Jan 26
My brother, a recent Christmas day switcher, mentioned today that he “missed the image preview feature in Windows Explorer.” Of course, I shared this tip with him.
Assuming you have a folder full of images, say, downloaded from your digital camera:
- Open a folder. Any folder.
- Press the “apple-j” key command or select from the menu “View > Show View Options“. A dialogue box will open.
- At the top, select the radio button for “This Window Only“.
- Drag the “Icon Size” slider all the way to the right (128 x 128 pixels).
- Select the checkbox that reads “Show Icon Preview“.
- Select the checkbox that reads “Keep arranged by…“
- From the drop down menu below that, select “Name“. (This is usually helpful, particularly since most digital cameras label files in some incremental alphanumeric naming convention.)
- From the “Background” radio buttons at the bottom, be sure that “White” is selected.
- Close the window and look at your open folder. You should see previews of all of your images.
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February 13th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Two comments:
First, great tip - as a recent switcher I also missed this feature. Second, please keep posting tips! It’s a huge help for me.
As I continue to learn how to do things in OSX that I used to do via PC, my experience grows better! I love my powerbook now, and am not looking back! Well, except for DVD Decrypter and 3GPconverter. (That’s what the extra PC is for, right?)
February 13th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Drew,
If you miss DVD Decrypter and 3GPConverter, check out Handbrake and Handbrake Lite:
http://handbrake.m0k.org/
-jf.