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.
Everybody uses Finder, the file browsing application of Mac OS X, a lot. Let’s look at some handy shortcuts to speed navigation up a little.
Previously we looked at all the information Mac OS X provides us in the Get Info window.
As you might have found out, if you have multiple items (files and/or folders) selected, Get Info will open up a separate information window for every item selected. Look at this post on selecting items in Mac OS X.
While it might be handy to have an information window for every item (for side-by-side comparison) it can be a pain in the neck if you want to find out congregated information such as total file size of all items.
In recent posts we talked about QuickLook, which allows you to instantly preview a file, without having to open it in an application.
However, there are file types, that can’t be previewed with the standard installation of Leopard.
Let’s find out how to add more plugins, so we can preview more file types (eg. compressed .zip files, flash video or even folders).
QuickLook is one of the great features of Leopard, that make life much easier. But you can not only use it, to quickly preview a file without having to open it.
There is more to it. You can create instant presentations, picture slideshows or movie playlists with QuickLook. All right from Finder. Here is how.