Syntax Look Support

Questions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome. We read every message.

Contact

Please include:

The macOS version you’re running
The file extension and (if possible) a sample of the content
A description of what you expected vs. what happened

Quick troubleshooting

Quick Look is still showing the old plain-text preview

After installing, run this in Terminal to refresh Quick Look:

qlmanage -r && qlmanage -r cache

You can also open the Syntax Look container app once—it registers the extension on launch.

Press Space doesn’t show a syntax-highlighted preview

Open System Settings → General → Login Items & Extensions → Quick Look and make sure Syntax Look is enabled. Only one Quick Look extension can claim a given file type; if another app registered first, toggle Syntax Look on there.

`.ts` files preview as something weird

macOS sometimes routes plain .ts and .mts files to MPEG transport stream handlers because the extension is ambiguous. Syntax Look detects and rejects binary payloads safely, but if your editor uses .ts for TypeScript, .tsx and .cts tend to be more reliable preview targets on macOS. This is a platform-level issue we continue to track.

Files over 512KB are rendered only up to the first 512KB with a banner. Files over 2MB show an info card instead of rendering. This keeps Quick Look snappy—for full-file reading, open the file in your editor.

Theme or font doesn’t look right

Click the gear icon in the preview to open settings. Pick your theme (Light, Dark, Monokai, Solarized, Nord), font (SF Mono, Menlo, and more), and size. Settings persist across previews.

Reporting bugs

The best bug reports include:

The file extension and a minimal sample
The theme and font in use
A screenshot of the preview
macOS version

Send them to support@tentstudios.com.

Feature requests

We’re a small studio building tools we want to use ourselves. Feature requests aren’t guaranteed, but we read them all and they shape the roadmap.