Cover flow missing - Mojave Gallery is no replacement?

Why would Apple replace Cover flow with gallery? They are different


1st - Cover flow was a fast and informative method of scrolling thru visual files quickly as images, while also viewing a list of data below. I could see any data I wanted, dates, sizes, and critical COMMENTS that I make with all my files. As I work I NEED to see that data when scrolling thru images!


2nd - I Prefer the vertical nature of Cover flow because I could open multiple narrow windows, and nest them beside one another. I cannot open multiple windows of Gallery and do the same, inefficient use of screen space and lack of data.


3rd - And worst - Gallery does NOT support mouse scrolling??? due to the horizontal nature of the gallery file list.

Horrible design


PLEASE BRING BACK COVERFLOW !! Add it in addition to Gallery for those of us who depend on it for our work

macOS Mojave (10.14), coverflow gallery

Posted on Sep 27, 2018 2:38 PM

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Posted on Nov 6, 2018 9:21 PM

Other than Path Finder, you can still download Finder from El Capitan and use that (I can send you a link if you need it). File Cabinet Pro has a Cover Flow View. https://apptyrant.com/file-cabinet-pro-help/ and so does Panic's Transmit (also a full File Editor) https://panic.com/transmit/


I still really miss it built into Finder though! (the Capitan version doesn't work in Dark Mode)

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Feb 11, 2019 2:32 PM in response to enigma2008

So LISTEN UP APPLE.. PUT THE COVER FLOW BACK and if you do changes, let them be optional. why don't you ask us artists and people who spend more hours on their Macs than anywhere else what we want before your techs do frivolous crap Like the Gallery view..

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Oct 12, 2018 12:33 PM in response to Buleohara

I seriously need coverflow back... As a photographer, I take thousands of pictures in RAW. Without coverflow, I have to view each photo individually. When each photo is 30MB, it takes my 2017 Macbook Pro 5 seconds to even load the thumbnail. I can't wait 5 seconds for each photo to load when I have thousands... Coverflow was the only way for me to be able to choose quickly which photos of the thousands I took to actually edit. Now I have to wait the 5 seconds for each thumbnail do know if it is a good shot or a bad shot... Frustrating.

Oct 21, 2018 12:10 PM in response to lec0rsaire

Enough petitions and they will bring it back. They should have added Gallery View ALONGSIDE Cover Flow, and not deleted it. Apple is doing this more and more: beloved features in MacOS and Apple Apps are being removed and replaced by worse / less functional ones. Perfect example: lack of HiDPI to external 4K monitors in Mojave, which existed until they removed it in High Sierra. So now that 4K and higher resolution monitors are bing adapted, Apple cut support for them: in what universe does this make any sense?

Nov 9, 2018 8:39 PM in response to TechnoGuru

TechnoGuru wrote:


Thanks, dialabrain.

You're welcome. Cover Flow was around for 11 years since introduced in OS X Leopard. Personally I never used it even when I owned my own Mac-based graphics company. I can understand that some users prefer it. I think everyone who does would be better served by sending Apple feedback rather than posting in this forum which anyone from Apple rarely if ever reads.

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