

That is exactly how Quick Look works as well. When you are on your own or someone else's profile on Instagram and you long press an image, you see a hovering preview of the image without actually opening it. For those, who have not used MacOS, you can think of this feature very similar to image previews on Instagram. Posted in News Lilbits: Raspberry Pi OS, a tiny computer module with a 16-core CPU, and a Quick Look clone for Windows.

Not only does it allow you to quickly view and scan through files, but you can also avoid viruses by not opening files sent from unreliable sources. The Peek Tool for PowerToys was shared by Reddit user MSFT-SAM, who developed the project with a handful of colleagues during a week of hacking at Microsoft. Read on to know what it is and how you can use it too.Ĭhecking out a preview without opening can be a very important feature. PowerToys Peek is essentially a Windows version of Quick Look, and you can use a hotkey of your choice to activate these previews. Understanding the needs of its user base, Microsoft is finally coming out with a feature called ‘Peek' which will allow you to seamlessly preview images and texts. While File Explorer on Windows 11 has this feature called preview panel, it is not as simple to use and is not very intuitive. The Quick Look feature in MacOS lets users take a preview of a file, whether it is an image, video, PDF or any other kind of file, before opening it. New Microsoft 11 feature: If there was one MacOS feature Windows fans have wanted to see in Windows 11 it was the Quick Look feature.
