RTF ', .rtf, text/rtf, NeXT Rich Text Format 1.0 pasteboard type, NSRTFPBoardType

Rich Text.

com.apple.ink.inktext (kUTTypeInkText)

public.data

Opaque InkText data.

public.html (kUTTypeHTML)

public.text

'HTML', .html, .htm, text/html, Apple HTML pasteboard type

HTML text.

public.xml (kUTTypeXML)

public.text

.xml, text/xml

XML text.

public.source-code (kUTTypeSourceCode)

public.plain-text

Generic source code.

public.c-source (kUTTypeCSource)

public.source-code

.c

C source code.

public.objective-c-source (kUTTypeObjectiveCSource)

public.source-code

.m

Objective-C source code.

public.c-plus-plus-source (kUTTypeCPlusPlusSource)

public.source-code

.cp, .cpp, .c++, .cc, .cxx

C++ source code.

public.objective-c-plus-​plus-source (kUTTypeObjectiveC​PlusPlusSource)

public.source-code

.mm

Objective-C++ source code.

public.c-header (kUTTypeCHeader)

public.source-code

.h

C header file.

public.c-plus-plus-header (kUTTypeCPlusPlusHeader)

public.source-code

.hpp, .h++ , .hxx

C++ header file.

com.sun.java-source (kUTTypeJavaSource)

public.source-code

.java, .jav

Java source code

public.script

public.source-code

Base type for scripting language source code.

public.assembly-source

public.source-code

.s

Assembly language source code.

com.apple.rez-source

public.source-code

.r

Rez source code.

public.mig-source

public.source-code

.defs, .mig

Mig definition source code.

com.apple.symbol-export

public.source-code

.exp

Symbol export list.

com.netscape.javascript-​source

public.source-code, public.executable

.js, .jscript, .javascript, text/javascript

JavaScript.

public.shell-script

public.script

.sh, .command

Shell script.

public.csh-script

public.shell-script

.csh

C-shell script.

public.perl-script

public.shell-script

.pl, .pm, text/x-perl-script

Perl script.

public.python-script

public.shell-script

.py, text/x-python-script

Python script.

public.ruby-script

public.shell-script

.rb, .rbw, text/ruby-script

Ruby script.

public.php-script

public.shell-script

.php, .php3, .php4, .ph3, .ph4, .phtml, text/x-php-script, text/php, application/php

PHP script.

com.sun.java-web-start

public.xml

.jnlp, application/x-java, jnlp-file, application/jnlp

Java web start.

com.apple.applescript.text

public.script

.applescript

AppleScript text.

com.apple.applescript.​script

public.data

.scpt, 'osas'

AppleScript.

public.object-code

public.data, public.executable

.o

Object code.

com.apple.mach-o-binary

public.data, public.executable

Mach-O binary.

com.apple.pef-binary

public.data, public.executable

PEF (CFM-based) binary

com.microsoft.windows-​executable

public.data, public.executable

.exe, application/x-msdownload

Microsoft Windows application.

com.microsoft.windows-​dynamic-link-library

public.data, public.executable

.dll, application/x-msdownload

Microsoft dynamic link library.

com.sun.java-class

public.data, public.executable

.class

Java class.

com.sun.java-archive

public.data, public.executable, public.archive

.jar , application/java-archive

Java archive.

com.apple.quartz-​composer-composition

public.data, public.executable

.qtz , application/x-quartzcomposer

Quartz Composer composition.

org.gnu.gnu-tar-archive

public.data, public.archive

.gtar, application/x-gtar

GNU archive.

public.tar-archive

org.gnu.gnu-tar-archive

.tar, application/x-tar, application/tar

Tar archive.

org.gnu.gnu-zip-archive

public.data, public.archive

.gz, .gzip, application/x-gzip, application/gzip

Gzip archive.

org.gnu.gnu-zip-tar-archive

org.gnu.gnu-zip-archve

.tgz

Gzip tar archive.

com.apple.binhex-archive

public.data, public.archive

.hqx, application/mac-binhex40, application/mac-binhex, application/binhex

BinHex archive.

com.apple.macbinary-​archive

public.data, public.archive

.bin, application/x-macbinary, application/macbinary

MacBinary archive.

public.url (kUTTypeURL)

public.data

'url '

Uniform Resource Locator.

public.file-url (kUTTypeFileURL)

public.url

'furl'

