Fast Raw Viewer vs Photomechanic

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p.1 #1 · Fast Raw Viewer vs Photomechanic

I think I'm going to switch to FRV as Photomechanic is going to require an upgrade with Mac OS 28.

I just upgraded to OS 27 and some of my programs, including PM, didn't work without installing Rosetta... so I did.. and everlasting works fine now.

Thoughts on FRV?

Oct 26, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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p.1 #2 · Fast Raw Viewer vs Photomechanic

I have both Fast Raw Viewer and ApolloOne Photo Video Viewer on a Mac.
It is the latter that I normally use for viewing images, raw, jpegs, etc. - give it a try.
I used Photomechanic in the past, when it didn't require subscription.

Oct 26, 2026 at 11:58 AM

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p.1 #3 · Fast Raw Viewer vs Photomechanic

There’s also Fred’s new app.

Oct 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM

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p.1 #4 · Fast Raw Viewer vs Photomechanic

ruthenium wrote:
I have both Fast Raw Viewer and ApolloOne Photo Video Viewer on a Mac.
It is the latter that I normally use for viewing images, raw, jpegs, etc. - give it a try.
I used Photomechanic in the past, when it didn't require subscription.

Just downloaded FRV... perfect for what I want to use it for

Not paying for PM... after OS 27

Too expensive.

Oct 26, 2026 at 01:26 PM

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p.1 #5 · Fast Raw Viewer vs Photomechanic

FYI, Photo Mechanic ver 2026.2 is universal binary and does not require Rosetta therefore should continue to work in macOS 28.

Oct 26, 2026 at 04:36 PM

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p.1 #6 · Fast Raw Viewer vs Photomechanic

schlotz wrote:
FYI, Photo Mechanic ver 2026.2 is universal binary and does not require Rosetta therefore should continue to work in macOS 28.

I was using the version before that on 26.5… once I updated to OS 27, it required Rosetta install.

Oct 26, 2026 at 06:44 PM


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