Quick Recommendation #2: Better Markdown Preview in Finder

Hitting space to preview files (Quick Look) is one of my favourite Finder features. However, it does a pretty mediocre job with Markdown files. QLMarkdown is a little utility that makes these previews richer.

You can install it from this link, or by using this Homebrew command:

brew install --cask qlmarkdown

The app isn’t signed – so you need to do the little dance to convince macOS that you want to run the app. (This is detailed in the original link share up top.)

You need to open the app once for the utility to work. And that’s also where you change settings.

I get that many Markdown contexts are outside of Finder – but if you do use them there, I hope this little tool can be useful!