The Finder Slideshow

Hold the Option key when looking at the menus. That's always a good idea when looking through menus for something. The Option key brings up many options.

Another way to get the Quicklook Slideshow is Option-Space.

Personally, I never use the menu at all. Select the items you want in the slideshow, then right click on them to access the Contextual menu, and click the "Quick Look xx Items" entry. You can then either click the play button, or click the diagonal arrows for a full screen slideshow.

Francine

I see the "File -> Slideshow" button when holding the 'Option' key down, but then after I click it, I see only a picture of a blue folder. The slideshow does not start, there is no play button, no next button, etc. Am I missing something? I'm running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.

Select all the pictures you want in the slideshow and then right-click (or Ctrl-click) them - Slideshow is one of the items in the contextual menu.

I see the problem. I have pictures stored in sub-folders like this:

2015

Kindergarten Party

DSC00345.jpg

...

Summer

DSC00458.jpg

2016

Winter

DSC2344.jpg

Oregon Trip

DSC0011.mov

DSC2345.jpg

When I select individual pictures it works, BUT when I select folders it does not search recursively for pictures *inside* the folders. I believe this worked in past versions of OS X. I am running Sierra 10.12.

Is there a way to create a slideshow by selecting a folder with pictures inside?

Thank you for your help!

In List View, if you open the disclosure triangle for subfolders, you can select files inside — or in multiple subfolders at once.

Touche: thank you; the List View disclosure triangle works to select pictures in different subfolders. However, it does not create a randomly-ordered slideshow.

Can the slideshow select photos at random, rather than using the order defined by Finder? I really need a random slideshow.

I believe this was possible in earlier versions of OS X. I am running Sierra 10.12.

Thanks for your help.