➤ What is it and how to open an ARW file on my Mac? 🎮

Something important about this type of file that as they are raw images that pass directly from the camera matrix. Graphic editors can be exported and used for editing. Over time it is very interesting to know the format or extension of a file and for this we want to show you what a binary file is.

What is it and how to open an ARW file on my Mac?

It is very important to know that the files containing the raw images may vary depending on the camera, but the ARW extension it will always be the same. Differences occur and you know it if you are a professional photographer. Due to the use of the different matrices that cameras have to capture images, in this case Sony.

It is also very important that you know that there are different programs, applications or software that work to open these files. That is it will depend on the platform you are using, although they have the ability like other files to be present in different operating systems and to be transferred to other devices, but not all of them have the ability to manage them.

Simple steps to open an ARW file on my Mac

This is a very common problem when we want to open a file in ARW format on our Mac, as it most likely doesn't recognize it. And this is due to the fact that you don't have a program installed on your computer that allows you to manage these files. And in this case we recommend you to use Adobe Photoshop, but Canvas, ACDSee, PaintShop Pro are also compatible.

Another possibility to always consider in cases where an ARW file cannot be opened. If you have one of these applications on your computer, it is very likely that they are out of date. And it is necessary update them to the latest version, this will undoubtedly fix the problem you need to see the file.

Adobe Photoshop can open files of different formats including ARW, but if even after performing this update you are unable to open the file. So you should try the following, this program may not have been included as default to open ARW files.

If you don't know how to go about doing this, we will tell you below, just go to the ARW file and click on it. A drop-down menu will appear and you will need to select the Information option and a window with several sections will appear and click Open with. Now you need to choose the program in this case Adobe Photoshop.

Once you have made your choice of the application that will open the program by default, it is You need to click on the Change All option.

Now the message will appear on the screen stating that this change will be applied from now on to all files with ARW extension and to finish you need to click Continue.