diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70a49d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "cmake.sourceDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}/toonz/sources"
+}
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diff --git a/doc/how_to_build_macosx.md b/doc/how_to_build_macosx.md
index b383662..a47d04e 100644
--- a/doc/how_to_build_macosx.md
+++ b/doc/how_to_build_macosx.md
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ $ cd ../tiff-4.0.3
 $ ./configure && make
 ```
 
+If you install libtiff through brew before, linker tool couses fail. In order to solve this problem use install_name_tool.
+```
+$ cd opentoonz/thirdparty/tiff-4.0.3/libtiff/.libs/
+$ install_name_tool -id $PWD/libtiff.5.dylib libtiff.5.dylib
+ 
+```
+
+
 If you downloaded and installed boost from https://boost.org instead of homebrew, move the package under `thirdparty/boost` as follows: 
 ```
 $ cd thirdparty/boost
diff --git a/toonz/cmake/FindTIFF.cmake b/toonz/cmake/FindTIFF.cmake
index b3db5fa..700b3e8 100644
--- a/toonz/cmake/FindTIFF.cmake
+++ b/toonz/cmake/FindTIFF.cmake
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ endif()
 find_library(
     TIFF_LIBRARY
     NAMES
-        libtiff.a
+        # libtiff.a 
+        # use shared library instead of static
+        libtiff.dylib
     HINTS
         ${SDKROOT}
     PATH_SUFFIXES
         tiff-4.0.3/libtiff/.libs
     NO_DEFAULT_PATH
 )
-
 message("***** libtiff Header path:" ${TIFF_INCLUDE_DIR})
 message("***** libtiff Library path:" ${TIFF_LIBRARY})
 
@@ -43,4 +44,4 @@ endif()
 mark_as_advanced(
     TIFF_LIBRARY
     TIFF_INCLUDE_DIR
-)
+)
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