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Xee vs Image Viewer Ultimate

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When comparing Xee vs Image Viewer Ultimate, the Slant community recommends Xee for most people. In the question“What are the best image viewers for OS X?” Xee is ranked 1st while Image Viewer Ultimate is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Xee is:

It's good for browsing through folders with pictures. Double click one picture, then use left/right to go to next previous (Modeled after Windows XP image viewer).

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What are the best image viewers for OS X?

Xee

Image Viewer Ultimate

Pros

Pro
Easy to browse through picture folders quickly

It's good for browsing through folders with pictures. Double click one picture, then use left/right to go to next previous (Modeled after Windows XP image viewer).

Pro
Very good quality pics

Pro
Recompiled open source version 2 can run on Mojave in 64-bit

Version 2.x was open source and so can be recompiled to run on Mojave 64-bit with some source code modification. Thanks to the author who left some old code that works well in 64-bit. But 64-bit has some restrictions. QuickTime.framework is not available so Xee will not open QuickTime files.

You can download and try 64-bit Xee build here.

Pro
Watermark support

You can add watermark to bulk images.

Pro
Slideshow and full screen

You view as slideshow or full screen mode

Pro
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A pro digital compay recomendation on ease of use.

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Cons

Con
Abandoned by developer

The developer no longer responds to support or giving info about the app development roadmap.

Con
Lacks next gen image format support

Newer generation of images like HEIC and AVIF are not supported. Developers no longer maintain the app.

Con
M1/2: Fails randomly to load images

Con
Cropping doesn't work

On the latest MacOS (Monterey), cropping no longer works.

Con
Not for new M1 chip Mac's

Cannot handle with new chips M1 of Apple.

Con
Basic features missing

Con
It's free only for 1 month

Con
Not for new systems

Cannot handle Mojave.

Con
Display bugs in copy/move panel and random restarts

Move/Copy panel items randomly disappear. Viewer also randomly restarts a the beginning of a folder if you delete or move files too quickly. Can't assign shortcuts to more than 10 move/copy destinations.