File URL.

public.url-name

-

'urln'

URL name.

public.vcard (kUTTypeVCard)

public.data, public.content

'vCrd', .vcf, .vcard, text/directory, text/vcard, text/x-vcard, Apple Vcard, pasteboard type

vCard (electronic business card).

public.image (kUTTypeImage)

public.data, public.content

Base type for images.

public.fax

public.image

Base type for fax images.

public.jpeg (kUTTypeJPEG)

public.image

'JPEG', .jpg, .jpeg, image/jpeg

JPEG image.

public.jpeg-2000 (kUTTypeJPEG2000)

public.image

'jp2 ', .jp2, image/jp2

JPEG 2000 image.

public.tiff (kUTTypeTIFF)

public.image

'TIFF', .tif, .tiff, image/tiff, NeXT TIFF v4.0 pasteboard type, NSTIFFPBoardType

TIFF image.

public.camera-raw-image

public.image

Base type for digital camera raw image formats.

com.apple.pict (kUTTypePICT)

public.image

'PICT', .pic, .pct, .pict, image/pict, image/x-pict, image/x-macpict

PICT image

com.apple.macpaint-image

public.image

.pntg, 'PNTG'

MacPaint image.

public.png (kUTTypePNG)

public.image

'PNGf', .png, image/png

PNG image

public.xbitmap-image

public.image

.xbm, image/x-quicktime

X bitmap image.

com.apple.quicktime-image (kUTTypeQuickTimeImage)

public.image

'qtif', .qif, .qtif, image/x-quicktime

QuickTime image.

com.apple.icns (kUTTypeAppleICNS)

public.image

'icns', .icns

Mac OS icon image.

com.apple.txn.text-​multimedia-data (kUTTypeTXNTextAnd​MultimediaData)

public.data, public.composite-​content

'txtn'

MLTE (Textension) format for mixed text and multimedia data.

public.audiovisual-​content (kUTTypeAudioVisual​Content)

public.data, public.content

Base type for any audiovisual content.

public.movie

public.audiovisual-​content

Base type for movies (video with optional audio or other tracks).

public.video (kUTTypeVideo)

public.movie

Base type for video (no audio).

com.apple.quicktime-movie (kUTTypeQuickTimeMovie)

public.movie

'MooV', .mov, .qt, video/quicktime

QuickTime movie.

public.avi

public.movie

.avi, .vfw, 'Vfw ', video/avi, video/msvideo, video/x-msvideo

AVI movie.

public.mpeg (kUTTypeMPEG)

public.movie

'MPG ', 'MPEG', .mpg, .mpeg, .m75, .m15, video/mpg, video/mpeg, video/x-mpg, video/x-mpeg

MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 content.

public.mpeg-4 (kUTTypeMPEG4)

public.movie

'mpg4', .mp4, video/mp4, video/mp4v

MPEG-4 content.

public.3gpp

public.movie

.3gp, .3gpp, '3gpp', video/3gpp, audio/3gpp

3GPP movie.

public.3gpp2

public.movie

.3g2 , .3gp2 , '3gp2', video/3gpp2, audio/3gpp2

3GPP2 movie.

public.audio (kUTTypeAudio)

public.audiovisual-​content

Base type for audio (no video).

public.mp3 (kUTTypeMP3)

public.audio

'MPG3', 'mpg3', 'Mp3 ', 'MP3 ', 'mp3!', 'MP3!', .mp3, audio/mpeg, audio/mpeg3, audio/mpg, audio/mp3, audio/x-mpeg, audio/x-mpeg3, audio/x-mpg, audio/x-mp3

MPEG-3 audio.

public.mpeg-4-audio (kUTTypeMPEG4Audio)

public.audio, public.mpeg4

'M4A ', .m4a

MPEG-4 audio.

com.apple.protected-​mpeg-4-audio (kUTTypeAppleProtected​MPEG4Audio)

public.audio

'M4P ', 'M4B ', .m4p, .m4b

Protected MPEG-4 audio. (iTunes music store format)

public.ulaw-audio

public.audio

.au, .ulw, .snd, 'ULAW', audio/basic, audio/au, audio/snd

μLaw audio.

public.aifc-audio

public.audio

.aifc, .aiff, .aif, 'AIFC', audio/aiff, audio/x-aiff

AIFF-C audio.

