Quick Look
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| Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
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| Initial release | October 26, 2007 (Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard") |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Quick Look |
Quick Look is a quick preview feature developed by Apple which was introduced in their operating system, Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard". It was announced and demonstrated at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2007.
While OS X's Finder has always had icon previews, Quick Look allows users to look at the contents of a file in the Finder at full or near-full size, depending on the size of the document relative to the desktop. It can view files including, but not limited to: PDFs, HTML, QuickTime readable media, plain text and RTF text documents, Apple Keynote, Pages and Numbers, ODF documents, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files (including OOXML), RAW camera images.
Quick Look can also be opened in full screen and launched from the command line. Additionally, multi-page documents like PowerPoint slide shows can be navigated using the arrow keys.
Quick Look technology is implemented throughout the Apple suite of software starting with Mac OS X v10.5, including iChat Theater, Time Machine and the Cover Flow view on the Finder.
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Supported file types[edit]
Since its debut, Quick Look has included a number of generators for common file types.
| Format | Version introduced | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| PNG | 10.5 | |
| JPEG | 10.5 | |
| QuickTime movie | 10.5 | Additional stream formats require the appropriate QuickTime extension to be installed. |
| GIF | 10.5 | Did not animate animated GIFS[1] without additional plugins[2] until MacOS 10.7[3]. |
| HTML | 10.5 | Does not load remote resources or execute scripts. |
| TEXT | 10.5 | |
| PictureClipping | 10.6 | |
| TextClipping | 10.6 | |
| AAC | 10.5 | Cover art in icon view and can play back audio in full preview. |
| MP3 | 10.5 | Cover art in icon view and can play back audio in full preview. |
| RTF | 10.5 | |
| Apple Icon Image format | 10.5 | |
| JPEG 2000 | 10.5 | |
| 10.5 | ||
| PICT | 10.5 | |
| Adobe PhotoShop | 10.5 | |
| TIFF | 10.5 | |
| AIFF | 10.5 | |
| WAV | 10.5 | |
| AVI | 10.5 | |
| MPEG4 | 10.5 | |
| MIDI | 10.5 | |
| iChat transcripts | 10.5 | |
| Microsoft Word | 10.5 | |
| Microsoft Excel | 10.5 | |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | 10.5 | |
| BMP | 10.5 |
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- A directory of Quick Look Plugins for Apple’s OS X 10.5 Leopard
- Gloobus, an application based on Quick Look for Linux
