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Preview (Apple)

Preview is the built-in image and PDF viewer of the iOS, iPadOS & macOS operating system. In addition to viewing, and printing digital images and Portable Document Format (PDF) files, it can also edit and annotate these media types. It employs the Quartz graphics layer, and the ImageIO and Core Image frameworks.

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Supported file types

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Overview

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Key facts & relationships

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Developer
Apple
License
Proprietary
Operating system
macOS iOS 26 iPadOS 26
Stable release
11.0
Type
Image and PDF viewer

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Supported file types

  • AI Adobe Illustrator Artwork
  • BMP BMP file format
  • RAW Raw image format
  • DAE COLLADA
  • DNG Digital Negative (file format)
  • FAX
  • FPX FlashPix
  • GIF Graphics Interchange Format
  • HDR High-dynamic-range imaging
  • ICNS Apple Icon Image
  • ICO ICO (icon image file format)
  • JPEG
  • JPEG 2000
  • OBJ Wavefront .obj file
  • OpenEXR
  • PICT
  • QuickDraw
  • PNG Portable Network Graphics
  • PPM Netpbm format
  • PNTG MacPaint
  • PPT Microsoft PowerPoint
  • PSD Adobe Photoshop
  • QTIF QuickTime
  • RAD Radiance (software)
  • SGI Silicon Graphics Image
  • STL STL (file format)
  • TGA Truevision TGA
  • TIF Tagged Image File Format
  • XBM X BitMap
  • EPS Encapsulated PostScript

Advanced semantic analysis

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Preview (Apple)

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples6
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
Components1

How this topic connects Entity context

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Preview (Apple)

Top relations

Developer · 1
Preview (Apple) → Apple
License · 1
Preview (Apple) → Proprietary
Operating system · 1
Preview (Apple) → macOS iOS 26 iPadOS 26
Stable release · 1
Preview (Apple) → 11.0
Type · 1
Preview (Apple) → Image and PDF viewer
Website · 1
Preview (Apple) → support.apple.com/guide/preview

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

preview pdf image macos files images documents also document apple ios ipados text jpeg png using format file types operating

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Preview (Apple)DeveloperApple1.00infobox
Preview (Apple)LicenseProprietary1.00infobox
Preview (Apple)Operating systemmacOS iOS 26 iPadOS 261.00infobox
Preview (Apple)Stable release11.01.00infobox
Preview (Apple)TypeImage and PDF viewer1.00infobox
Preview (Apple)Websitesupport.apple.com/guide/preview1.00infobox

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