Tiff files being opened w/Preview from inside of Indesign

[Yelena123]

hi there,
i am new to Mac so some things i just fail to fix.
In particular - when i go to links palette - edit original (which is tiff) this tiff file being opened up with Preview instead of Photoshop, which is quite annoying. But funnily enough not all files do that; Photoshop does open some of them up straight away. If anybody can please give me some advice as to how to set up preferences so all tiff files will be opened in Photoshop instead of Preview my gratitude will be endless!
OS: Mac X version 10.3.9
InDesign CS2
thank you very much!

Regards,

Yelena

 

[carlow]

hi Yelena123,

Probably the icon off the tiff files will be a preview icon.

I think you have to do the following.

Go to a tiff file that doesn't open in Photoshop.
Select it by clicking it once.
then use the shortcut aplle key+i.
Now you get all kind of information about the file. Somewhere there should be "Open with' with a little triangle beside it. Select photoshop.
Next time it will open with photoshop.

hope I am correct
carlow

 

[Eggles]

Yelena

Exactly the same thing happens to me. I will have to try carlow's advice and see if it works for me.

 

[Lessa]

It will also give you the option to "change all" so that all tiff files, from now on, will open in Photoshop.

Carlow failed to mention that it's done from the desktop, not Indesign.

 

[Eggles]

Lessa - but why would some TIFs open in PS and not others?

 

[jimoblak]

This might also apply.

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[jmgalvin]

Eggles:

All macs ship with Preview as the default app for opening all image files - tiff, eps, jpeg, etc, as well as pdf. That's so people can easily open images without buying any additional software.

When you process an image through Photoshop mac, a data fork is embedded in the file that essentially identifies the image as a "Photoshop tiff", and the image will open with Photoshop. The same thing will happen if you Save As pdf from Photoshop. The pdf will open in Photoshop rather than in Preview, Reader, or Acrobat.

Carlow and Lessa were right on the money. All you have to do is click once on an Image file and go to Get Info on the File menu (in Finder). You'll see a little triangle next to Open With. click the triangle to expand the window. Select Photoshop and then click on the Change All button.

This should be repeated with every type of image file. For instance I have eps set to open in Illustrator and pdf to open in Acrobat. Tiff, jpg, pict, etc are set to open in Photoshop. To bypass your preferred app, you can right click or Control click on an Image file, in Finder, and use the Open with on the popup contextual menu.

Using OSX 10.3.8 on a G4

 

[Eggles]

Thanks for the info Jim - I've only recently become a Mac user (Windows for 15 years) and I understand the process you described, just not sure if or how to do it.

 

[Lessa]

Eggles - go to the desktop, find a tiff file and select it. Then type the Apple key+I to get the "get info" screen. Then follow the directions above.

 

[Eggles]

>>go to the desktop, find a tiff file and select it<<

Why would I have a TIF file on my desktop?

I know because of the insane file management system on a Mac, the desktop is often a convenient temporary place to store files (esp if you ever want to find them again), but if I then didn't move them to a folder on the HD for more permanent storage, I would never have any room left on the desktop.

 

[jmgalvin]

Lessa meant that you should go to Finder - the controlling app for mac. Most people go to Finder by just clicking anywhaere on the desktop.

Using OSX 10.3.8 on a G4

 

[Eggles]

Right - you can see I definitely do not speak Mac language.

 

[Yelena123]

hi all,
WOW! That was some response - thank you very much, your advices helped me to fix my problem and (by the look of things) couple of other people as well.

Thanks again.

Cheers,
Yelena

 

[jimoblak]

Both Windows and Mac have a desktop folder for each user profile - - they behave the same regardless of operating system so insanity is not unique to Mac . Both operating systems have similar file management structure per user.

You can also assign filetypes to applications in Windows this same way by right-clicking on a file in Explorer and choosing to 'open with...'.

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[Eggles]

>>You can also assign filetypes to applications in Windows this same way by right-clicking on a file in Explorer and choosing to 'open with...'. <<

I know this, which is why I said earlier "I understand the process you described, just not sure if or how to do it. "

>>Both Windows and Mac have a desktop folder for each user profile - - they behave the same regardless of operating system so insanity is not unique to Mac . Both operating systems have similar file management structure per user. <<

I have to disagree with you there. Unless I go via the desktop, if I want to move a file from one folder to another in the same drive, I have to open two Finder windows on a Mac. Not the case on a PC. Or am I missing something?

 

[jimoblak]

See this web page for a free Finder add-on that might make moving files more fun.

There are several ways that you can easily move a file or folder within the same drive.

One way is to drag the file on top of the drive you want and hold it there for a couple seconds. That drive will open and show its folders. You can continue hovering the file over folders until you reach your preferred destination.

Another way is to explore the Finder's view options. You can cascade directories in a manner similar to the left pane of Windows Explorer if using list view. You can move a file by dragging it between columns if using column view.

You can also move files via the terminal like you can in Microsoft's DOS.

If you are old school, consider muCommander. This reminds me of working on Amiga with Directory Opus.

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