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Originally Posted by Normy
........NOW: As to OS vs Windows XP- I personally prefer the way that XP handles my files. I had arranged my files from general to specific, and knew exactly where they were. The new Mac wants me to put my photo files into some sort of grandiose "photo album", which is a PAIN IN THE ASS to use! My Windows, I had pictures by year and then subject. I could click on the subject folder and bring up decent-sized thumbnails of each picture. Then I could open one, and then close it and I would be back at the same thumbnail page. With the Mac, if I don't want to navigate a maze of folders, then I have to open my pictures in "Finder" and then I get barely-visible thumbnails......
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Every application on every operating system will have a default for storing files. It has to. But that does not mean you can't change it.
So I assume it's iPhoto you don't like?
Launch it and go to Preferences. In the Advanced Tab deselect Copy Items to the iPhoto Library. Most cameras will show up as a Hard Drive in the Finder. Just copy the files to whatever location you desire and structure the folders in a manner that makes sense to you.
As far as the preview, I assume you are browsing the Finder in Column view so when you click on an item it gives you a small preview window in the column to the right.
Try this, navigate a an item, photo, pdf, word doc.... pretty much anything. Click it once, hit the spacebar. You can navigate up and down in the folder structure using the u/d arrow keys as well as navigate further into or out of the directory structure using l/r arrow keys.
Just need to take some time to set it up the way you want it. Put another way the OS is operating in its default state which may not work for everyone but it won't prevent you from adjusting it to suit your needs/preferences.