Since I´m still relatively new in the use of Mac OS I sometimes miss some Windows apps. One of these is Irfanview which is not natively available for Mac OS. But there´s a simple solution for that:
IrfanView graphic viewer. Fast and compact ( just 5 MB ) Freeware for non-commercial use; Supports Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10; 32 and 64 bit version.
Mac Os X Versions
- Many applications on Mac OS X use either the Core Image or QuickTime APIs for image support. This enables reading and writing to a variety of formats, including JPEG, JPEG2000, Apple Icon Image format, TIFF, PNG, PDF, BMP and more. SView5 may also run on Linux/x86 and MacOS/x86 using Mono.
- Irfanview on Mac OS X Since I´m still relatively new in the use of Mac OS I sometimes miss some Windows apps. One of these is Irfanview which is not natively available for Mac OS.
- Runs on: Mac OS X, Mac OS X 10.1, Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5 Video Snapshot for Mac v.1.0.19.0229 Xilisoft Video Snapshot for Mac is excellent video to picture software to batch extract pictures from various videos, and save them as static pictures, GIF animation, Flash, and even HTML.
- No, Irfanview is only for Windows. However, there are many great programs that you can use instead. Check the Mac App Store. Two that I recommend are: Pixelmator and Affinity Photo. You can find both of those programs in the Mac App Store. Also, your MacBook Pro has a built in program called 'Photos'. Very handy, and easy to learn.
Mac Os X El Capitan
- Download and install Quarz – https://www.xquartz.org
- Download and install Wine – https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/macosx/download.html – I recommend using the Wine Stable installer. When installing be sure to activate the checkbox with the 64-bit support.
- Download Irfanview and extract it to a folder of your choice (e.g. Desktop/Downloads/Irfanview) – https://www.irfanview.com/64bit.htm – Be sure to download the ZIP version and NOT the installer.
- Optional – download Irfanview plugins and extract it into the plugins subfolder of the folder where you’ve extracted Irfanview (e.g. Desktop/Downloads/Irfanview/plugins) – https://www.irfanview.com/64bit.htm – Again be sure to download the ZIP version.
- Start Irfanview by double-clicking the irfanview.exe file in the Irfanview folder. Wine will then do its initial setup and needs to download Mono add-ons (required for .NET applications like Irfanview).
- After that Irfanview launches and you’re good to go.