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Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by matthijs on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @04:12PM (#4231202)
Would it be possible to make the text inside the Quicklook window selectable? I often just want to quickly copy something from a file, and Quicklook would be the fastest way to do so.
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Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by Watabou on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @04:20PM (#4231244)
Yes there is a way. Open up terminal and type this in:

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool true

Then restart the Finder by typing in this into the Terminal:

killall Finder

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Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by Groxx on Thursday July 12, 2012 @12:20AM (#4232992)
Why isn't this the default...? Many thanks :)
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Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by johnpowell on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @04:20PM (#4231246)
defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool TRUE; killall Finder
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Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by rover on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @04:28PM (#4231297)
awesome !
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