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 Quick Look screenshot |
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| Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
| Initial release | October 26, 2007 (Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard") |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Quick Look |
Quick Look is a quick preview feature developed by Apple which was introduced in their operating system, Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard". It was announced and demonstrated at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2007.
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Overview
While OS X's Finder has always had icon previews, Quick Look allows users to look at the contents of a file in the Finder at full or near-full size, depending on the size of the document relative to the desktop. It can view files including, but not limited to: PDFs, HTML, QuickTime readable media, ASCII and RTF text documents, Apple Keynote, Pages and Numbers, ODF documents, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files (including OOXML), RAW camera images.
Activation
To activate Quick Look, select the document and press the space bar (or choose File > Quick Look, Cmd-Y) and the file will be viewable in a separate window. Press space bar again to close, or double-click the window to open the file with its default application.
Quick Look can also be opened in full screen by pressing Opt-Spacebar or Cmd-Opt-Y in the Finder. Press the Escape key (esc) to exit full screen.
Implementation
Quick Look technology is implemented throughout Mac OS X v10.5+. Some examples are iChat Theater, Time Machine and the Cover Flow view on the Finder.
Formats not supported by default
There are various file formats not supported by default Quick Look or Cover Flow:
- AI (Adobe Illustrator vector file)
- Animated GIF (multiple frames stored in Graphics Interchange Format) - Only first frame preview displayed
- APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphic) - Only first frame preview displayed
- FLV (Flash Video File)
- JNG (JPEG Network Graphic)
- MKV (Matroska video)
- MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphic)
- OGM (Ogg Media video)
- RM, RMVB (Real Media video files)
- SWF (Shockwave Flash video)
- textClipping (Apple's own unformatted text file) - Support added in 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
- VOB (Video Object, DVD format)
- XML (Extensible Markup Language text file)
Support for additional formats can be achieved via use of 3rd party plug-ins.
See also
References
External links
- Apple - Mac OS X Leopard - Features - Quick Look
- A directory of Quick Look Plugins for Apple’s OS X 10.5 Leopard
- Gloobus, an application based on Quick Look for Linux
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