Image Browser App Mac

One of the biggest frustrating parts of moving from Windows to Mac started with the image preview tool. Such a simple function user experience that Windows Image Previewer is doing since XP, but Apple resists to adopt it. Once you open any image in the folder, you should be able to scroll through the next and previous images using arrow keys.

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So default image preview app in Mac OS X (Seira or any previous version) SUCKS BIG TIME!

It works only if you select all images, right-click and hit preview, and then use up and down keys. That’s like 3 clicks painfully long process to what you can easily do with a single click. So I was on a hunt to find an app that can build Windows like image browsing with simple arrow keys, and simple zooming features with maybe some additional features.

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Windows Like Best Photo Preview App for Mac OS X

The app I am going to suggest if called PhotoX, and its a completely free app on Mac App Store, but few steps mentioned below will make it run as good as windows preview tool and scrolling through images will be awesome again!

Download & Install the App

Head over to the Mac OS app store, and download our Windows like image browsing tool PhotoX.

Make it Default Image Preview App

Once you install the app, you have to make it a default preview app, otherwise, you have to right-click and select open with to work it properly.

Image Browser Mac

Image Browser App Mac

Go to any of your folder with photos.

Right-click (control-click) on any image.

Click on Get Info > Click on Open With > Select Photo X > Click on Change All.

This will give you a warning that you are changing the default app for that image format. Just confirm and you’re done.

Finishing Touch!

You’re not quite done yet. As the first image, you select, might be just a JPEG. And your new Windows-like photo viewer PhotoX only defaults for that format.

So just enlist the most formats you need. My requirement was just JPEGs and PNGs. So I opened another GET INFO tab, and set PhotoX as default previewer there.

You can do additional image formats, for which you need quick formatting.

So PhotoX, not only allows you to scroll images with side arrows just like in Windows, but you can zoom in and out with Up & Down Arrows, Rotate, Tilt, Flip image, all of the good stuff using this single app!

I simply loved a lot of things on Mac OS X, but this photo scrolling using arrow keys was the first thing I wanted to fix immediately. There are other free apps like Xee, or paid ones with even better options for editing like Adobe Lightroom, but for most basic functionality I thought it’s ridiculous to pay for an app, that does nothing but scrolling through images. So PhotoX is the best Image preview app for me at least.

Please share what other problems you might have faced with image previews, or if any other app you would like to recommend, in the comments section below.

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Seamless upload from camera to the cloud
image.canon is a cloud service designed to ease your imaging workflow, whether you are a professional, enthusiast, or casual user. Connecting your Wi-Fi compatible Canon camera to the image.canon service will allow you to seamlessly upload all your images and movies in their original format and quality and access them from the dedicated app or a web browser – and automatically forward them to your computer, mobile devices, and third party services.
You can upload all of the images you have taken to image.canon cloud in original data and save for 30 days. Although the original data will be automatically deleted after 30 days, the display thumbnails will remain.
*A thumbnail is a compressed image of up to 2,048 px for display in the app.
Auto download images to PC and Mac

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Downloader for image.canon, available for compatible Windows and MacOS computers, automatically downloads the contents of your image.canon account to your computer – for image management made simple.
Auto forward images and movies to other storage services
Connect image.canon to your Google Drive, Google Photos, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom or Flickr account and automatically forward your compatible images and movies.
Need to hold on to your originals for more than 30 days? Want a library of reduced resolution images? Store 10GB of images and movies long term.
* Please click here for information about the storage period.

*If this service is not used for 1 year, all of the images will be deleted regardless of their expiration date.

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Share and play with images
Access your image.canon images from the app and any compatible web browser. The library of reduced resolution images is ideal for sharing with friends and family over messenger and social media apps or printing with Canon portable printers.
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