Unable to Preview TIFF images

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Unable to Preview TIFF images

I used to be able to in earlier releases of 10.4. By that I mean I could click on the icon for a TIFF file and it would open up in Preview.

Then at some point on, with all the various updates etc, I could no longer preview TIFF files. I did post about this problem a long time ago and the final consensus was to re-install. This I have now done but still cannot preview TIFF files.

Dual G4, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Jan 30, 2007 9:59 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 30, 2007 11:29 AM in response to Roger Sinden

I'm not quite sure exactly what you mean--are you saying Preview won't open tif files at all? Or that it won't open them when you double click on one? Most of my tif files are set to open in Photoshop, but if I drag and drop one onto the Preview application icon it will open the file. If I wanted it open the file by double clicking the file I would do GetInfo on the file, go to the Open with section and change the default to Preview in the drop down menu.
Francine

Francine
Schwieder

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Answer 2

Roger Sinden Author

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Jan 30, 2007 2:00 PM in response to Francine Schwieder

Double-click on the item and I get this message

Couldn’t open the file. It may be corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn’t recognize.

It's not corrupt as it will open fine in Photoshop.

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Answer 3

Mar 11, 2007 1:58 PM in response to Roger Sinden

I am having a similar problem with some of the TIFF files I created using Microsoft Document Imaging on my Windows-based PC.

I get the same message from Preview ("Couldn't open the file. It may be corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn't recognize.") The files will not open in Preview, iPhoto, or Quicktime. I don't have Photoshop.

Some of the files I created WILL open in Preview, some will open with missing pages, and some will not open at all (generating an error message in each of the three programs I have tried).

I would appreciate any ideas....my plan is to go back to Windows and start re-saving the images in another format since I would like to move totally to Mac soon.

iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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