Peek - Quick Look Extension

Peek - Quick Look Extension

Peek is a free utility that extends macOS's Quick Look feature, allowing users to preview files and documents without opening the associated app. It supports previewing many file types including text, images, PDFs, audio, and video.
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Peek: Preview Files & Documents Without Opening Apps

Free utility for macOS's Quick Look feature, previewing file types like text, images, PDFs, audio, and video without opening the associated app.

What is Peek - Quick Look Extension?

Peek is a free and open-source utility that enhances macOS's built-in Quick Look preview feature. It allows users to quickly preview files and documents without having to open them in their associated applications.

Some of the key features of Peek include:

  • Supports previewing many file types including text documents, images, PDFs, Markdown files, audio files, videos, zip archives, and more.
  • Displays file metadata like size, type, created/modified dates.
  • Syntax highlighting for code files like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, etc.
  • Preview text documents with formatting intact.
  • Play audio and video files directly in Quick Look.
  • View images and PDFs with standard Quick Look capabilities.
  • Light and dark themes available.
  • Keyboard shortcuts for frequently used actions.
  • Open source and available free of charge.

By extending Quick Look, Peek aims to help users get file information faster without the need to open multiple apps. It makes it easy to quickly check documents, view media, and scan code files. An invaluable utility for any macOS user who works with many file types.

Peek - Quick Look Extension Features

Features

  1. Preview many file types without opening the app
  2. Supports text, images, PDFs, audio, video
  3. Quick access from Finder or trackpad gesture
  4. Markup images and PDFs
  5. Record audio notes
  6. Share files easily

Pricing

  • Free
  • Open Source

Pros

Saves time by previewing files quickly

Clean and intuitive interface

Free and open source

Cons

Limited markup tools compared to full apps

Audio recording quality could be better

Some less common file types not supported


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