File extension hqx

Name: Archive Files

Popularity: 10

Open With: Stuffit Deluxe

What is this hqx file?

Files with the HQX extension identify a compressed Macintosh file encoded in a 7-bit text format. HQX files facilitate binary file transfer over the Internet. HQX files utilize data fork and resource fork in one archive. HQF files are binary files that have been reconfigured to a BinHex format that allows them to be transferred as ASCII files over the Internet.