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Downloadable .tiff files open in quicktime, not as an image file: using mac

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AnonymousUser
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I am using a Mac 10.6.3 and Ffirefox ver: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6

downloadable .tiff files open in firefox quicktime, not as image files, nor do they let me choose how to download or where to save or as what type of file.

I am using a Mac 10.6.3 and Ffirefox ver: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 downloadable .tiff files open in firefox quicktime, not as image files, nor do they let me choose how to download or where to save or as what type of file.

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dynamite
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Hello andrea, You can tell Firefox to ask you where to store your download files by changing the Firefox "Preferences". You can get the instructions on how to do it in this article: Where to find and manage downloaded files in Firefox. I would advise you to download tiff files as tiff files only otherwise they may become unviewable.

Now, to open your tiff files as images, you can change the settings on your Mac computer as follows:

  1. Select the tiff image that you downloaded.
  2. Right click on it and select "Get info"
  3. A windows will pop up. In this window, select the "Open with" item. Under this item, select "Preview" or any other image viewer application that you want to use.
  4. Next, click on the "Change All.." button. Click "Continue" in the message that is shown.

That's all. Now, your tiff files will open as images in the application that you just selected

Hope this solves your problem !

cor-el
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