I have a Mini.mac using OS X 10.3.9 and am unable to open TIFF files. I am particularly interested in opening TIFF attachments from my E-mails. I have downloaded Graphic Converter but can't get it to do the job, neither will Preview. Can anyone please tell me whether there is an easy way to make my machine open TIFF files? And if so, a simple explanation (because I'm a simple man) of how to do it would be greatly appreciated.
Opening Tiff Files.
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It's odd that Preview wouldn't open a TIFF file. Do you have any TIFF files saved? If you do, click once on the file and then do command + I to get information about the file. Look what the section "Open with" shows as the default application. If you it's not Preview or Graphic Converter, you can change that. You can click on the pull-down menu and choose the application you want to handle those TIFF files. Once you select it, go ahead and also click the button "Change All." The Mac will ask you to confirm. Accept the change. Next time you open a TIFF file, that application should open it automatically.
Thank you, Egidio, for your response to my query - it is much appreciated. Regrettably it has not enabled me to open the TIFF files. Perhaps it is because I am 75 years old and not computer literate. Well, not Apple.Mac literate that is, for I had no insurmountable problems with my PC using Windows over the previous 12 years.
Following your guidance, I tried 'Command + I' to obtain information about the TIFF files. The first time I tried I obtained a list of Headings starting with File Name: Document type: File Size: etc. However, there was a blank space against all of them - and I didn't see a heading of "Open With". When I subsequently tried several times to repeat "Command + I" on the same file and with 5 different TIFF files, I received no response at all.
'Control + Click' then 'Open with" provided a list of applications to open the file. None of them worked.
HP Image Print returned: There was a problem with the file Image.Tiff.
Jpeg to IPhoto: Opened IPhoto and the HP Image Dropper window with the HP Logo showing but no image to drag across to the IPhoto screen.
Safari returned: A long address in the address box but a blank screen below.
Quick Time returned: The movie could not be opened.
Preview returned: Couldn't open file. It may be corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn't recognise.
Graphic Converter returned: The file 'Image.tiff' is empty (zero length). So it can't be opened.
The impression I gain from this is that the TIFF attachments don't actually contain any images. However, I do not believe this to be the case. Nonetheless, I have returned the most recent three e-mails to the sender and asked for confirmation that he can open the attachments on his machine.
Until I hear from the sender of the TIFF attachments there seems little point in pursuing this problem further. However, if it is confirmed that the TIFF Images do actually contain an image (and I don't see how they could not) I would appreciate it if I could call on your expertise again.
Kinds Regards
Audel42
Following your guidance, I tried 'Command + I' to obtain information about the TIFF files. The first time I tried I obtained a list of Headings starting with File Name: Document type: File Size: etc. However, there was a blank space against all of them - and I didn't see a heading of "Open With". When I subsequently tried several times to repeat "Command + I" on the same file and with 5 different TIFF files, I received no response at all.
'Control + Click' then 'Open with" provided a list of applications to open the file. None of them worked.
HP Image Print returned: There was a problem with the file Image.Tiff.
Jpeg to IPhoto: Opened IPhoto and the HP Image Dropper window with the HP Logo showing but no image to drag across to the IPhoto screen.
Safari returned: A long address in the address box but a blank screen below.
Quick Time returned: The movie could not be opened.
Preview returned: Couldn't open file. It may be corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn't recognise.
Graphic Converter returned: The file 'Image.tiff' is empty (zero length). So it can't be opened.
The impression I gain from this is that the TIFF attachments don't actually contain any images. However, I do not believe this to be the case. Nonetheless, I have returned the most recent three e-mails to the sender and asked for confirmation that he can open the attachments on his machine.
Until I hear from the sender of the TIFF attachments there seems little point in pursuing this problem further. However, if it is confirmed that the TIFF Images do actually contain an image (and I don't see how they could not) I would appreciate it if I could call on your expertise again.
Kinds Regards
Audel42