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This is one thing I don't quite get it for the Mac: why is it so hard to start a slideshow?

The most often way is, I have several photos on the Desktop or in Downloads, and I double click to see the first one -- and no, it is not the one I want, so I want to see the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. At least on Win 7, that's super easy just by pressing the right arrow on the keyboard and that's it.

On the Mac, is there a super easy way? I don't want to highlight this and that, and then choose "Slideshow" from some where I can't be sure of, or change the view to the "flip through" view, because I might not necessarily want to change the view style for the folder at the moment -- I just want to browse through a few photos -- is there is super quick way?

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In Leopard and above, select the files you want in the Finder and press the spacebar to invoke QuickLook. You can then use the arrow keys to cycle through them. If you click the full-screen icon in the upper right-hand corner, QuickLook displays a slideshow.

In Tiger, there is a "Slideshow" option in the context menu in the Finder.

In Panther and earlier, it is indeed several steps before you can get a slideshow.

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sure that's a super easy and enjoyable way to view photos o mac. now you can download the picture viewer for mac called Photo+, you can view photos as slideshow without manually adding photos. All you need to do is only a photo in one folder and click the button :"view as slideshow", then just sit and enjoy your photo viewing experience on mac with your favorite song playing as background music.

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Welcome to the site. As you answered some rather old questions and are recommending the same product for all of them, it's difficult to see whether you are a happy user or are promoting your own product here. If the later please read the part about self-promotion in the FAQ. – patrix♦ May 7 at 7:13
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I am using Snow Leopard but this may be true for Leopard as well:

  1. Click on the first file you want to see
  2. Press Space Bar to start quick look
  3. Press up or down arrow key to cycle through all photos / videos / any docs (up or down arrow depending on how you have the items sorted in the list)

that's it! (still, I don't understand why the default Preview won't let you cycle through anything?)

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If you read my answer or @Daniel answer you find that it's a same solution. – Am1rr3zA Oct 2 '11 at 11:49
oh yes, i found this out from your answers... your answers seem to need to select which files to look at first... my answer doesn't need to – 動靜能量 Oct 2 '11 at 11:51
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If you use OS X "Quick Look" you can use right/left arrow on the keyboard and view all of the photo on the same path; but you have some problem yet, "Quick Look" let you view all the file exist in the same path not just photo.

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