Comments on: Mac 101: Open Mutiple Files in Preview Simultaneously

By: Zenys

Zenys — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:52:16 +0000

Oh, I knew there was a way to do this. Thanks for the tip!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:15:04 +0000

This is why I switched to Xee for a lot of image types. It launches incredibly fast, displays data about the image, and you can just hit the Space bar to traverse all images in the directory from which you opened the original file. So, if I open one image file on the Desktop, Xee will let me browse through all other images on the Desktop just by hitting Space. Xee doesn’t provide the image editing features that Preview does, and it doesn’t support printing, but I rarely need those features. And if I do, I’ll use the Open With… suggestion you described here (often with Quicksilver) or I will drag the image to the icon of the image editor of my choice in the dock.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:46:27 +0000

Why would I want to open Mutiple files? I would be afraid to multilate them

By: McLovin

McLovin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:51:27 +0000

If you want Preview instead of Quick Look just select the files and press “COMMAND + O”.

By: Hannes

Hannes — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:45:26 +0000

I recommend keeping Preview.app in the dock. Then you can just drag your images to its icon, and the files are opened. Just letting Finder open them doesn’t always work as desired; for example, if the files are created using Photoshop, they will be opened in it.

By: David Cintron

David Cintron — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:59:17 +0000

Or in Leopard just higlight the photo and tap your spacebar to invoke Quick Look and use the arrow keys to move through the multiple files.

By: Blaze

Blaze — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:26:01 +0000

Yep. I concur.

By: michael

michael — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:02:04 +0000

Nah. It’s easier than that.

1. Highlight all of them
2. Double click on them

Done. Works only if Preview is your default. But since it actually is in this case there is no need for a right click.