Easily view consecutive photos in full screen, with zoom option?

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Easily view consecutive photos in full screen, with zoom option?

I have downloaded over 500 photos from a Canon camera to the hard drive of my Mac Pro.

I am not yet backing them up to iCloud as I want to pare them down to the best before backing up those. I would like to be able to look through them, full screen (or close to), one at a time, with the option to be able to zoom in. I can currently look at a photo more or less full screen using Preview, but I see no way to view the next photo without closing Preview and opening the next--very time-consuming and clunky. Is there a FREE app I can download (or already have?) to enable easy viewing and zooming in?

Thank you!

Mac Pro

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 9:22 PM

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léonie

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Sep 23, 2019 12:02 PM in response to woodpecker07

To see the system version click the  in the upper left corner if the main menu bar and select "About this Mac".

If you are using Mojave, the Preview.app should suffice. Just select several photos at once when you open them in Preview.

You can use the Photos.app also for photos taken with a Canon camera. It is not limited to iPhone photos, and you do not need to use iCloud with Photos. it is optional.

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léonie

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Sep 22, 2019 1:44 AM in response to woodpecker07

Are you using the Photos.app to browse your Photos or only the Finder and Preview? Which system version is installed on your Mac?

If your Mac has enough RAM you can select several photos at once in the Finder and double-click the selection. The Photos will open all in Preview and you can step them in the sidebar, at least on macOS 10.14 Mojave. I am frequently using Preview to weed out bad shots, before importing the remaining photos. There is no problem, eevn woth hundred photos selected at once. Set the sidebar in Preview to show the thumbnails. You can ctrl-click a thumbnail to move the photo to the Trash (Bin), directly from Preview.

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woodpecker07 Author

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Sep 22, 2019 6:03 PM in response to léonie

Thanks for your reply.

-Using Finder and Preview. Didn't try the Photos.app because (1) I'm working with photos from my Canon camera (rather than my iPhone) and (2) I'm not using iCloud for backup. I realize these may be false assumptions!

-I'm embarassed to say I can't remember how to find the system version. (I think it's Mojave...)

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woodpecker07 Author

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Sep 24, 2019 12:02 AM in response to léonie

Version is Mojave 10.14.6.

I've been doing what you wrote and selecting multiple photos, then opening them all in Preview. I really like how, if you zoom in on a photo, then go to another photo, the first one stays zoomed in.

Thank you!

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Easily view consecutive photos in full screen, with zoom option?

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