About Me:

Name - Pat Fauquet
Location - Fairfax Station VA

I work with Bob LeVitus in his Dr. Mac consulting business. I am an active member of the Macintosh user group community. I have been solving Mac problems and teaching Mac users for over 20 years.

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About this Blog:

This blog is written for the beginning to intermediate Macintosh user. While there are many technical information sites, my purpose is to write clear solutions to common Macintosh problems with lots of illustrations to make it easy to follow along.

In my work as a consultant, I must keep my computer up-to-date, so illustrations and directions will be made from the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system.

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Where is that darn Quick Look button?

2008-01-30 05:06 PM CategoriesIntermediate | Mac OS X 10.5, Leopard | Beginner
Eventually, in the life of every Mac user, that "something" disappears. In the case of Terry, a recent potential Bob LeVitus Consulting customer, it was the loss of the Quick Look Button in the toolbar of each window.

Now, while we are in the business of making money by fixing people's computers, answering question and giving tutoring sessions, there are many questions that are so easy to answer that we simply cannot charge for them.

Bob answered this one, using a great new program, Skitch, to take a screen shot and annotate it. These were his instructions:
Eventually, in the life of every Mac user, that "something" disappears. In the case of Terry, a recent potential Bob LeVitus Consulting customer, it was the loss of the Quick Look Button in the toolbar of each window.

Now, while we are in the business of making money by fixing people's computers, answering question and giving tutoring sessions, there are many questions that are so easy to answer that we simply cannot charge for them.

Bob answered this one, using a great new program, Skitch, to take a screen shot and annotate it. These were his instructions:

1. Open any window in the Finder.

2.  Choose View-->>Customize Toolbar.

3. Drag the Quick Look icon onto the toolbar as shown here:

customize toolbar

4. When you're done, click Done.

Also, don't forget that you can press the space bar to have a Quick Look at any selected icon in the Finder.

I hope that helps...

(That was easy so no charge.)

Regards,

Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus

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* Author of Mac OS X Leopard For Dummies & iPhone For Dummies

Now, not all questions are that easy, and we cannot answer them all for free, but when there is a good, quick question, we will probably post the answer here.

If you need more help, need some tutoring or need to get your computer working again, just give us a cal at 408-627-7577 or send an email to urgentrequest@boblevitus.com. If your question is simple, send an email to pat@macmousecalls.com.