Phoenix Slides is a fast full-screen slideshow program/image browser, for flipping through folders or disks full of images. Phoenix Slides also does lossless JPEG transformations and can display EXIF data. It runs on macOS 11.5 or later.

Version 1.6 released 2026 May 23
Download Phoenix Slides 1.6.1 (889 KB) - or download on github

For macOS 10.13-11.4, download version 1.5.9 (885 KB)
For OS X 10.9-10.12, download version 1.4.7 (659 KB)
For OS X 10.3-10.8, download version 1.3.1 (870 KB)

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Source code - now available on github!

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What's New

• fix "new browser window" preference being ignored on startup
• fix slideshow window not draggable to second screen under some circumstances
• add sort by date added, file type, and size
• sort by name now sorts by name, not file path (hold down option to get previous sorting behavior)
• offer to delete files immediately when move to trash fails
• add "Open in Finder" contextual menu to any directory in the directory browser
• hit 'p' in slideshow to see full file path
• support aliases and symbolic links to files and folders (this should be considered experimental)

• pinch-to-zoom now zooms around the cursor and is smoother
• add preference for transparent image background color
• add preference to (not) open a browser window when opening images from the Finder
• add preference for slideshow window to resize to fit image
• add "Copy To..." in the File menu
• faster initial loading of large images
• avoid "liquid glass" window edge in full screen slideshow on macOS 26
• fix orientation and other issues with cr3, nef, hif, arw, and jxl files
• add visual indication of unreadable folders (you may need to grant access to these folders in your System Preferences)
• fix blank window at startup for some users
• Phoenix Slides now requires macOS 11.5 (Big Sur) or later

More version history.

And/or a recent-ish blog post here: Phoenix Slides Lives!

Donations

Phoenix Slides is free! If you feel you have benefited from this software and feel inclined to make a donation, here are some buttons:

You are also welcome to contact me for whatever reason, of course.

Comments

"Phoenix Slides is blazingly fast. With my 1000+ photos, iPhoto smoulders along, but the phoenix burns right though them." --Eugene Liu

Phoenix shows the directory structure perfectly, and having them display full screen one by one or as manual or timed slide shows is just perfect. The ability to play a slide show including subdirectories is just brilliant. Well done, and thank you for a very professional piece of software. --ChrisG_UK, versiontracker

Exactly what I was looking for! A way to browse my photos without importing to iPhoto. I can also scroll through folders in full screen using the mouse buttons. Well done! --steve, versiontracker

License

Copyright 2005-2026 by Dominic Yu. This software is free and open source. You are free to use it for non-commercial purposes. Derivative works must give proper credit to me and be shared under the same license, unless I give written permission stating otherwise.