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After Installation of Monterey no more EPS previews

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November 23, 2021
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Hi there,

After the installation of Monterey all EPS are without preview... What can I do

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Correct answer francescob16445253

I found this working solution on Apple forum.
I tested it and it works great. Please pay attention to copy modfied qlgenerator in Library/QuickLook, NOT in System/Library/QuickLook

Copy the "Illustrator.qlgenerator" from "/System/Library/QuickLook" to your desktop or any other folder you have read/write access to.
Open "Illustrator.qlgenerator" by right clicking it and select "Show package contents".
Open "Info.plist" in the "Contents" folder with a text editor.
Find the line "<string>com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image</string>"
Insert "<string>com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript</string>" below it with the same indentation and save the "Info.plist" file.
Copy "Illustrator.qlgenerator" to "/Library/QuickLook"

If you did everything right, you should now have .EPS previews back again. That's a workaround until apple fixes it in the System/Library, hopefully soon.

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LoveDemDawgs

Participant

This solution does not work on Sonoma. If you want this capability, DO NOT UPDATE past Ventura.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

There are several reasons to not update to Sonoma yet. One of them being that it just still has so many bugs.

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analida5E61

Participant

This youtube video helped me fix this immediately using similar steps below from Francesco. I found it a lot easier to follow rather than figure how to do this myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su4J13TWsZE

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Atapp

Inspiring

It's the same as before, now in a video. Bottom line, it's not working in Sonoma. I tried it again now and out of 50 EPS files I found in my home computer 12 show a preview. You need to redo this fix after every system update too. I'm using a script in Illustrator to convert to ai. I tried XNConvert but can't see an option for SVG.

EDIT: I changed Ventura to Sonoma. It was a typo in my original post

StickySteve

Known Participant

FOUND AN ANSWER - without renaming a ai to eps, which could cause a confused computer lol. I just renamed an eps and the preview has come back

100pk

Inspiring

What becomes clear now -with Sonoma not supporting Postscript any longer- is that Apple said goodbye to the PS in .eps some time ago. Strangely enough we babble about it in these threads not knowing what is going on.
So: in the current MacOS Sonoma and also the previous itteration MacOS Ventura .eps is just not working anymore. End of discussion.

susanr97390151

Participating Frequently

We have way too many .eps files in our workflow to let it go so easily. (Thousands of logos are just part of it.) The "Quick Look" fix works. Spread the word and keep the pressure on Apple. Still manic over the loss of Type 1 fonts so let us stand our ground on this one. 🙂

100pk

Inspiring

I had it working, with the mentioned fixes. But since the altyeste OSX update to 12.5.1 previews of .ai and .eps are gone again. So very annoying!

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Julie260963014pb6

Participant

Same here. I had it working. Then with an update it stopped again. I lost the eps thumbnail, but had thumbnails for ai. Now with the latest update to 12.5.1, I've lost thumbnails for ai also . . . it just keeps getting worse! Somebody tell me there is a fix on the way.

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chirp88

Known Participant

So, if I may ask a question: if EPS is such an outdated format then why is Adobe still allowing us to save AI files as EPSs? For that matter, why does Photoshop allow saving of EPS files?

Shouldn't they just remove that option if it's bad? Obviously, they must allow the opening of EPS files, especially in Illustrator, but they could disable the saving of that format.

JPAhonen

Participating Frequently

I'm struggling with this one too. Neither AI nor EPS files show thumbnails anymore on Finder on my M1 Mac Mini. I have also tried that Quicklook Plist solution but it did absolutely nothing. Maybe it worked before but not anymore.

This is extremely frustrating since I have hundreds of EPS files and I can't navigate through them anymore with ease. I think this issue is with Apple but I think Adobe should really make Apple fix this ASAP. This is a serious bug affecting a lot of creative people who work with Illustrator files. With older MacOS there were no issues showing EPS or AI thumbnails but the latest versions of macOS just screw up everything. I mean I cannot even quick preview EPS files right now since the space bar method simply does not work. In all honestly Finder is a total mess on Monterey! The only way to view EPS files is pretty much to drag them to the Preview app and view it there. But that is a just ridiculous workaround in 2022.

Does anyone have any new fixes or solutions to this problem? Anyone who is struggling with this should definitely write Apple a strongly worded feedback since if enough people do it, they will fix it. You can do that here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

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Anders23602426ebp3

Participant

It works for me;)

Imac M1

Monterey 12.3.1

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Lena24253140h0ik

Participant

Can anyone confirm that this fix ist permanent?

I had a user today, where the file was removed from /Library/Quicklook/ after the update to macOS 12.3.1 and I'm still looking into it wether it's an individual issue or if Apple is doing that on purpose...

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Atapp

Inspiring

The folder /Library is not owned by a specific user and could very well be changed by Apple later on.

Your personal library is located at:

lena/Library (if lena is your user)

It's often written with a tilde meaning "the user)

~/Library

Create a Quicklook folder there if it's missing.

Follow the instructions but place it in your personal library, not higher up in the hierarchy.

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Lena24253140h0ik

Participant

Thanks, that works, survived the update from 12.2 to 12.3.1. I was hoping for a system-wide fix/workarround, though.

dgotschall1

Inspiring

So this fix worked before but after the latest OS update 12.2.1 the file can no longer be copied back into the folder. I've tried changing the permissions and even adding myself but that doesn't seem to work either as "I don't have permissions". Any help here? I HATE not being able to preview EPS files and makes my work flow much harder.

Thanks all!

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DERJUNG

Inspiring

please try this way. it works for me on monetrey 12.3.1 (21E258)

https://www.thetechexplained.com/fix-missing-icon-preview-for-eps-files-in-macos-monterey/546/

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tak chun255629179iyn

Participant

this link was work for me on monetrey12.3.1

but after upgrade to 12.5.

it doesnt work anymore.....

any way can slove the problem in 12.5 please? thanks.

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Anneli22987906cqvs

Participant

This is incredibly frustrating and eps files are still widely used and preferred by printers and promo companies. I am a graphic designer who has to save eps files often. I tried the workaround with the "Illustrator.qlgenerator" file, but it would not let me move it back into the library. I really hope the next update fixes this problem.

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Atapp

Inspiring

Have you tried adding it to your user library?

Create the QuickLook folder if it's not there.

/anneli/library/QuickLook

If that doesnt work try

/library/QuickLook

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Paul Mul

Participant

Hi there

Any solutions that aren't workarounds? Surely this is a bug that needs fixed. I'm a designer who just updated to Monterey and this is a complete nightmare. Particularly frustrating when I'm in InDesign and want to Place an eps file and can't get a preview.

Thanks for any help!

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Those are not workarounds. It's the system's job.

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Paul23841341bhca

Participant

Erm... I have to carry out actions to make a feature operate correctly because there's an error in the system = a workaround. Simple really.

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