Oct 31
Here’s a cool trick. When in Finder, you can “quick view” a file without opening it’s associated application. Great for text files, pdf, html, php, doc, xls, and so on.
Did you know you can “quick view” the file in full screen (presentation mode) by holding down the “option” key before clicking the “quick view eye” button?
October 31st, 2007 at 10:52 pm
this works even with items on the desktop.
type command-Y to open a file in quick view.
type command-alt-Y to open a file in quick view’s presentation mode.
type command-Y to quit quick view.
using the arrow keys you can look at different files or folders. you can even open folders via keyword and quick view will show you it’s content.
try it on a system with 2 screens. it’s really a great feature.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:06 am
Rudi, excellent tricks there! Welcome to the site!
November 17th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
For some reason, I don’t have the “quick view eye” button. I am running the updated version of Leopard. How do I go about making it appear? Thanks!
November 18th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
right-click in the finder window’s menu bar, and customize. You’ll need to add the quicklook button/icon to the window by dragging it there!
January 5th, 2008 at 6:35 am
i think “spacebar” is quicker than Command-Y..
January 8th, 2008 at 4:05 am
@panaak spacebar works great!!
January 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am
If you select a group of pictures and then option-click the eyeball you’ll get a slideshow…