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PreviewCode 2 brings a new UI and source code line numbers

PreviewCode provides at-a-glance highlighted source code previews of more than 60 programming and scripting languages, and development configuration file formats. It makes use of macOS’ QuickLook mechanism: select a file and hit the spacebar to get an immediate preview of the file’s contents. It’s a handy way to view a file without opening it in an application.

PreviewCode 2 main window

PreviewCode also generates Finder thumbnail icons for all of those file types if you prefer something other than generic icons.

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How to take control of macOS Finder window sizes

I don’t know if this is a glitch in my system — I see it in a couple of machines, though both have the same config — but under macOS Catalina, Finder has an annoying habit of ignoring the size of windows. Pop up a new Finder window and it’s just a small quarter-of-screen panel at the top left of the desktop, not the much larger panel that the most recently closed window was.

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