Photo View is a fast, native browser for the photo folders you already have. Point it at one folder or ten, and it indexes them once — after that, scrolling, searching and rating stay instant even with tens of thousands of files.
No import. No library lock-in. No copies. Your files never move.
WHY PEOPLE SWITCH
• Instant on huge folders — a real SQLite index and parallel decoding, not a slow rescan every time you open a folder
• Your originals stay untouched — ratings, color labels and keywords go into a small .xmp sidecar beside each file
• It finds the mess for you — duplicates, screenshots, panoramas, Live Photos, RAW, GIFs and videos are sorted out automatically
• Built for keyboards — arrow keys to navigate, 0–5 for stars, 6–9 for color labels, and a shortcut for nearly everything
BROWSE
• Adjustable grid density (3 to 45 per row), square or original aspect ratio
• Group by day; sort by name, capture date, modified date or size — remembered between launches
• Marquee selection, ⌘/⇧ multi-select, click empty space to deselect
• Drag a single photo or a whole selection into Finder, Mail or a chat window — original filenames preserved
• Full context menu: rotate, flip, copy, move, trash, reveal in Finder, set as wallpaper, rate, color label, reject
VIEW
• Fit, 100% and free zoom with panning; smooth page turning with arrow keys
• Immersive full screen, slideshow, and side-by-side compare
• Videos, animated GIFs and Live Photos play in place
• Inspector showing the EXIF that actually matters: camera, lens, exposure, GPS
ORGANIZE
• Star ratings, seven color labels, keywords and a reject flag
• Smart collections: Favorites, Recently Viewed, Recently Marked, Recently Added, Recently Edited
• Duplicate finder that groups by content, not just filenames
• Map view for photos that carry GPS coordinates
EXPORT
• Resize to any long edge, convert to JPEG / PNG / HEIC, set quality, and pick a naming rule (original, original + number, custom prefix)
• What you export is what you see — rotation and flip are applied to the exported file
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Sandboxed. No account, no analytics, no tracking.
• Nothing is uploaded anywhere. Your photos never leave your Mac.
ALSO
• 10 languages, dark mode, full keyboard navigation, VoiceOver labels
Requires macOS 15 or later.
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DO NOT BUY - Crashes on load - DO NOT BUY
Pasha Ebonfire
It crashes on load. It will simply not run. This is nothing new. I have three macs on one of the three it opened (once! ) briefly and even showed like it may work … then it crashed. Now this program only showes me that it wants to crash. This is not a new thing. Many other versions also crashed for me and others (Not reviewers here). This is a rip off at this point. My cash is gone but don't feed them. I am rarely this angry but this is irresponsible. If they make this program work and bulletproof then maybe I will reconsider but right now I feel ripped off.
A good replacement of Preview
Alan Tsui
I left the first review of version 1.02 and uninstall the app. Today I come back for this app 1.07 and try out all the features.All the problems I mentioned in my last review have been fixed and now it is a good Preview replacement.There are four improvments can be made:1. Auto save after rotate the image without popup asking for saving. Normally people rotate the image would like to save the image. And even if saved the rotated image by mistake, it is no harm to the image as it can rotate it back.2. Fixed the Window size no matter what’s the size of the photos. The Photo View Window would change the size according to the photos. For example, if viewing a large photo, the Photo View Window will be in large size, but when viewing a small photo, the Window will resize to small. It is anonying when people use mouse gesture, as we need to move the pointer inside the Window so that we can do Next/Prev action. 3. Include Desktop and Document images as well, people put photos in that folders as well.4. Enter to open photo and highlighted photo at the top of the list in thumnail view. In the ACDSee thumbnail view, add a “Enter/Return” key press to open a photo function. I tried “Command O” and “Enter” but both don’t open a photo, only mouse click does. And when I opened a photo and back to the thumbnail view, the highlighted photo is at the bottom. Can it be at the top instead as people normally view the photo from top to buttom.
bug in new version of good program.
Loki Dash
I use this program to preview my new photos and delete those that I want to junk. The scaling options available are very handy for this. Before the latest revision hitting the "delete" button would make the photo being viewed disappear and the previous one appear. Now, hitting delete appears to do nothing at first, but it turns out the forward and back arrows now do not work. The "go all the way to beginning or end" arrows do still work, and if one does that and then advances to the point where the photo was to have been deleted, it turns out that indeed it was deleted. I've described this problem in detail in hopes that the author will fix it. Nice program, otherwise.At the "Photo View Support" link I could not find anything like Photo View support!
Buggy and short on functionality
187364
I should have read the other reviews…..I’ll cut straigjht to the constructive criticism. To be useful, please at least keep the folder list active and show the thumbnails for that folder. Currently, there is a lot of in and out double clicking to see the tunmbnails.For me, the program didn’t even open full res photos from the thumbnail. Just got a pixalated larger thumbnail.
Photo View 3.1
• Undo and redo: ⌘Z takes back ratings, colors, rotation — even moving photos to the Trash.
• Bursts fold into one cell: Similar shots collapse into a single cell with a count badge. S opens it, K keeps the suggested frame.
• Date range filter: Today to the last six months, plus a custom range. Works together with star ratings.
• Clear filters in one click: An empty page now names the filters that are on, with a button to reset them.
• QR codes are searchable: Right-click a photo to copy the code's contents or open its link.
• Text recognition is tunable: Choose how many lines and characters count as text, in Settings ▸ Search.
• Faster paging: The next two photos are prefetched, so flipping back and forth feels instant.
Version 3.1
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Information
Seller
方成 印
Size
3.1 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
Languages
English and 9 more
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
