Introducing Pique - The Game-Changing Quick Look Plugin for Mac Admins
As a Mac admin, I’m always on the lookout for tools that make my life easier and more efficient. Recently, I stumbled upon Pique - a brilliant Quick Look plugin created by Henry Stamerjohann that allows you to view file contents in a syntax highlighted way.
I was blown away by how easy it is to install and use Pique. Simply head over to the releases area on GitHub, download the installer, and run it. Once installed, you’ll see a notification letting you know that the Quick Look preview extension has been added. Clicking on this will take you directly to where the extension is located, giving you the option to turn it on or off.
Go to System Settings > Login Items & Extensions > Quick Look Extensions and enable Pique.
One of the things I love about Pique is how it provides a syntax highlighted view of file contents - something that’s often missing when using Quick Look natively. For example, provisioning profiles and configuration files are now easily readable and navigable.
Pique is still a relatively new project, so there may be some growing pains. However, Henry Stamerjohann has done an amazing job of getting the basics right and making it easy for us to get started.
If you’re like me and always on the lookout for ways to simplify your workflow, then Pique is definitely worth checking out. With Pique, you’ll be able to speed up processes and get a better understanding of what’s going on inside those JSON, YAML, TOML, XML, PLIST, MOBILECONFIG, SHELL and POWERSHELL files.
Give it a try and let me know what you think!
References
- Pique: The Quick Look plugin for Mac admins
- Henry Stamerjohann: Github Repositories
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Summary
Pique is a Quick Look plugin that provides syntax highlighted view of file contents, making it easy to read and navigate files like JSON, YAML, TOML, XML, PLIST, MOBILECONFIG, SHELL, and POWERSHELL.
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