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faster way to open a .jpg file?

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parkschr

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Aug 22, 2009
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When I click on a .jpg file that someone has sent, it puts the file in my downloads folder.

I hate having to minimize my browser, then click on the Macintosh HD, then click on download and then double click on the jpg file.

Is there a way to only click it once and it opens immediately so I can few the jpg file?

I want to cut down on the steps.

Thanks everyone
 
simsaladimbamba said:
What about QuickLook (little button) or selecting Open Attachment?

We are talking about Mail though, don't we?
http://kb.iu.edu/data/alvh.html
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No. Just on a web page. In gmail, it just shows it. But when I am on a web page that says click here for a jpg or even a pdf. It always puts it in my download folder.

Can you open pdf files without having to go through all of the above steps?

Thanks again.
 
parkschr said:
No. Just on a web page. In gmail, it just shows it. But when I am on a web page that says click here for a jpg or even a pdf. It always puts it in my download folder.

Can you open pdf files without having to go through all of the above steps?

Thanks again.
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Okay then, which browser are you using?
Safari opens JPGs and PDFs inside Safari for me, have you tried "Open in new tab" yet?
 
simsaladimbamba said:
Okay then, which browser are you using?
Safari opens JPGs and PDFs inside Safari for me, have you tried "Open in new tab" yet?
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Firefox. When I right click to open in new tab, it puts it in my downloads folder.

It does work like you say in Safari! Much faster. Maybe I will switch to Safari.
 
parkschr said:
When I click on a .jpg file that someone has sent, it puts the file in my downloads folder.

I hate having to minimize my browser, then click on the Macintosh HD, then click on download and then double click on the jpg file.

Is there a way to only click it once and it opens immediately so I can few the jpg file?

I want to cut down on the steps.

Thanks everyone
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[Bold above added] Lots of good advice so far. You also don't need to minimize the browser. You can open the downloads folder in front of the browser. The just Alt-Tab (actually CMD-TAB - oops) back and forth as needed.

Or ... you can turn on Spaces (found in Preferences) so that you can switch to a different space and look at the open downloads folder there (and you can leave the folder open while you are browsing. Use Hot Corners to quickly switch back and forth).
 
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snberk103 said:
[Bold above added] Lots of good advice so far. You also don't need to minimize the browser. You can open the downloads folder in front of the browser. The just Alt-Tab back and forth as needed.

Or ... you can turn on Spaces (found in Preferences) so that you can switch to a different space and look at the open downloads folder there (and you can leave the folder open while you are browsing. Use Hot Corners to quickly switch back and forth).
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It's CMD+TAB, Alt+Tab is for Windows and behaves a little bit differently, though one can use Witch to enable Option/Alt+Tab in Mac OS X to switch between windows.
 
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