Phoenix Slides
Phoenix Slides is a macOS image browser and full-screen slideshow app for viewing, organizing, and quickly stepping through folders of photos.
What is Phoenix Slides?
Phoenix Slides is a native macOS photo-viewing utility that helps users browse folders of images and run full-screen or windowed slideshows without importing pictures into a separate photo library. It is designed for people who want a fast way to flip through local image collections, preview large sets of files, or present photos directly from Finder-accessible folders and disks. The app includes thumbnail browsing, recursive folder search, lossless JPEG rotation, and viewing for EXIF metadata and JPEG comments. It also supports drag and drop, Finder aliases, and simple file-handling actions such as moving images to the Trash or setting an image as the desktop picture. Phoenix Slides is published by Dominic Yu and is focused on straightforward image browsing and slideshow workflows on macOS.
Key features
- Browse folders and disks full of images without importing them into a library
- Run full-screen or windowed slideshows for local photo collections
- Preview images with fast thumbnail loading for large folders
- Rotate JPEG images losslessly
- View EXIF metadata and JPEG comments
- Search subfolders recursively for images
- Drag and drop files or folders into the app
- Move images to the Trash or set an image as the desktop picture
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Phoenix Slides is a legitimate macOS image viewer and slideshow app. It may need access to folders you choose so it can display images stored there, which is normal for its purpose. If you use its file-management actions, be mindful before moving photos to the Trash or changing desktop images, especially when browsing large folders. Keep it if you use it for local photo viewing or slideshows.
Recommendation: Keep Phoenix Slides if you use it to browse image folders or present slideshows on your Mac. If you no longer use it, removing the app is generally reasonable and would mainly affect your ability to open the program and any app-specific settings you rely on.
Common paths
/Applications/Phoenix Slides.app
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/net.blyt.phoenixslides.plist
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