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Last Updated: January 17, 2026 Tested

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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Darlene Antonelli, MA. Darlene has been writing and editing tech content at wikiHow since 2019. She previously worked for AppleCare, served as a writing tutor, volunteered in IT at an animal rescue, and taught as an adjunct professor for EN101 and EN102. Darlene has completed Coursera courses on technology, writing, and language. She holds both a BA (2011) and an MA (2012) from Rowan University in Writing, with a focus on workplace communication. With her extensive experience, academic background, and ongoing learning, Darlene has become the go-to grammar expert for her friends and family, as well as a skilled wordsmith for anyone in need. The wikiHow Tech Team also followed the article's instructions and verified that they work. This article has been viewed 2,248 times.

A TIF is a tagged image file, and is also called a TIFF. Photographers and graphic designers mainly use the TIF format, since they are editing images and TIFs are lossless compression files. Editing TIFs requires some paid-for programs, but simply opening them does not. [1] This wikiHow teaches you how to open a TIF on a Windows-based PC or Mac.

Steps

Method 1 Method 1 of 2:

Using a Mac

1. 1 Open Finder . You can find this in your Dock.
2. 2 Navigate to your .tif file. Advertisement
3. 3 Right-click the file. This will open a menu at your cursor.
4. 4 Click Open With.
5. 5 Click Preview from the list. The file will open view-only with Preview. Advertisement

Method 2 Method 2 of 2:

Using a Windows-based PC

1. 1 Open your file browser.
2. 2 Navigate to your .tif file.
3. 3 Right-click the file. This will open a menu to the right of your cursor.
4. 4 Click Open With.
5. 5 Click Windows Photo Viewer or Photos. The choice will differ based on which version of Windows you are running, but any photo-viewing app will open a TIFF. Advertisement

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References

1. ↑ https://www.lifewire.com/tif-tiff-file-2622393

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Written by: Darlene Antonelli, MA wikiHow Technology Writer This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Darlene Antonelli, MA. Darlene has been writing and editing tech content at wikiHow since 2019. She previously worked for AppleCare, served as a writing tutor, volunteered in IT at an animal rescue, and taught as an adjunct professor for EN101 and EN102. Darlene has completed Coursera courses on technology, writing, and language. She holds both a BA (2011) and an MA (2012) from Rowan University in Writing, with a focus on workplace communication. With her extensive experience, academic background, and ongoing learning, Darlene has become the go-to grammar expert for her friends and family, as well as a skilled wordsmith for anyone in need. This article has been viewed 2,248 times. How helpful is this? Co-authors: 4 Updated: January 17, 2026 Views: 2,248 Article SummaryX

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