The aee file extension is associated with Apple iOS 8 and Apple Mac OS X Yosemite operating systems for Apple Mac computers, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. The *.aae file stores metadata and adjustment settings related to captured digital photo, or picture (XML file format) and also used to transfer graphics between Apple devices. The *.aae file doesn't contain any bitmap, or other graphics data. It contains only information in XML about related picture.