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[Mac Admin] Life in the Pique lane

A macOS Quick Look extension for syntax-highlighted previews of configuration files and scripts

Overview

Pique is a Mac Admins open source tool which provides a macOS Quick Look extension for gorgeous syntax-highlighted previews of configuration files and scripts.

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Installation

Installation is quick-and-easy and you’ll quickly wonder how you ever lived without it. (See the Releases page on GitHub for a double-clickable .pkg or roll-your-own build.)

Experience

Before Pique, attempting a Quick Look on a .mobileconfig was rather pointless:

Before Pique, attempting a Quick Look on a .mobileconfig was rather pointless

After Pique, the time savings is immediately apparent — especially as it streamlines your day-to-day workflow:

After Pique, the time savings is immediately apparent — especially as it streamlines your day-to-day workflow

Support

Community-supplied, best-effort support is available on the Mac Admins Slack (free, registration required) #macadmins-opensource channel, or you can open an issue.

Posted in macOS, Tips & Tricks

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