| Developer(s) | Originally Jonathan del Strother, Subsequently developed by Apple Inc. |
|---|---|
| Operating system | macOS (Mac OS X Leopard up to macOS High Sierra) (only supported in iTunes 7 onwards on Mac OS X Tiger)
iPod Nano 3rd Generation iPod Nano 4th Generation iPod Nano 5th Generation iPod Classic 6th Generation |
| Successor | Gallery View (macOS Mojave and above) |
| Type | User interface |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
Cover Flow is an animated, three-dimensional graphical user interface element that was integrated within the Macintosh Finder and other Apple Inc. products for visually flipping through snapshots of documents, website bookmarks, album artwork, or photographs.
Cover Flow is browsed using the on-screen scrollbar, mouse wheel, gestures, or by selecting a file from a list, which flips through the pages to bring the associated image into view. On iPod and iPhone devices, the user slides their finger across the touch screen or uses the click wheel.
Apple discontinued the use of Cover Flow after settling a patent suit against Mirror Worlds. It is now absent on the Mac in everything other than "Finder" with OS X El Capitan.[1] macOS Mojave, a completely different Gallery view feature "replaces" Cover Flow in "Finder".[2] It was removed from iOS in 2015 with the release of iOS 8.4, which replaced the Music app with Apple Music.
- ^ https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7284898 [bare URL]
- ^ "The next version of macOS is macOS Mojave – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. June 4, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.