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    Quicklook (spacebar) viewer plugins

    Hello, I started recently developing apps specific for macs, and safari. Wanted to share here a few file viewers I created for finder, in total they handle over 40 file types, ranging from specialized gis files, to code file syntax highlighting and markdown. All of these work natively in...
    • a2ra-ms
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    • code finder gpx quicklook viewer
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  2. haralds

    Resolved Markdown (.md) Quicklook not legible in Dark Mode

    I am stumped. On one of my systems, Markdown (.md) files are not legible in QuickLook in Dark Mode. 'qlmanage' does not show you what generator it is using. When I compare the output of 'qlmanage -m" to a system that works, they are identical! I have removed all markdown editors and installed...
  3. viral_mutant

    Custom QuickLook plugin for SMB mount point

    I am new to Mac OS world, so please ignore my naivety. I am having trouble trying to understand QuickLook thumbnail/preview behavior on SMB mounted paths. From the network trace, it seems to generate the thumbnails, the entire image/pdf file is being read(I checked Wireshark). For MP4 files, a...
  4. Poncho

    Quicklook and movies

    I've just upgraded my iMac from running Sierra to Mojave 10.14.6. All fine except for one annoying issue. When I use Quicklook to view an mp4 or .mov file on my external hard drive it won't load, or takes an age to load. Eventually a thumbnail will be generated and you can view the file as usual...
  5. sem1h

    Quick Look Fix - A menu bar app to fix quicklook spacebar preview

    Hi. I made an app to fix the quicklook issue, that it shows the image/video as thumbnail when you preview with the spacebar. https://quicklookfix.com Curious about your thoughts.
    • sem1h
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    • bug fix image menu bar app preview quick look quicklook spacebar
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  6. nsklaus

    previewing epubs without dog ears

    hello, is there a way to display epub previews without the dog ears on macos monterey (mac m1) ? i have a lot of ebooks locally, and when i'm searching for a new book to read, i browse my epub files in the finder (column view mode). but all my epub files previews do display a white corner...
  7. flottenheimer

    Quick Look plugin for .eps files?

    Does anyone know of a plugin that enables Quick Look to preview/support .eps (and possibly .ai) files? Free or cheap would be extrasuperawesome : ) Any help would be much appreciated. (Must work on Apple Silicon + Monterey)
  8. A

    Finder, file quicklook just to current space

    User defined up to 7 desktop spaces (virtual desktops) and uses those. How to force Finder's file quicklook (select a file in Finder then hit keyboard space bar) to open just on current space? Currently quicklook for any supported type of files opens on all spaces which is highly annoying. Did...
    • Arak
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    • desktop finder app quicklook space
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
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    Quick Look visual glitch (when "reduce transparency" is enabled) on M1

    For the past two years I used hackintosh with Mojave but since Apple decided to go in the direction of Apple Silicon/ARM it was time to move on, too. So, now I'm fully migrated to a brand new Mac Mini M1 (512/16) and I'm really happy with the overall performance (even surprised!) but I noticed...
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    MacOS Catalina: Quicklook/Spotlight add-ins not working

    Quicklook and Spotlight plug-ins for metadata viewing worked prior to 10.15. These were very useful for showing publication information details (year, description, etc.). For some reason they no longer work. Maybe all third-party plug-ins for Quicklook and Spotlight are disabled now by the OS...
  11. N

    QuickLook not showing text-like files

    Hi! Really annoying problem. I don't know when or why this started. But a few months ago I noticed the QL would take a lot of time loading to show me a preview something like a 2KB *.txt file. But now, it loads indefinitely. I said "text-like" files because everything else seems to work fine...
    • nmaxcom
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    • finder preview quicklook
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  12. ASentientBot

    QuickLookUIService (Finder) stopping disk ejection

    If disks keep refusing to eject, I've found that killing this process in Activity Monitor allows them to be ejected 99% of the time. Wasn't really sure where to post this, but I hope that helps somebody.
    • ASentientBot
    • Thread
    • disk eject finder quicklook
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  13. kriebe

    Quick Look lost image maximize ability?

    Before Mojave, if you pressed spacebar on a single image in a list of images and then adjusted the window to be larger on your screen, maybe to even fill up the window, the image within the window expands with it. This still does the same, however, when you arrow up or down to the next image in...
  14. A

    Has Finder QuickLook for JPGs improved in Mojave?

    Have been having issues with JPG QuickLook Finder previews since I got this laptop early this year (Macbook Pro 2017 15" 2.9 GHz currently on 10.13.4). Updated the OS several times from the version that came stock without any results. Was able to drastically reduce .CR2 preview load times with...
    • aeterno
    • Thread
    • 10.13.4 cr2 finder jpeg macos mojave photo photography preview quicklook
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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