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\"Mac<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

macOS Quick Look is a wonderful feature. Introduced on June 11, 2007, along with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, it\u2019s a quick preview feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mac’s Finder has always had icon previews, but Quick Look lets you look at the contents of a file in the Finder at full or near-full size. But first a quick reminder: the Finder is the first thing that you see when your Mac finishes starting up. It opens automatically and stays open as you use other apps. It includes the Finder menu bar at the top of the screen and the Desktop below that. The Desktop is the space where you see file, folder, and application windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, back to Quick Look; it can preview files such as Pages, Keynote, Numbers, Microsoft Office, PDFs, HTML, QuickTime readable media, plain text, and RTF text documents, and RAW camera images. To use it, select one or more items, then press the Space bar. Or force click an item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 A Quick Look window opens. If you selected multiple items, the first item is shown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graphic below shows what happens when I \u201cQuick Look” a PDF file of my basketball league’s schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Quick<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the Quick Look window, you can do any of the following :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Manually enlarge the window:<\/strong> Drag its corners.<\/li>
  • See the item in full screen:<\/strong> Click the Full-Screen button on the left. To return to the previous size, click the Exit Full-Screen button.<\/li>
  • See the next or previous item:<\/strong> Click the arrows on the left, or press the Left and Right arrow keys. In full screen, you can click Play to view the items as a slideshow.<\/li>
  • See the items in an index sheet view:<\/strong> Click the Sheet View button on the left, or press Command-Return.<\/li>
  • Play the video portion of a Live Photo:<\/strong> When you open a Live Photo in the Quick Look window, the video portion of the photo plays automatically. To view it again, click Live Photo in the bottom-left corner of the photo.<\/li>
  • Open the item:<\/strong> Click Open with [App].<\/li>
  • Share the item:<\/strong> Click the Share button on the right (see below).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \"Quick<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    When you\u2019re done, close the Quick Look window: Press the Space bar, force click again, or click the Close button.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    macOS Quick Look is a wonderful feature. Introduced on June 11, 2007, along with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.<\/p>\n

    Quick Look can preview files such as Pages, Keynote, Numbers, Microsoft Office, PDFs, HTML, QuickTime readable media, plain text, and RTF text documents, and RAW camera images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":58698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"class_list":["post-58689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Use Quick Look in macOS (Leopard and Later)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"macOS Quick Look is a wonderful feature. Introduced on June 11, 2007, along with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, it\u2019s a quick preview feature. 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