Tutorial

Installing PicLens

Click Download on the main page and follow the instructions to complete the installation process. Once the file has downloaded, double-click the Install the PicLens application onto your desktop if the installer does not launch automatically. Follow the instructions to complete the installation process. PicLens will be ready for use the next time your browser is launched.

Supported Sites

PicLens provides an immersive full-screen experience for viewing photos on the Web. PicLens can be used on the following websites:

• Google Images
• Yahoo Images
• Facebook
• Friendster
• Flickr
• Picasa Web Albums
• Photo sites enabled with Media RSS feed
• And a growing list of other sites...

Using PicLens

Step 1. To use PicLens on supported sites, simply mouse over an image and click the PicLens button that fades in.

Step 2. Once in full-screen mode, you can sit back to watch a slideshow or skip to any photo by clicking it.

You can jump between photos or start an automatic slideshow by using the buttons at the lower-left. You can also press the space bar to play and pause the slideshow, and the arrow keys to move between photos. Pressing any other key will take you back to your browser.

Click on any thumbnail to jump directly to that image. If there are more images than fit on the thumbnail strip, you can use the arrows to the left and right of the strip to scroll.

If you wish to go to the corresponding webpage of the image in view, click the small arrow icon in the top left of the PicLens console.

Frequently Asked Questions

See our FAQ page for answers to questions about features, compatibility, and more.

Uninstalling PicLens

To remove PicLens from your computer, select the Remove PicLens option from the View > PicLens menu in Safari, or delete the PicLens folder from the /Library/InputManagers folder of your hard disk.