public.aiff-audio

public.audio

.aiff, .aif, 'AIFF', audio/aiff, audio/x-aiff

AIFF audio.

com.apple.coreaudio-​format

public.audio

.caf, 'caff'

Core Audio format.

public.directory (kUTTypeDirectory)

public.item

Base type for directories.

public.folder (kUTTypeFolder)

public.directory

A plain folder (that is, not a package).

public.volume (kUTTypeVolume)

public.folder

A volume.

com.apple.package (kUTTypePackage)

public.directory

A package (that is, a directory presented to the user as a file).

com.apple.bundle (kUTTypeBundle)

public.directory

'BNDL', .bundle

A directory with an internal structure specified by Core Foundation Bundle Services. .

public.executable

-

Base type for executable data.

com.apple.application (kUTTypeApplication)

public.executable

Base type for applications and other launchable files.

com.apple.application-​bundle (kUTTypeApplicationBundle)

com.apple.package, com.apple.bundle, com.apple.application

'APPL', .app

Application bundle.

com.apple.application-file (kUTTypeApplicationFile)

com.apple.application public.data

'APPL'

Application file.

com.apple.deprecated-​application-file

com.apple.application​-file

'APPC', 'APPD', 'APPE', 'appe', 'CDEV', 'cdev', 'dfil'

Deprecated application file.

com.apple.plugin

com.apple.bundle, com.apple.package

.plugin

Plugin.

com.apple.metadata-​importer

com.apple.plugin

.mdimporter

Spotlight importer plugin.

com.apple.dashboard-​widget

com.apple.bundle, com.apple.package

.wdgt

Dashboard widget.

public.cpio-archive

public.data

.cpio

CPIO archive.

com.pkware.zip-archive

public.data, public.archive

.zip, application/zip

Zip archive.

com.apple.webarchive (kUTTypeWebArchive)

public.data, public.composite-​content

Web Kit webarchive format.

com.apple.framework (kUTTypeFramework)

com.apple.bundle

'FMWK', .framework

Framework.

com.apple.rtfd (kUTTypeRTFD)

com.apple.package, public.composite-​content

.rtfd

Rich Text Format Directory. That is, Rich Text with content embedding, on-disk format.

com.apple.flat-rtfd (kUTTypeFlatRTFD)

public.data, public.composite-​content

NeXT RTFD pasteboard type, NSRTFDPBoardType

Rich Text with content embedding, pasteboard format.

com.apple.resolvable (kUTTypeResolvable)

-

Items that the Alias Manager can resolve.

public.symlink (kUTTypeSymLink)

public.item, com.apple.resolvable

UNIX-style symlink.

com.apple.mount-point (kUTTypeMountPoint)

public.item, com.apple.resolvable

A volume mount point

com.apple.alias-record (kUTTypeAliasRecord)

public.data, com.apple.resolvable

'alis'

Alias record.

com.apple.alias-file (kUTTypeAliasFile)

public.data, com.apple.resolvable

Alias file.

public.font

public.data

Base type for fonts.

public.truetype-font

public.font

TrueType font.

com.adobe.postscript-font

public.font

PostScript font.

com.apple.truetype-​datafork-suitcase-font

public.truetype-font

.dfont, 'dfon'

TrueType data fork font.

public.opentype-font

public.font

.otf, 'OTTO'

PostScript OpenType font.

public.truetype-ttf-font

public.truetype-font

.ttf

TrueType OpenType font.

public.truetype-collection-​font

public.font

.ttc, 'ttcf'

TrueType collection font.

com.apple.font-suitcase

public.font

.suit, 'FFIL', 'ffil', 'sfnt', 'tfil'

Font suitcase.

com.adobe.postscript-lwfn​-font

com.adobe.postscript-​font

'LWFN'

PostScript Type 1 outline font.

com.adobe.postscript-pfb-​font

com.adobe.postscript-​font

.pfb

PostScriptType1 outline font.

com.adobe.postscript.pfa-​font

com.adobe.postscript-​font

.pfa

PostScriptType 1 outline font.

com.apple.colorsync-profile

public.data

.icc, .icm, .pf , 'prof'

ColorSync profile.

public.filename-extension

public.case-insensitive-text

Filename extension.

public.mime-type

public.case-insensitive-text

MIME type.

com.apple.ostype

public.text

Four-character code (type OSType).

com.apple.nspboard-type

public.text

NSPasteboard type.

