using iphoto to view photos without importing them?

ghanwani · Jan 21, 2011, 09:27 PM

Is it possible to use iPhoto to view photos without importing them? I want to be able to just view and delete photos in their original directories.

Thanks,
Anoop

GGJstudios · Jan 21, 2011, 09:29 PM

iPhoto > Preferences:

Although, I prefer Preview for viewing photos.

ghanwani · Jan 21, 2011, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GGJstudios

iPhoto > Preferences:

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Although, I prefer Preview for viewing photos.

Thanks for the reply.

I can't seem to get Preview to allow me to easily scroll
between photos within a directory. I pretty much have to
click on one photo at a time...am I missing something?

Anoop

GGJstudios · Jan 21, 2011, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghanwani

Thanks for the reply.

I can't seem to get Preview to allow me to easily scroll
between photos within a directory. I pretty much have to
click on one photo at a time...am I missing something?

Anoop

Select all photos in the folder, right-click, Open (or Open With > Preview).

ghanwani · Jan 21, 2011, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GGJstudios

Select all photos in the folder, right-click, Open (or Open With > Preview).

Awesome...thanks!

Anoop

cdfox · Nov 18, 2012, 03:01 PM

If you're viewing a folder with many photos, rather than selecting them all and opening in Preview, you might want to open Preview first and open the folder from there.

GGJstudios · Nov 18, 2012, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdfox

If you're viewing a folder with many photos, rather than selecting them all and opening in Preview, you might want to open Preview first and open the folder from there.

Nice resurrection of a nearly 2 year old thread, but your method is actually a longer way around. If you're already viewing the pics in Finder, you can select them right there, right-click and open. If you launch Preview then select File > Open, you'd likely have to navigate to the folder that you were already looking at in Finder. That's not nearly as efficient.

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