Open NDIF file

NDIF files: what are they and how do I open them?

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.ndif file type #1: Apple NDIF disk image

An ndif file extension is used for Apple NDIF disk image files. NDIF compression disk image format was introduced in Mac OS Classic version 9 with Disk Copy 6.0 compression utility. NDIF disc image file format was repleaced by Apple UDIF compressed disk image format. However NDIF images are still able to open in the Apple Disk Utility.

Further details:

The ndif file extension is associated with the Apple NDIF (New Disk Image Format) compression disk image file format. NDIF compression file format was introduced in Mac OS Classic version 9 that contains new Disk Copy 6.0 compression utility.

The ndif compressed file is divided to resource and data fork. Resource fork contains metadata about archived files and data fork contains archived data. 

The NDIF file format was replaced by the Apple UDIF compressed disk image format. However NDIF images are still able to open in the Apple Disk Utility distributed with the Apple Mac OS X / macOS operating system.

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Apple Disk Utility

A disk mounting utility from Mac

.ndif file type #2: Nokia backup data

An ndif file extension is associated with some Nokia phones and used for its backup files.

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The ndif file extension is also related to some types of mobile phones developed by Nokia company (later Microsoft).

The ndif file is created on memory card included to Nokia phone. It may contains backup.

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Nokia Suite

A set of applications used to manage older Nokia mobile phones

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File extensions are characters that appear after the dot in a computer file's name. For example, the file "unknown-file.ndif" has the file extension "ndif". This is used to identify which program should open the file or what file type it is.
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