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Guides
One short guide per kind of file
Every File With Space
With the Space helper, Space opens any file.
- Quick Look replacementSpace opens spacebar for any file; ⌘Y stays Apple’s.
- The Space helperHow it opens every file, and why it asks for Accessibility.
- PDFs with the folder beside themPage through a PDF beside its folder.
- HEIC, RAW and PSD photosZoom into photos and camera RAW.
- CSV as a sortable tableRead a CSV or TSV, sorted by any column.
- Peek alternativeA paid extension and a free one, side by side.
- Search the text of filesFind text in every file of a folder.
Developer Files
Folders, code, config and archives in one pane.
- Quick Look a whole folderEvery file in a folder, in one pane.
- Code with syntax highlightingScripts highlighted, with line numbers.
- Syntax Highlight alternativeTwo free code previewers, side by side.
- Glance alternativeTwo free, open-source extensions, side by side.
- QLStephen alternativeREADME and LICENSE in Quick Look on Sequoia.
- JSON, YAML and TOMLRead config files formatted.
- Jupyter notebooksRead an .ipynb as cells, with its saved outputs.
- Plist files in Quick LookRead property lists as XML, binary ones included.
- Zip contents without extractingAn archive’s files, as a tree.
- HTML files on MacA page rendered, no browser.
Markdown
Rendered, with diagrams and math, offline.
- Markdown in Quick LookPress Space on a .md file, read it rendered.
- Edit Markdown in Quick LookClick and type; it saves as you type.
- QLMarkdown alternativeTwo free Markdown previewers, side by side.
- Obsidian vaults in FinderNotes with links and callouts, no Obsidian.
- Mermaid diagrams on MacDiagrams drawn, not shown as code.
- Claude Code’s MarkdownCLAUDE.md and plans, live as they change.
Compare
spacebar next to other Quick Look apps, with sources.
- Peek alternativeA paid extension and a free one, side by side.
- QLMarkdown alternativeTwo free Markdown previewers, side by side.
- Syntax Highlight alternativeTwo free code previewers, side by side.
- Glance alternativeTwo free, open-source extensions, side by side.
- QLStephen alternativeREADME and LICENSE in Quick Look on Sequoia.
- Compare Quick Look appsspacebar next to Apple’s Quick Look and four popular extensions.
Reference
File types, comparisons and fixes.
- Every file typeWhat spacebar shows for each file, and which ones Space opens.
- Compare Quick Look appsspacebar next to Apple’s Quick Look and four popular extensions.
- Help and troubleshootingWhen Space doesn’t show what you expect, and other answers.
- Quick Look not workingReset Quick Look and check its extensions.
- Space bar previewWhat Quick Look shows, and its keys.
- Quick Look plugins on SequoiaWhy old plugins stopped, and what replaces them.
- ChangelogWhat changed in each release.
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