Detailed information for file extension HQX : Primary association: Macintosh BinHex 4 Compressed Archive Mime type: application/binhex, application/mac-binhex, application/mac-binhex40, application/octet-stream, application/x-gzip, application/x-stuffit, application/x-tar, application/x-winzip, application/x-zip-compresse Identifying characters Hex: 28 54 68 69 73 20 66 69 6C 65 20 6D 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 63 6F 6E 76 65 72 74 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 42 69 6E 48 65 78 20 , ASCII: (This file must be converted with BinHex Reference: HQX on Wikipedia , view more extensions |
HQX file is a Macintosh BinHex 4 Compressed Archive file. BinHex is a process that converts a file to ASCII file format apart from previous binary form. So it helps greatly to transfer files between different platforms since all systems can handle ASCII files and so helps to avoid corruption of the file. HQX file can be opened on Windows with WinZip, ZigZag, and ESTsoft ALZip program.
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