# Slide show program for my iMac? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 18, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305 "2002-11-18T14:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KXL)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305/1 "2002-11-18T14:08:59Z")
OK, so I have a 150 digital pictures on my iMac from my trip to Europe. Rather than clicking each picture individually to show them, is there some sort of slide show program I can use to show them? Many years ago, some jpeg viewer I used on an early Mac had setting like “show each picture in a this folder for 10 seconds.” That was great. Is there (free?) software that can do that on an iMac? ---
**Author:** ![A2Steve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@A2Steve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A2Steve)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305/2 "2002-11-18T16:56:05Z")
I still use JPEGView, even though it’s old old old - haven’t found anything better. It’s not on [download.com](http://download.com) anymore, but you can find it easily enough Googling. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305/3 "2002-11-18T17:02:15Z")
You can download JPEGview [here](http://allmacintosh.xs4all.nl/preview/206518.html). It displays lots of formats besides JPEGs, and has a nifty highly configurable slideshow feature. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305/4 "2002-11-18T17:14:41Z")
PowerPoint will also work well. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305/5 "2002-11-18T17:32:58Z")
[GraphicConverter](http://www.lemkesoft.de/us_gcdownload.html) can do a slide show, and it’s a more modern program than JPEGview. It’s shareware, so you can download it and find out if you like it. GC has tons of features; it’s probably second only to Photoshop in terms of its usefulness. Give it a whirl. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305/6 "2002-11-18T18:20:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rogzilla \* > \*\*PowerPoint will also work well. \*\* Are you suggesting he/she spends $400 on MS Office to do a slide show? Mr. Gates, is that you? 😉 KXL, are you on OS9 or OSX? There are many programs that do slideshows for both, many of them freeware. If you’re on OSX, Apple’s free iPhoto will do the job very nicely. [Here](http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/new_search.m?productDB=mac&mode=Quick&OS_Filter=MacOSX&search=slideshow) are some for OSX, and [here](http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/new_search.m?productDB=mac&mode=Quick&OS_Filter=MacOS&search=slideshow) are some for OS9. And that’s just entering ‘slideshow’ into the search; many other graphic viewing programs will also do slideshows as auxillary functions. Browse around VersionTracker, the site I linked to. You’ll find plenty of programs that do what you want. As has been mentioned, GraphicConverter is great, but it’s around $30, I think, and while well worth the money, it’s out of your ‘free’ category. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305/7 "2002-11-18T18:27:05Z")
Another vote for GraphicConverter. I regard a Mac without GraphicConverter to be fundamentally incomplete, kind of like a Mac without BBEdit or lace-up shoes without shoelaces. ---
**Author:** ![parkov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@parkov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parkov)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305/8 "2002-11-18T18:36:00Z")
Apple’s own iPhoto > **[macOS - Photos](https://www.apple.com/macos/photos/)** > > Photos keeps your images organized and accessible. Rediscover favorite shots with Memories. Access them on your devices with iCloud Photos. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-show-program-for-my-imac/137305/9 "2002-11-18T21:35:04Z")
Also, in OSX, the OS itself will do this. You can build a screensaver to display the images in a Folder, or you can use the Desktop itself to display a rotating set of images.