Image and video viewer on the Mac

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Image and video viewer on the Mac

Hi everyone,

this should be a very easy question and a google search should provide the needed info, and instead I am not able to find any application which can read the images and videos on my iMac.

I have folders where I store videos and pics from my camera, but then I cannot click on them both and open them with Preview, because also QuickTime will be triggered.

Importing them with Photos is a problem, as I need to create a specific event each time, so I cannot use that program.

Picasa does the job but it has issues with the Magic Mouse: you just touch it and the program will move like 100 pictures forward or backwards.

For the time being, I first open only all the images and then only all the videos which I see by pressing the spacebar (quicklook), but I would like a more sequential view of my events.

Any help on what kind of programs (both free or non-free) I could use? By googling, I can only find either image viewers or video viewers only... and for that, the embedded apps in the Mac already do the job.

Thanks a lot for your help

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 14, 2016 7:51 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 14, 2016 9:18 AM in response to ciclista71

If I understand correctly, you are looking for the same program to open both still image files and video files.

While there may some programs capable of that (VLC seems to open most video files and also image files, old Quicktime Player 7 also may work), probably they are not very good at both.

I have to ask: what is wrong with png files opening in Preview and mov files in Quicktime Player? Each program is suited for different kinds of documents, and they both work very well.

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ciclista71 Author

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Sep 14, 2016 12:36 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Well, the answer is very easy: i go to the desired folder, press cmd-A, cmd-O, and want to see all the images and videos sequentially, ordered by shooting time.

If I had just one program, that would do the trick and actually Picasa does the job. I would like though to use another program.

I just gave it a try with VLC, which - you are right - can also handle images, but unfortunately VLC cannot handle EXIF Rotation tags, so may images are 90 degrees rotated and this is, of course, an issue.

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Barney-15E

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Sep 14, 2016 6:53 PM in response to ciclista71

I don't understand what is wrong with using Photos, but since you don't,

Just sort them how you'd like in List View in the Finder, Quicklook the first one, then use arrow keys to move through the files.

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