Mac Kindergarten

When you browse your files in Finder in Column view mode, you get a preview for a file as you select it. Now this preview is nice to find out about the content of a file at a glance, but there is more to it.

You can use this preview and drag it anywhere (other folders, onto application icons in the Dock, etc.). You can also double click anywhere inside the preview area to open it.

It’s exactly the same as you would click the file itself. Probably just faster, because there is a bigger click area, so its easier to hit the target. This works with every file - even if no preview is available and only the file’s icon is shown.

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Tags: finder, preview, quick tip

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