Browse images in alphabetic order in Preview

Sep 24, '03 10:16:00AM

Contributed by: gnondpom

A small hint, but one which helped me save a lot of time. When you open a batch of images with Preview after selecting them in the Finder, you get them in a random order, which is pretty annoying.

But if you just change the presentation of the window in the Finder to column view, select the images and open them, they will appear in alphabetical order in Preview. Alternatively, you can open them from the open menu in Preview, but I usually found that takes longer.

[robg adds: Amazing. The random order thing has bugged me for a long time, and I never thought to try switching to column view. Ironically, I use column view all the time for my normal Finder windows, but tend to open digital camera image folders in either icon or list view mode ... this hint marks the end of that practice!]

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