Classic Picture Viewer

My camera creates image files that are, by default,
PictureViewer files (i.e. ogle; jpgs and tifs)
For convenience, before editing photos, I use Classic PictureViewer
to view them to weed photos out.
I just recently noticed that the OS X 10.3.9 combo update(from 10.3.2)
seems to have broken PictureViewer a bit. It now is very sluggish in Classic mode.
I have tried rebuilding Classic desktop, adding memory to the application...
might there be a fix for PictureViewer functionality...
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
This may be an old issue but I have not been successful in my keyword searches
J

Hi John!
Have you tried to open the pictures in OS X's Preview app, rather than in Classic?
Click on one of the photo files to highlight it
Select Get Info from the Finder's File menu, or use Command + I keys
Click the disclosure triangle, to the left of Open with:
Navigate to Preview, if it is not displayed
Click Add
Close the Get Info Window
Double click the photo's icon to open it
Does it open in Preview?
ali b

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