<s>
Apple	B-Application
File	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
(	O
AFE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
utility	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	O
"	O
Tidbits	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Install	O
2	O
"	O
disk	O
in	O
system	O
versions	O
7.0	B-Operating_System
through	O
7.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
System	O
7.5	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
PC	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Application
File	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
could	O
read	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
from	O
DOS/Windows	O
and	O
ProDOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
)	O
systems	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
disks	O
from	O
Macs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
utility	O
enabled	O
Macs	B-Device
to	O
read	O
PC	O
disks	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
inserted	O
after	O
launching	O
Apple	B-Application
File	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Apple	B-Application
File	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
was	O
not	O
launched	O
while	O
inserting	O
PC-formatted	O
floppy	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Mac	O
would	O
complain	O
that	O
the	O
disk	O
inserted	O
"	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
disk	O
"	O
and	O
requested	O
initialisation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Application
File	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
was	O
a	O
file	O
content	O
translator	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
File	O
System	O
Translator	O
of	O
Apple	B-Application
GS/OS	I-Application
which	O
just	O
translated	O
the	O
file	O
system	O
between	O
different	O
computers	O
 '	O
storage	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
between	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
and	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
high-density	B-Device
diskette	I-Device
in	O
DOS	B-Device
format	O
formatted	O
as	O
a	O
720K	B-Device
disk	O
would	O
not	O
function	O
correctly	O
;	O
the	O
Mac	O
assumed	O
that	O
any	O
high-density	B-Device
disk	I-Device
has	O
been	O
formatted	O
as	O
an	O
HD	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
This	O
square	O
hole	O
identifies	O
the	O
disk	O
as	O
a	O
high-density	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
)	O
</s>
