macOS Quicklook
BetterZipQL
Preview archives
Note: The BetterZipQL plugin was integrated with the BetterZip app.
Run
brew cask install betterzip
to install the BetterZip app and its Quick Look plugin or download manually
Website
Quicklook Plugins
Sources:
- my own experience
- github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins (under Public Domain)
More Info
also from github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins
Catalina notes
To get plugins working in Catalina, you will need to remove the quarantine attribute.
Run this to see the attributes:
xattr -r ~/Library/QuickLook
And run this to remove the attributes:
xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/QuickLook
####Manually Click “download manually” Move the downloaded .qlgenerator file to ~/Library/QuickLook Run qlmanage -r
QLColorCode
Preview source code files with syntax highlighting
Run
brew cask install qlcolorcode
Github
QLMarkdown
Preview Markdown files
Run
brew cask install qlmarkdown
Github
QLStephen
Preview plain text files without or with unknown file extension. Example: README, CHANGELOG, index.styl, etc.
Run
brew cask install qlstephen
Github
QuickLookJSON
Preview JSON files
Run
brew cask install quicklook-json
Website
WebP Quick Look
Preview WebP media
NOTE: this is already covered by qlImageSize, so this plugin is listed here only in case you do not like qlImageSize
Run
brew cask install webpquicklook
Github
Suspicious Package
Preview the contents of a standard Apple installer package
Run
brew cask install suspicious-package
Website
qlImageSize
Preview image size and resolution
Run
brew cask install qlimagesize