If you are opening images from a DVD or CD-ROM, you will need an external optical disc drive, since Macs no longer come with a built-in drive. This tutorial will show you how to get rid of that inelegant piece of crap plastic box once and for all. In fact, when you do switch to Mac you’ll quickly realize you want nothing to do with the PC world ever again. It’s a common misconception–especially among chiropractors–that you can’t open x-ray images on a Mac. The reason, they say, is that the CDs sent from imaging centers only includes Windows software.

But in almost every discussion of the pros and cons, someone will say that you’ll need to keep a Windows PC around just to open imaging files. With the advent of cloud-based EMR software such as JaneApp and ChiroFusion, more and more chiropractors are considering the switch to Mac.

Whether you receive a CD-ROM from an imaging center with Windows only software, or are taking your own x-rays in office but want to view them on a shiny new M1 MacBook Air at home, these simple steps will get you the result you need. In this post I’ll explain how you can open x-ray images and MRI files on a Mac.

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