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Is it possible to use Quick Look on your Mac to view contents of .conf files without opening them in an editor?

jtrujillo
Path Finder

Is it possible to use Quicklook (you know... the thing where you hit the spacebar in Finder) to look at the contents of .conf files without needing to open them in an editor like VI or TextEdit?

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jtrujillo
Path Finder

Well Jeff... I am glad you asked that question. There is a fantastic update for Quick Look on the Mac.

Download it here:

https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen/releases

Then do this:

sudo cp -r /Users/*/Downloads/QLStephen.qlgenerator /Library/QuickLook/

Then you can do cool things like this:

not enough karma to post pics 😞

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jtrujillo
Path Finder

Well Jeff... I am glad you asked that question. There is a fantastic update for Quick Look on the Mac.

Download it here:

https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen/releases

Then do this:

sudo cp -r /Users/*/Downloads/QLStephen.qlgenerator /Library/QuickLook/

Then you can do cool things like this:

not enough karma to post pics 😞

ppablo
Retired

Hi @jtrujillo

Could you edit the answer and just include the URL to the image instead?

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kpdonahoe31768
Explorer

Pasting here because I was too stupid to know how to comment correctly.

I see you took the time to answer your own question.
Way to help yourself!

I put it in and really enjoy the greater speed at which I now operate.

Thanks for the tip!

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ppablo
Retired

Hi @kpdonahoe31768

I had already converted your "answer" to a comment for you a couple minutes ago 🙂

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kpdonahoe31768
Explorer

I see you took the time to answer your own question.
Way to help yourself!

I put it in and really enjoy the greater speed at which I now operate.

Thanks for the tip!

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