A better first look
indd QuickView
Preview InDesign files in Finder.
A preview, without the wait.
- Press Space on an INDD, INDT or IDML file to see its pages, with standard spreads.
- Works with files from InDesign CS6 and every later version, up to the latest.
- Finder shows a thumbnail of the first page in icon, column and gallery views.
- Works without InDesign installed, offline, and fast on network drives.
- macOS 12 Monterey or later.
Three steps. Then just Space.
- 01
Open indd QuickView once.
- 02
In System Settings › General › Login Items & Extensions › Quick Look, turn on the indd QuickView extensions.
- 03
Select an InDesign file in Finder and press Space.
Need a little help?
Previews look blurry or are missing.
indd QuickView shows the preview images InDesign saves inside the document. In InDesign, enable Preferences › File Handling › Always Save Preview Images with Documents, choose All Pages and Extra Large (1024 × 1024), then save the document again.
Nothing appears when I press Space.
Make sure the extensions are turned on (see above). If another InDesign preview tool is installed, turn its Quick Look extension off — macOS uses only one.
Let’s work it out.
Questions, problems or ideas? Please include your macOS version and describe the file.
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