Boom61
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Q: How do I move scanned tiff from windows 7 side to IOS 10.6 side.

Not sure I'm in the right spot for this question.  I've got a scanner that works with my windows 7 but not with 10.6.  I'd like to scan in images in widows 7 and take tiffs to mac side to clean up in photoshop.  When I've tried dragging and dropping to other desktop they are all black when opened in photoshop.  Same result when I save to thumbdrive and then try to reopen in mac photoshop.  Any help would be appreciated.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Oct 6, 2015 1:26 PM

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Q: How do I move scanned tiff from windows 7 side to IOS 10.6 side.

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  • by rkaufmann87,Helpful

    rkaufmann87 rkaufmann87 Oct 6, 2015 1:58 PM in response to Boom61
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    Oct 6, 2015 1:58 PM in response to Boom61

    There is no such thing as IOS 10.6. IOS the operating system for IOS devices such as iPhones, iPads & iPods. OS X is the operating system for Macintoshes, the current release is 10.11 (El Capitan). OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) is a much older version of OS X. I believe the last Mac that came with Snow Leopard were 2011 Macs.

     

    To answer your question get the file from the Windows box to the Mac and then use the Preview App (Applications - Preview) to open it. You can also right click the file and select Open With and then choose Preview or you can simply drag the file to the Preview icon in the Dock. Once open in Preview you may need to save it in a format Photoshop can understand.

     

    Regarding your scanner, it may work just fine with OS X. Use the Image Capture app you already have in OS X to scan the document and then you wont have to go through all these gyrations. If you are not familiar with IC then please click Mac Basics: Using a scanner - Apple Support If for some reason the scanner cannot be found then check to see if your scanner is supported by VueScan (www.hamrick.com), it likely is.

     

    From what I can tell you are making your work flow much more difficult than need be.

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    Boom61 Boom61 Oct 6, 2015 2:00 PM in response to rkaufmann87
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    Oct 6, 2015 2:00 PM in response to rkaufmann87

    Ok, thanks.   Yeah sorry,  used the wrong term for OS.  I had opened in preview and then tried saving again as tiff.  That didn't work.  I tried again and saved as photoshop.  Now I can open and edit.  thank you!

  • by rkaufmann87,

    rkaufmann87 rkaufmann87 Oct 6, 2015 2:06 PM in response to Boom61
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    Oct 6, 2015 2:06 PM in response to Boom61

    Please re-read my post, I added some additional information after initially posting. Where I would like you to begin is in paragraph 3 regarding your scanner. Remember Preview has many file formats it can save to, explore these.