Open Terminal and type in

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1

Then enter

Killall Finder

to restart the Finder. You should now be able to quicklook any folder that has files and see it in the folder preview.

UPDATE: If you ever want to disable it this feature, quit the Finder, then repeat the above Terminal command, but change the 1 to a 0.

Source: Mac OS X Hints

Enable See-Through QuickLook Folders is a post from: The Custom Mac

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The YouTube user LeopardOctober’s account has been removed and all his/her videos taken down and is now effectively ”erased” from the face of the internet by Apple. Sorry but that is the way the heads roll.

A while back we shared a Snow Leopard stacks video with you. Recently while reading Cult of Mac I Stumbled upon these videos of various builds of Snow Leopard from You Tuber LeopardOctober and found them very interesting.

This first one shows some very attractive changes to the Finder’s search options.

(Finder Preferences Video)

This next feature has enchanted me as well. Text Edit makes my world go round for its simplicity and power. If these new features are real… Well it would be awesome.

And for those of us who use Spaces it looks like life may get a little easier.

(Dock and Substitutions video)

LeopardOctober has his/her other videos locked from embedding. Here is a list of other Snow Leopard videos:

• A quick look: Snow Leopard Build 10A261
• QuickTime 10 – Snow Leopard build 10A286
• Finder QuickLook – Snow Leopard build 10A286
• Snow Leopard Welcome Movie?

So for more S.L. goodness visit his channel.

If you could pick on this to add to Snow leopard, what would it be? Be sure to comment and let us know.

Videos of New Snow Leopard Features is a post from: The Custom Mac

Did you ever try to use Quick Look on a zip file? Yeah it doesn’t work. Luckily there is a outstanding free plugin that can take care of this minor but incredibly annoying problem.

Zip Quick Look makes it possible to view a zipped archieved file’s contents using Quick Look. To install Just download the plug-in, drag it to /Library/QuickLook/(Create one if you don’t have it) and then restart Finder (right-click Finder in the Dock while holding the Option key and select Relaunch). Now when you Quick Look a zipped archive you should see the file’s contents.

Before and after installing Zip Quick Look:

Viewing Content of Zip Files with Zip Quick Look is a post from: The Custom Mac