Quick Look è un programma incluso all’interno di Mac OS X a partire dalla versione 10.5.
Il sistema operativo mostra tramite le icone un’anteprima dei singoli file: Quick Look estende questa funzionalità, consentendo di visualizzare il contenuto dei file senza utilizzare i software che hanno creato i file stesso.

Quick Look gestisce i file dei seguenti formati: PDF, HTML, QuickTime, ASCII e RTF, Apple Keynote, Pages e Numbers, documenti ODF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, e Microsoft PowerPoint (incluso OOXML), immagini RAW.
Funziona nativamente con il Finder, ma può essere utilizzato anche per mostrare i file individuati con Spotlight o i file archiviati da Time Machine.

Il programma lavora tramite plugin ed è, quindi, possibile estendere i formati gestiti. Eccone alcuni.

  • Adium .CHATLOG →
  • Advanced Video Codec High Definition filmati .MTS, .M2TS →
  • Adobe Illustrator .AI compatibili con PDF →
  • Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Swatch Exchange (a pagamento) →
  • Adobe Photoshop pennelli (.ABR) →
  • Adobe video Flash .FLV (richiede il plugin Perian) →
  • Apple installer package .PKG →
  • Apple iPhone/iPod touch application packages .IPA →
  • Apple iPhone immagini crushed .PNG →
  • Apple Safari archivio web .WEBARCHIVE →
  • AppleScript .APPLESCRIPT →
  • Archivi compressi .ZIP →
  • Archivi .ZIP, .TAR, .GZIP, .BZIP2, .ARJ, .LZH, .ISO, .CHM, .CAB, .CPIO, .RAR, .7Z, .DEB, .RPM, .SIT, .DISKDOUBLER, .BINHEX, .MACBINARY →
  • BitTorrent .TORRENT →
  • CandyBar iContainers e Icons (a pagamento con il software) →
  • Cartella →
  • Cartella immagini →
  • Certificati .X509, .DER o .PEM →
  • Codice sorgente →
  • Comma-separated values .CSV →
  • Commodore 64 immagini .C64, Hi-Eddi .HED, Fun Painter 2 .FP2, Koala .KOA →
  • Commodore immagini disco .D64, .D71, .D81 →
  • Compiled HTML .CHM →
  • Corel Painter .RIFF →
  • Digital Picture Exchange .DPX →
  • Documento PostScript .EPS →
  • eFrontier Shade 3D scene .SHD →
  • eXtensible Markup Language .XML →
  • FictionBook ebook .FB2 →
  • Flexible image transport system .FITS →
  • Geographic information system dati e griglie raster .SHP, .EOO, .ADF, .BIL, .BIP, .BSQ, .AS, .FLT, .PGM, .HGT, .DEM, .GRD →
  • Graphics interchange format animazioni .GIF →
  • Immagini mediche nei formati .MINC1, .MINC2, .DICOM, .NIfTI →
