In the past this only worked in the Finder but with Lion Apple extended Quick Look to work with basically any file reference, from transmitted files in ichat to file open dialogs, Quick Look works (nearly) everywhere.
They also changed the style of the preview window a little bit and added a option to open the file in a matching application.
Its also very useful to get fast information about folders and harddisks.
You can also extend the abilities of Quick Look with plugins, like showing the contents of compressed files or adding support for OpenOffice documents.
Another new Quick Look feature brings us directly to Spotlight.
Already a great feature in Snowleopard, in Lion they extended Spotlight with Quick Look features so you can check the content of files while you search. Just move you'r mouse-pointer over the results and you see a preview immediately.
When you search with Spotlight, you’re actually accessing a comprehensive, constantly updated index that sees all the metadata inside supported files — the “what, when, and who” of every piece of information saved on your Mac — including the kind of content, the author, edit history, format, size, and many more details. Most document types, including Microsoft Word documents, Adobe Photoshop images, and email, already contain rich metadata. And because Spotlight indexes content as well, your search results include what appears inside a file or document, not just its title.
Conclusion
Quick Look and Spotlight are awesome time savers, instead of opening Photoshop or Office to quick check contents of a file you can get a "quick look" with just pressing the space bar.
Combined with Spotlight you have all the information on your mac available in milliseconds.
61 comments:
This looks really useful, great review!
i think im going to buy mac
as always, very helpful
Looks like it's coming along well :D
I could use something like that now.
Quicklook is nifty.
Photoshop can take quite a while to open, so good on apple for this one.
Thanks for the tip!
poor computer has to index and open all the files just in case.
Can't wait for that quick-look function, I barely use my trackpad as it is and more useful shortcuts are always welcome!
That's really neat. I didn't know anything like this existed.
Seems to be quite handy software.
cool post very helpful.
Oh cool, sounds useful :)
Looks like some worthwhile upgrades, digging that quick look
-.- why does Windows not have this feature?
That sounds like it would take up a lot of memory.
Pretty good info but I can see it being a resource whore
With every post of yours, I have to admit that I like Macs a little bit more. I had no idea the Mac OS could support features like this!
@Sean Mokier
actually its not Lions runs smoother then Snowleopard or Windows7 on my Macbook and iMac.
@Robert Fünf
same, its part of the operating system and has a very small memory footprint
on my macbook after 5 days uptime it takes around 50mb ram
@elexerdelex
Windows Vista and 7 has something similar but not so advanced and pretty
last timed i worked with linux gnome started something similar called bagle or something back in the days
@Aaron M. Gipson
few years ago i hated os x out of ignorance, then i gave it a try and 2 years ago i switched completely to Macs (work,desktop,laptop) i come from windows and unix (linux and bsd) world and imho os x represents the best of both worlds
in my next posts i show more features of the user interface i think you will like it :)
That sounds like a very useful tool.
I like your blog format...im following closely!
cool feature. want to have it now
looks great! please keep it up.
That really makes me want a mac...
hey i need something like this. Thx for the info
I don't really see the appeal of Quick Look, Spotlight makes sense tho.
@Motivationalized
For example you search a specific word document revision to send to a customer, you are not sure which is the correct one.
so instead of opening word (30secs) you can just check your files with the press off one button (1s)
tl;dr
Quick Look is instant
thanks a lot!
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looks interesting
ill stick with my windows :3
Quick Look will make life easier :D
Great for someone who has trouble organizing things. Not like that's me, or anything.
thanks for the info!
This looks pretty cool. Now if only I could find a PC version of this.
looks like a great timesaver
That is a pretty neat idea. Not neat enough to get a mac though
Oh that's cool, it's like google's site preview, when you hover over a site and it shows you the website.
I don't know if I'd ever use it, but it's neat nonetheless.
interesting, sounds very useful.
That sounds pretty handy, i wish I had a mac!
My computer is an HP that rips off of a mac, though. haha. Silver-looking body, black around the screen, black keyboard, and multi-touch keypad. It's pretty funny. but it was a good deal. haha
Looks neat and sounds very useful. I'm stuck with PC's for now tho :P
Hmm sounds pretty useful, I'll check it out.
That would be useful!
I had a quick look at this.
if only they had two button mice...lol
Just kidding I do love Mac OS' always have
That's quite neat, good post.
Viewing without crashing my computer is always a plus!
I was a big fan of Linux and Mac OS X is based on Unix so it should be pretty solid.
I was always amazed how smooth Linux was compared to Windows but I love my games.
As long as it doesn't hog a lot of memory, I'd be on board.
Yep that's a useful feature
this will be super valuable for sorting through professors' powerpoint slides
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Great review :D gonna be very useful .
Thanks
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sounds pretty neat thanks.
Great ! Thanks for the awesome share!
Is this Mac only software?
I'm following so I can get future updates
looks cool. my friend will enjoy this
This looks quite useful for many people! Thank you for sharing!
Wow this looks really impressive...
not a huge fan of mac
Think if I ran a business I'd have Macs in the office. Seem to user friendly.
Big time saver :)
great tip $upported
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