Maccast Mac Snac 004 - QuickLook X-Ray Folder

A cool little Terminal hack that you can perform in Mac OS X Snow Leopard to get folders in QuickLook preview to show up with transparent covers. This gives you an "x-ray" style view of the icons of items inside that folder. Pretty neat.

Here is the command mentioned in the video:
defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ipod
• apple
• mac
• maccast
• tip
• trick
• x-ray
• folder
• quicklook
• os x
• snow leopard
• operating system
• terminal
• hack

[scottishwildcat]

Perhaps you could have included the terminal command in the video description, so people could just copy and paste it from there?

[themaccast]

@scottishwildcat I added it to the description (click more info). Thanks for the suggestion

[Markasheppard]

Adam, have you covered the BetterZip QuickLook plugin? Shows you detailed contents of a zip file, without unzipping it, via QuickLook.

[themaccast]

@Markasheppard Yes. Great plug-in.

[befryxell]

Adam, nice vid! Long time no talk, eh? I think it's been since NME 2008! What is the screencasting app I see there in your dock? Don't think the icon looks familiar today :D

[fatsvernon]

Excellent Snac Adam! Thanks. I Look forward to more. Good luck with the premium site.