file preview

No doubt you've run across the preview button on the icon of a media file. but while it's a really handy feature for quickly checking the contents of an audio clip, it can be frustrating to not have control over playback, especially on a longer file. I only realized recently that you can press the spacebar on a selected file to bring up the full preview player - you still don't have to fully launch an application to listen but you'll be able to adjust the playback position. Also cool is that it will seamlessly pick up where the icon preview left off & if you collapse the player with another spacebar press the icon will continue playing.