com.adobe.pdf (kUTTypePDF)

public.data, public.composite-​content

'PDF ', .pdf, application/pdf, Apple PDF pasteboard type

PDF data.

com.adobe.postscript

public.data

.ps, application/postscript

PostScript data.

com.adobe.encapsulated-​postscript

com.adobe.postscript

.eps, NeXT Encapsulated PostScript v1.2 pasteboard type

Encapsulated PostScript.

com.adobe.photoshop-​image

public.image

.psd, '8BPS, ' image/x-photoshop, image/photoshop, image/psd, application/photoshop

Adobe Photoshop document.

com.adobe.illustrator.ai-​image

public.image

.ai

Adobe Illustrator document.

com.compuserve.gif (kUTTypeGIF)

public.image

'GIFf', .gif, image/gif

GIF image.

com.microsoft.bmp (kUTTypeBMP)

public.image

'BMP ', 'BMPf', .bmp

Windows bitmap image.

com.microsoft.ico (kUTTypeICO)

public.image

.ico

Windows icon image.

com.microsoft.word.doc

public.data

'W8BN', .doc, application/msword

Microsoft Word data.

com.microsoft.excel.xls

public.data

'XLS8', .xls, application/vnd.ms-excel

Microsoft Excel data.

com.microsoft.powerpoint.​ppt

public.data, public.presentation

.ppt, 'SLD8', application/mspowerpoint

Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

com.microsoft.waveform-​audio

public.audio

.wav, .wave, '.WAV', 'WAVE', audio/wav, audio/wave

Waveform audio.

com.microsoft.advanced-​systems-format

public.audiovisual-​content

.asf , 'ASF_', video/x-ms-asf

Microsoft Advanced Systems format.

com.microsoft.windows-​media-wm

public.movie, com.microsoft.advanced-​systems-format

.wm, video/x-ms-wm

Windows media.

com.microsoft.windows-​media-wmv

public.movie, com.microsoft.advanced-​systems-format

.wmv, video/x-ms-wmv

Windows media.

com.microsoft.windows-​media-wmp

public.movie, com.microsoft.advanced-​systems-format

.wmp, video/x-ms-wmp

Windows media.

com.microsoft.windows-​media-wma

public.audio, com.microsoft.advanced-​systems-format

.wma, video/x-ms-wma

Windows media audio.

com.microsoft.advanced-​stream-redirector

public.xml, public.audiovisual-​content

.asx, 'ASX_', video/x-ms-asx

Advanced Stream Redirector.

com.microsoft.windows-​media-wmx

public.audio, com.microsoft.advanced-​stream-redirector

.wmx , video-x-ms-wmx

Windows media.

com.microsoft.windows-​media-wvx

public.audio, com.microsoft.advanced-​stream-redirector

.wvx, video-x-ms-wvx

Windows media.

com.microsoft.windows-​media-wax

public.audio, com.microsoft.advanced-​stream-redirector

.wax, video-x-ms-wax

Windows media audio.

com.apple.keynote.key

com.apple.package, public.presentation

.key

Apple Keynote document.

com.apple.keynote.kth

com.apple.package, public.composite-​content

.kth

Apple Keynote theme.

com.truevision.tga-image

public.image

.tga, 'TPIC', image/targa, image/tga, application/tga

TGA image.

com.sgi.sgi-image

public.image

.sgi, '.SGI', image/sgi

Silicon Graphics image.

com.ilm.openexr-image

public.image

.exr

OpenEXR image.

com.kodak.flashpix.image

public.image

.fpx, image/fpx, application/vnd.fpx

FlashPix image.

com.j2.jfx-fax

public.fax

.jfx

J2 fax.

com.js.efx-fax

public.fax

.efx, image/efax

eFax fax.

com.digidesign.sd2-audio

public.audio

.sd2, 'Sd2f'

Digidesign Sound Designer II audio.

com.real.realmedia

public.movie

.rm, 'PNRM', application/vnd.rn-realmedia

RealMedia.

com.real.realaudio

public.audio

.ram, .ra , 'PNRA', audio/vnd.rn-realaudio, audio/x-pn-realaudio

RealMedia audio.

com.real.smil

public.xml

.smil, application/smil

Real synchronized multimedia integration language.

com.allume.stuffit-archive

public.data, public.archive

.sit, .sitx, application/x-stuffit, application/x-sit , application/stuffit

Stuffit archive.