Quick Look
Preview files instantly without opening full apps.
Quick Look
Quick Look is the fastest way to inspect a file without opening it in a full app.
Open Quick Look
- Space opens Quick Look for the selected item(s).
- Multi-select works: you can preview a batch and flip through it.
Quick Look is powered by macOS, so it supports a lot of file types out of the box:
- images
- PDFs
- audio/video
- text/code files
- many common document formats
Quick Look vs preview pane
- Quick Look is a full overlay viewer.
- Preview pane is a “browse + details” workflow (right-side pane).
If you’re triaging a folder quickly, the preview pane is usually faster. Use Quick Look when you need a bigger view or richer playback controls.
Good patterns
- Column view + Space: drill down with context, verify files instantly.
- Search + Space: find → preview → act (rename/move/delete).