  • Immagini nei formati dei personal computer Amiga (.ACBM, .HAM6, .HAM8, .IFF, .LBM, .INFO), Amstrad CPC (.FNT, .HGB, .SCR), Apple II (.DHR, .HGR, .SHR), Atari 8-bit (.256, .AP2, .4MI, .4PL, .4PM, .A4R, .ACS, .AGP, .ALL, .AP3, .APV, .DGI, .DGP, .ILC, .APC, PLM, .APL, .APP, .ART, .BG9, .G09, .BGP, .BKG, .CCI, .CHR, .CIN, .CPR, .DIN, .DLM, .DRG, .ESC, .FNT, .FWA, .G10, .G11, .GHG, .GR7, .GR8, .GR9, .HIP, .HPM, .HR, .HR2, .HCI, .ICE, .ICN, .IGE, .IMN, .ING, .INP, .INT, .IP2, .IPC, .IR2, .IRG, .IST, .JGP, .LEO, .LUM, .MAX, .MBG, .MCH, .MCP, .MCPP, .MCS, .MGP, .MIC, .MIS, .NLQ, .PIC, .PLA, .PMD, .PZM, .RAW, .RGB, .RIP, .RM0, .RM1, .RM2, .RM3, .RM4, .RYS, .SGE, .SHC, .SHP, .SHP, .SIF, .SPC, .SXS, .TIP, .VZI, .WND, .XLP), Atari Portfolio (.PGC, .PGF), Atari ST (.ART, .BL1, .BL2, .BL3, .BRU, .CA1, .CA2, .CA3, .CPT, .DOO, .DU1, .DUO, .DU2, .GFB, .ICN, .IFF, .IMG, .MPP, .NEO, .PAC, .PC1, .PC2, .PC3, .PCS, .PI1, .PI2, .PI3, .PL4, .SPC, .SPS, .SPU, .TN1, .TN2, .TN3, .TNY, .XIMG), Atari Falcon (.DC1, .DGC, .DEL, .DGU, .DG1, .DPH, .FTC, .GOD, .PI4, .PI9, .TRP, .TRU), BBC Micro (.BB0, .BB1, .BB2, .BB4, .BB5, .BBG), Commodore 16 (.P4I), Commodore 64 (.4BT, .64C, .A64, .WIG, .AAS, .AFL, .AMI, .ART, .BFLI, .BML, .CDU, .CHE, .CWG, .DD, .DLP, .DOL, .DRL, .DRP, .DRZ, .ECI, .ECP, .FD2, .FFLI, .FGS, .FLI, .FPT, .FUN, .FP2, .GCD, .GG, .GIG, .GIH, .GUN, .IFL, .HBM, .HIR, .HED, .HFC, .HIM, .HLF, .HPC, .IHE, .IPH, .IPT, .ISM, .JJ, .KOA, .LP3, .MCI, .MIL, .MLE, .MON, .OCP, .P64, .PI, .PMG, .RP, .RPM, .SAR, .VIC, .VID), Macintosh 128K (.MAC), MSX (.SC2, .GRP, .SC8, .SCA, .SCC, .SRS, .SR8), PC (.EPA, .MSP), SAM Coupé (.SCS4), ZX81 (.P), ZX Spectrum (3, .ATR, .CH4, .CH6, .CH8, .HLR, .IFL, .IMG, .MC, .MG1, .MG2, .MG4, .MG8, .RGB, .SCR, .ZXP) →
  • Info .NFO →
  • Janome Embroidery Machines .JEF →
  • Microsoft compressed HTML help archivi .CHM →
  • Microsoft Entourage 2008 .VRGE08MESSAGE →
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer .MHT →
  • Microsoft Outlook 2011 .OLK14MESSAGE →
  • Mobile Provision .MOBILEPROVISION →
  • Mobipocket ebook .MOBI, .PRC
  • MPEG file audio e video .ASF, .AVI, .FLV, .MKV, .RM, .WEBM, .WMF →
  • Nintendo DS immagine ROM .NDS →
  • QuarkXPress 7 →
  • QuickROM immagini ROM .NES, .FDS, .SNES, .VB, .GB, .GBC, .GBA, .NDS, .N64 →
  • Senza estensione (README, INSTALL, CHANGELOG, Makefile, Rakefile, CapFile →
  • Sigma RAW .X3F →
  • Sega Dreamcast texture .PVR →
  • SneakPeek Photo per Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Encapsulated PostScript (a pagamento) →
  • Text clipping file .TEXTCLIPPING e picture clipping file .PICTCLIPPING →
  • Text clipping fVideoile .TEXTCLIPPING e picture clipping file .PICTCLIPPING →

Come installare i plugin per QuickLook

Copiare il file in formato .QLGENERATOR nella cartella /Library/QuickLook/ oppure ~/Library/QuickLook/.
Se la cartella “QuickLook” non esiste, crearla.

Dopo la copia del file, effettuare il logout; oppure, in alternativa, è possibile forzare la ricerca dei plugin per Quick Look digitando da Terminale:

qlmanage -r