No More "Loop" function in Preview Slideshow

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No More "Loop" function in Preview Slideshow

What happened? Tiger would continuously loop my slideshow for demos I did at various shows. The function vanished with Leopard. Why did Apple eliminate such a useful function?

Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jan 19, 2008 9:43 AM

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Answer 1

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Francine Schwieder

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Jan 19, 2008 11:01 AM in response to harddrivin1le

If you don't want to use iPhoto, you don't actually need any program at all to see a continuous simple slideshow. Just select the photos you want in the Finder, control click and select "Quick Look" from the contextual menu, then click the diagonal facing arrows to enter full screen and watch the slideshow indefinitely.
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Answer 2

Jan 19, 2008 10:19 AM in response to harddrivin1le

You can also set the iPhoto slideshow to loop: make your slideshow, go to Settings and click the box to play continuously, click the Play button, and the Slideshow will play in full-screen mode until you stop it.
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Answer 3

Jan 19, 2008 10:31 AM in response to Francine Schwieder

I appreciate the help, but why should I have to go to the trouble of importing photos into another application?

Apple removed/overlooked what was a very helpful tool in the preview application. Hopefully they will address this in future updates.

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Jan 19, 2008 10:53 AM in response to harddrivin1le

http://chipmunkninja.com/article/justlooking31

"I’m pleased to announce the immediate availablity of JustLooking 3.1. JustLooking is a program to view pictures and images on your Mac OS X (Tiger) based computer. JustLooking is a Universal Binary, and can be run on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. The program is and will always be very free."

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Answer 5

Jan 19, 2008 10:57 AM in response to harddrivin1le

It specifically says that its for Tiger.

Works perfectly in Leopard.

Why should I need a 3rd party app in Leopard when I didn't need it in Tiger?

Well, you already know the answer to that question. 🙂 'Cause Preview doesn't loop like you want it to. Maybe Apple will fix it, but until they do.....

And as previously pointed out, iPhoto will loop also.

I actually like Just Looking better than Preview for quick image display.

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Answer 6

Jan 19, 2008 10:59 AM in response to rrose selavy

Are you using it in Leopard?

Why doesn't it say that it works with Leopard?

I've had a lot of trouble with my Mac (Mini) and am hesitant to download anything that isn't specifically intended for 10.5.

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Answer 7

Jan 19, 2008 11:06 AM in response to Francine Schwieder

Yes, I did that (with Finder).

It doesn't let me temporarily rotate photos for viewing (i.e. in portrait form). I have to save the view first.

Preview in Tiger allows one to rotate and view (i.e. in portrait form) and run that slideshow without having to save the new, rotated view.

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Answer 8

Jan 19, 2008 11:22 AM in response to harddrivin1le

Yes, I am using Just Looking in Leopard; as I wrote previously, it works perfectly in Leopard.

I imagine the Just Looking developer just didn't update the language on his site to specify Leopard compatibility.

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Answer 9

Jan 19, 2008 11:31 AM in response to rrose selavy

I may try it once Apple ships my replacement Mac Mini. (This one has a noisy drive.)

Does the program interpolate when it goes into full screen mode and allow one to view temporarily rotated files without saving the change first?

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Answer 10

Jan 19, 2008 11:55 AM in response to harddrivin1le

There is a preference setting that causes the image to be displayed using Exif "orientation value..." BUT, in the slide show a portrait orientated image will automatically rotate to landscape orientation. Rotating the image in the viewer has no effect on how the image is displayed in slide show view.

I have just emailed the developer about this.

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Answer 11

Jan 19, 2008 12:07 PM in response to rrose selavy

I'm just going to use Finder's slideshow function for "looped" slideshows.

It works fine with landscape style pics; obviously portrait pics will be smaller than optimal unless the file is first rotated and saved in another application (e.g. Preview or Iphoto).

I really hope Apple fixes this. It seems like they mess something up with Preview every time they introduce a new OS (or new version of an existing OS).

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Answer 12

Jan 19, 2008 9:54 AM in response to harddrivin1le

You might try a free App called Just Looking.
I like it better than Preview for viewing images.
It's slideshow function does loop.
Get it at:
http://chipmunkninja.com/

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Answer 13

Jan 19, 2008 10:37 AM in response to harddrivin1le

No importing required in Just Looking. It just displays images in any folder.

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Answer 14

Jan 19, 2008 10:40 AM in response to rrose selavy

Please explain how to do this...

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Answer 15

Jan 19, 2008 10:43 AM in response to harddrivin1le

...i don't see anything in iphoto that says "Just Looking."...(??????)

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