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Mac 101: Zoom in and out while in Quick Look

by Megan Lavey-Heaton Jul 19th 2010 at 7:30PM


Here's a neat trick if you want to zoom in on an image while using Quick Look. Hold down the Option key while your mouse is hovered over the image, and it will change to a magnifying glass. Once you've zoomed in, drag the cursor, use the scroll wheel, or two fingers on a trackpad to move around the image. Press Option-Shift, and then click on the picture to zoom out.

To see this tip in action, check out the brief video above. Nothing too complicated, but definitely a fun and easy way, built directly into the OS, to browse around and inspect a picture file without opening a much heftier app like Photoshop.

[Via Mac OS X Hints]



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Sean Abraham

I am a big fan of Quick look. it has a lot of really cool features.this tip really enhances the usage of quick look.


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August 17 2010 at 2:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
R94N

Quick Look is a great feature.

August 02 2010 at 3:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Todd

Nice tip. Thanks!

July 21 2010 at 11:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ashley Grayson

Unfortunately, the key limitation is that it only works on image files. Not on other formats, notably the PDF files created by a scanner, even though they are only collections of image files.

July 20 2010 at 11:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SAPO!!

also, if u invoke quicklook by pressing option+spacebar the preview opens fullscreen ;)

July 20 2010 at 9:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
aleonell.10

if u have a magic mouse, you only have to press the "option" key
to zoom out and in, just move your finger up and down :)

yeh this is awesome

July 20 2010 at 5:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Drew

Allow me to add a pointless addition. This also works in the tiny preview if you are using column view in Finder!

July 19 2010 at 10:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

I had no idea! Thanks!

July 19 2010 at 8:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mr Lizard

Ace tip, cheers!

Option+Cmd zooms right back out too

July 19 2010 at 8:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rogerruthberg

Great tip! I use QuickLook all the time, and this just makes it even more useful. Thanks!

July 19 2010 at 7:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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