Apple Encrypted Archive
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Apple Encrypted Archive is a proprietary file format that can compress, encrypt, and sign files. The decrypted and decompressed payload often contains an Apple Archive.[1][2]
iOS 18 firmware images have started to use AEA-encrypted DMG files.[3]
File Information
AEA archive files begin with the hex values "41454131"
