MacOS – Move through images in a folder with Preview.app

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When looking at an image in a directory with the Preview application, I'm used to the Windows behaviour of using the ←/→ keys to move through all the other viewable images in that directory.

Preview.app doesn't do this – I first have to select all the images and then open Preview.app. This is a little annoying.

Is there something I can turn on or install to get this behaviour?

Also, how do I open an image in a new instance of Preview.app, say for comparison purposes?

Best Answer

If you are just skimming the pictures do this:

Instead of opening a picture in Preview.app by double-clicking it, just press space to preview the picture when selected in Finder.

This way you can still use the arrow keys to navigate between the pictures.

  • ↑ and ↓ in list view
  • ↑,↓,← and → in icon view

You can still open the picture in Preview.app when needed (top right corner).

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