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Viewing File Contents With Quick Look
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I have always wished I could have the option to display file information along side the image using quick look. In other words, instead of clicking Command I, that I could simply space-bar the file and then optionally display the file info. Do you know of any utilities that would do that?
Lance: If you use the Preview pane (View, Show Preview) in the Finder, you get that. You don't even need to hit the spacebar. You could also use the Info panel (Comand+Option+i) and the Info "window" will stick around and display information for any file you like.
gary, i've been having an intermittent problem with quick view which i do use frequently. sometimes when i press the space bar the item i am trying to view will open but then will quickly close on its own. other times it will open as it should and stay viewable. any ideas why this happens? thanks so much for all your great tutorials!
Lauren: My guess is that you are holding the spacebar too long, as I show in the video. If you hold for too long, it opens and then closes when you release. You have to tap quickly to have it open and stay opened until you tap again.
In earlier os there was a hack (?) titled zip.qlgenerator or something like that that allowed one to view contents of zip files using QL. Now that doesn't work on the latest OS and would sorely like to have that method available via QL.
Thank you! I never knew this, and it will be so convenient. Really appreciate your tips.