Peekaboo Settings, explained
Open Settings with ⌘, — or search for a setting in its search field. Labels below are exactly what the app shows.
General
- Theme
- Playful gives each kind of file its own colour and shows thumbnails on every category. Minimal keeps the library grey.
- Quick Search shortcut
- Quick Search works from any app, even when Peekaboo's window is closed.How do I change the Quick Search shortcut?
- Show tips about features you haven’t tried
- A short note on Home, at most once every few days, with a button that opens the feature.
- Default file browser
- When Peekaboo is the default, folders you open from other apps, Spotlight and the Dock open here, and so does Show in Finder.How do I make Peekaboo the default file browser instead of Finder?
- Show Welcome Again
Cleanup
- Automatic cleanup
- Once a day, matching files go to the Trash and appear in Cleanup History, where one click puts them back.How does automatic cleanup work in Peekaboo?
- Clean Safe items automatically
- Moves only items marked Safe in App Caches and Dev Tools to the Trash.How does automatic cleanup work in Peekaboo?
- Notify me when space is low
- Sends one notification when free space on your startup disk drops below this level.Can I get a notification when my Mac is low on space?
- Review leftovers when an app is deleted
- When you drag an app to the Trash, Peekaboo opens a review of the files it left behind.
- Reset privacy permissions when uninstalling apps
- Also forgets the camera, microphone, screen recording, accessibility, files and automation permissions of apps you uninstall.
- Allow permanent removal
- Lets Free Up Space remove things that can't go to the Trash: Xcode simulators and runtimes, Homebrew apps, package-manager tools and local snapshots.How do I undo a cleanup?
- Open Cleanup History
- How do I undo a cleanup?
Library
- Files in library
- Peekaboo reads Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Movies, Music and Applications through Spotlight.Does Peekaboo need Full Disk Access?
- Search photos by what’s in them
- Finds photos by what they show and the words in them. Photos are read on this Mac, in the background, and never leave it.Can I search photos by what’s in them?
- Full Disk Access
- Optional. Lets Peekaboo include every folder.Does Peekaboo need Full Disk Access?
- Pinned folders
- Shown once you’ve pinned a folder.
License
- Copy Support Info
- Copies your app version, macOS version, Mac model and license state, with the key hidden, to paste into an email.How do I move my Peekaboo license to a new Mac?
Advanced
- Check for updates automatically
- New versions download in the background and install the next time you quit Peekaboo.What data does Peekaboo send?
- Reopen Peekaboo after it quits unexpectedly
- If a feature makes Peekaboo quit unexpectedly or freeze more than once, or keeps failing, it’s turned off until the next update.
- Share anonymous usage data
- Once a day, Peekaboo sends which features you used, your macOS version and region, and a random ID for this install.What data does Peekaboo send?
- Show developer features
- Adds Dotfiles & Config and Projects to Clean Up and the Go menu, and Open in Terminal, Open in Editor and Copy Path As to file menus.What are Peekaboo’s developer features?
- Command-line tool
- Installs the peekaboo command, to search and show files from Terminal.How do I use Peekaboo from Terminal?
- Export Settings…
- Saves your preferences to a file you can import on another Mac. Your license key and this Mac’s permissions stay here.How do I use the same Peekaboo settings on two Macs?
- Import Settings…
- Shows what a settings file would change before anything does.How do I use the same Peekaboo settings on two Macs?
- Sync settings with iCloud
- Keeps your preferences the same on every Mac signed in to your iCloud account.Shown when iCloud is available.How do I use the same Peekaboo settings on two Macs?
- Uninstall Peekaboo
- Moves Peekaboo and everything it keeps on this Mac to the Trash, then quits.