Comments on: Play music files immediately in the Finder with Quick Look

By: OSXDaily

OSXDaily — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:48:46 +0000

Link updated. Thanks for notifying us!

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:34:11 +0000

i would love to read the article you mentioned about itunes but it isn’t there, is it still available somewhere?

By: connectionfailure

connectionfailure — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:28:44 +0000

NEVER getting is partially right. The OSX Finder is much less powerful and flexible than it could be. It’s like Apple is scared of making too many changes as it could force people to have to learn something new.
Anyway, if he cares to invest a little more, he’ll find PathFinder and TotalFinder (disclosure- I just bought it) which address some issues.
Also, as I posted on another comment, QuickLook *used* to keep playing, but Apple changed the rules. You can play stuff in the Finder by doing a Get Info on the audio file, and playing from the preview there.

By: berbusk

berbusk — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:36:57 +0000

Thank you,just been browsing for an app that would do this.Thanks again.

By: Migabri

Migabri — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:32:06 +0000

Switching from the quick look to somewhere else break the play but you can play simply in finder window and also if you change window the song still play

By: NEVER getting another Mac

NEVER getting another Mac — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:21:00 +0000

The trouble is that the implementation is half-baked, because if you try to switch to another application the audio stops playing. Ubuntu Linux has pretty much the same feature (use spacebar to start playing) BUT you can then tab to other programs and continue listening. The Mac offers all these “wonderful” features but in this case as so many others, it seems like the designers stopped once they got the feature barely working. Finder is a particular piece of crap (at least in Leopard) – for one thing just about EVERY other operating system sorts folders (directories) to the top of the list, then puts files underneath, while Finder just mixes them all up. again, it’s as if they got it barely working and then just up and quit.

By: DanZ

DanZ — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:02:43 +0000

man this suck it’s even not a tip
i think everyone who using a mac will knowing about this –”
c’mon…it’s really basic

By: adam

adam — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:54:50 +0000

It is not a tips…

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:16:45 +0000

Also pictures, videos, documents even Mac Numbers docs. Also once quick look is activated it will show the next item selected in finder.