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nicolea54182876
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November 23, 2021
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After Installation of Monterey no more EPS previews

  • November 23, 2021
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Hi there,

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

    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

     

     

     

    1. Copy the "Illustrator.qlgenerator" from "/System/Library/QuickLook" to your desktop or any other folder you have read/write access to.
    2. Open "Illustrator.qlgenerator" by right clicking it and select "Show package contents".
    3. Open "Info.plist" in the "Contents" folder with a text editor.
    4. Find the line "<string>com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image</string>"
    5. Insert "<string>com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript</string>" below it with the same indentation and save the "Info.plist" file.
    6. 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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    francescob16445253
    francescob16445253Correct answer
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    January 3, 2022

    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

     

     

     

    1. Copy the "Illustrator.qlgenerator" from "/System/Library/QuickLook" to your desktop or any other folder you have read/write access to.
    2. Open "Illustrator.qlgenerator" by right clicking it and select "Show package contents".
    3. Open "Info.plist" in the "Contents" folder with a text editor.
    4. Find the line "<string>com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image</string>"
    5. Insert "<string>com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript</string>" below it with the same indentation and save the "Info.plist" file.
    6. 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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      mikefasnyc
      Participating Frequently
      January 3, 2022

      This worked. Thanks for posting!

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      marcoc44119771
      Participant
      September 8, 2023

      Worked and now i can see .eps icon preview but NOT .ai icon preview

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 23, 2021

      According to: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253307271

       

      This is caused by:

       

      macOS Monterey is missing the generator needed to do this. It used to be in `/System/Library/Quicklook` as `EPS.qlgenerator`. Sadly, you can't just copy it over from an existing Catalina installation (I don't have a BigSur handy to try that), as that keeps crashing. Btw. you'd have to put it into `~/Library/Quicklook` as `/System` is not writeable anymore.

       

      I can only assume that Apple had some issues with the generator and thus removed it.

       

      Met1
      Met1
      Legend
      November 23, 2021

      Don't use eps?

      I use them occasionally, but it's an old tech which hasn't seen any update in eons.

      Any particular reason you need to use eps - old printer RIP?

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        nicolea54182876Author
        Participant
        November 30, 2021

        Sorry, but I am a graphic designer and EPS is still used a lot for illustrations (vector) and for the distribution later.... This tip is not really a help!

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          jonr32416655
          Participant
          March 31, 2022
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          This tip is not really a help!


          By @nicolea54182876

           

          As a Mac user it's your only option at the moment. Perhaps Apple will implement support for EPS again or someone makes a system extension that does.

           

          But I would take it as a warning sign to change workflows and really only use EPS when absolutely necessary. All modern layout applications are able to use PDF.


          I assume you don't work at a national design firm or ad agency? .eps is absolutely common for logo files/graphics, stock vector downloads from places like Shutterstock and Getty, so I'm not sure where you are getting your info. If you download say hundreds of shutterstock vectors it is an inefficient  workflow to change everything from .eps, I'm sure Apple will fix it but it's a pain. But definately email the Shutterstocks of the world and let them now they shouldn't use .eps

           

           

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