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File Viewer allows you to view any file on your Mac. Simply drag and drop any file or folder onto the program window. File Viewer supports playback of many common audio and video formats, and can display many image, Web, and page layout file types.
I wonder if you can help. I have to apologise but I am not the most computer literate but I have some CZI files from Zen I would like to analyse in QuPath. I have downloaded the bioformats extension and package and attempted to download the visual c redistributable but I keep failing at this step. I cannot install this and my only option is to repair, which it attempts and then fails giving me a log code which I can provide if required. I have also tried installing qupath on my mac with the same problems.
I have downloaded the bioformats package and extension and still cannot open said files. It has been a while, but I do not think you should have to install anything for Bioformats.
All you need is the JAR file off of their website, and the JAR file from Pete, both at: And as it says, just drag them into the open QuPath window to add them to QuPath. I am not sure why you are having issues with a visual C redistributable; I am not entirely sure if that is related. At least, I do not recall having to install anything else when adding bioformats to QuPath, even when it was one of the first things I put on my computer. Is the error a QuPath error?
It would probably be best to include a picture or at least the text of the error, and exactly when the error pops up (when you drag the bioformats extension into the QuPath window? When you try to open the CZI file?). There is indeed a need to install the redistributables on Windows, as far as I know - it's mentioned. But the Mac trouble suggests it's something else. I know that the support for CZI in QuPath using the Bio-Formats is pretty varied.
Sometimes it works, but I've learned of cases recently where it doesn't. I think TMAs (with lots of scenes?) are especially troublesome.
I have spotted a few ways to fix the QuPath Bio-Formats extension that I believe will help, and I hope to have these changes made by the middle/end of next week, and I'll write another update here. Hopefully they will fix the issue with your files, but if not then I will investigate further.
Thank you both for your response. I would preferably like to run the software on the mac but have access to PC too if this is more suitable. The original files I wanted to work with were TMAs with multiple scenes but I cannot even open a jpg file. I am at home now and I am on my mac and it is still not opening the jpg files.
Thank you for looking into addressing the qupath bio-formats extension. In the meantime, should I need to download any extensions to run the software on the mac? I know in your tutorial for start ups you suggest you do but I have had no joy with this Thank you again. Oh dear, that sounds worse - I am using a Mac, and no extra extensions should be needed. Does the software start ok?
I have seen a problem on some older Macs where it wasn't possible to start QuPath because of an incompatibility with OpenCV. But if the window opens at all then that shouldn't be the issue. You should be able to open a JPEG just by dragging it onto the main QuPath window. Could you try with the image CMU-1.svs that is suggested at?
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If there are problems, could you also choose View → Show log and report back if you see any error messages? The CZI problem sounds like the one I met before, and will try to resolve next week.
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