How to bring Preview feature on macOS to Windows 10

One of the favorite features on macOS is Preview, previewing the content of any file type. Users can select any type of file and press the Spacebar to quickly see the contents of the file before opening the file with the corresponding application on the operating system.

Preview function supports all file formats, from images, videos, document files even with zip files to preview the content of the file. And on Windows 10 also has a preview feature, when in the File Explorer Ribbon, select the View tab. We will then see the Preview Pane option at the top, left corner of the screen. When you click, you will see the preview of the selected file type. However, this Preview Pane applies only to text files and image files.

So what if you want to preview the contents of PDF files, zip files on Windows 10? We can bring the Preview feature on the Mac OS to Windows using the Seer for Windows tool

How to bring Preview feature to Windows 10

Step 1:

First of all, we will download the Seer for Windows tool according to the link below.

1. Download Seer for Windows software

We proceed to install Seer for Windows, click Next to begin.

Step 2:

Next, click Install to finish installing Seer for Windows.

The software installation process is fast, especially Seer for Windows does not contain annoying malicious or advertising virus programs. After successful installation, the program will run in collapsed mode and appear in the system tray icon (System Tray).

Step 3:

Now to preview something, just click on the file and press the Spacebar to preview the content. To exit the Seer for Windows window, simply press the Spacebar key again.

The software supports audio files (audio), movies (video), zip, rar, text format but does not support previewing content for Word, Excel document files but can view PDF file content .

With Word content you will only see the text name, folder, Word file size, MD5 code, .

Step 4:

If users want to see the list of file formats that Seer for Windows supports, we right-click the software icon on the System Tray and select Settings .

Appears the Settings dialog box of Seer for Windows, click on Type . We will see a list of supported file formats, text, images, multimedia files, .

Step 5:

Also at this interface, click on the General tab and see the content on the right. Here, users will select the Run Seer at system start if you want to start Seer for Windows with the system.

Click OK at the bottom to save the changes.

Step 6:

Click on the Keyboard option to select the shortcut to activate some of the features on the Preview window in the Settings interface.

Above is the basic usage of Seer for Windows tool, bring the Preview feature of macOS to Windows 10 computer. Through public Seer for Windows, users will be able to check the contents of the file before opening them by application. Use default. Since Seer for Windows does not apply to text files, users can combine Seer for Windows with Preview Pane feature available on Windows 10 to serve the need to preview the file content offline.

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