{
 "id": "aae-sidecar-format",
 "name": "AAE sidecar format",
 "category": "image",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "aae"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "application/octet-stream"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/980"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q27979388"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "3c3f786d6c2076657273696f6e3d",
    "notes": "AAE Sidecar Format"
   },
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "3c3f786d6c2076657273696f6e3d22312e302220656e636f64696e673d225554462d38223f3e0a"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "AAE Sidecar Format",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "3c3f786d6c2076657273696f6e3d(22|27)312e30(22|27){8-256}3c706c6973742076657273696f6e3d22312e30223e{8-1024}6170706c652e50686f746f4c6962726172795365727669636573"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "priority_over": [
   "fmt/101",
   "fmt/979"
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "The AAE sidecar format is a form of property list format. It has been reported as present in iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite for transferring non-destructive adjustments in photo editing between systems and apps. It is an XML based format. The .aae file accompanies the actual image which is in a .jpg file.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "OS X Yosemite",
   "url": "http://www.apple.com/osx/preview/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Apple Public Source License"
  },
  {
   "name": "Q16973176",
   "url": "http://www.apple.com/ios/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Apple Public Source License"
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/AAE_sidecar_format",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/980",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/980",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q27979388",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27979388",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}