Finder icon size question

[davidinva]

Is there any way (or app) to enlarge the icons (past the default largest size) in the icon view of items (especially photos) in the finder? I have some photo apps that do not have browsers attached to them and it is difficult to see a photo when opening from the finder. Thanks

 

[simsaladimbamba]

You could use QuickLook or this slider:

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QuickLook is the way to preview files without opening the associated application by just selecting the file(s) in Finder and pressing the SPACEBAR.
Make the Most of Quick Look​

 

[davidinva]

Quicklook doesn't seem to work when I have a photo app open and look at photos in the finder. What is the "finder_viewIcon_slider" a part of? I am running 10.6.8.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Quicklook doesn't seem to work when I have a photo app open and look at photos in the finder. What is the "finder_viewIcon_slider" a part of? I am running 10.6.8.

You mean you can't use QuickLook when you have a photo application (which one exactly) open?
Have you switched to Finder?
QuickLook even works in Photoshop for me in Open File dialogs.

finder_viewIcon_slider is the example folder I created, to show you, that you can change the icon size in Icon View (CMD+1) when using the slider, that has been marked with a red rectangle in both screenshots (seen on the bottom right - I'll add an arrow too).

 

[davidinva]

Used the spacebar with two photo apps and Photoshop Elements and Quicklook works. Been a Mac user for over 20 years and that's something I've never used. Using Spotlight to look for Quicklook produces no results. Thanks a lot. How did you create the slider folder?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Used the spacebar with two photo apps and Photoshop Elements and Quicklook works. Been a Mac user for over 20 years and that's something I've never used. Using Spotlight to look for Quicklook produces no results. Thanks a lot. How did you create the slider folder?

I opened a Finder window, selected the folder with my desktop background images, duplicated it via CMD+D, renamed it and changed the view to Icon View via CMD+1.
Then I shot the screen via CMD+SHIFT+4 > Spacebar > click on Finder window and opened the resulting .png (on the Desktop) in Preview and used the Annotation Tools (CMD+SHIFT+A) to create the rectangle, arrow and text.

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[Gregg2]

Used the spacebar with two photo apps and Photoshop Elements and Quicklook works. Been a Mac user for over 20 years and that's something I've never used.

Well, I think it was new with Leopard. That came out in '07.

There's also a slide in Show View Options to control icon size.

 

[davidinva]

Thanks folks. That's why I like this forum. Learn something each time I log on.