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.
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[edit] Overview
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.
[edit] Implementation
Quick Look technology is implemented throughout Mac OS X v10.5+. Some examples are iChat Theater, Time Machine and the Cover Flow view on the Finder.
[edit] Formats not supported by default
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There are various file formats not supported by default Quick Look or Cover Flow:
- AI (Adobe Illustrator vector file)
- APE (Monkey's Audio)
- APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphic) - Only first frame preview displayed
- AppleScript (Apple's scripting language)
- FLV (Flash Video File)
- FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- JNG (JPEG Network Graphic)
- MKV (Matroska video)
- MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphic)
- OGM (Ogg Media video)
- RM, RMVB (Real Media video files)
- SWF (Shockwave Flash video)
- textClipping (Apple's own unformatted text file) - Support added in 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
- VOB (Video Object, DVD format)
- WV (WavPack)
- XML (Extensible Markup Language text file)
Support for additional formats can be achieved via use of 3rd party plug-ins.
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
- A directory of Quick Look Plugins for Apple’s OS X 10.5 Leopard
- Gloobus, an application based on Quick Look for Linux
