.eps files not showing preview in finder

[jenniferk47645559]

After upgrading to Monterey on my Imac all of my .eps files stopped showing the preview in the finder. This is a huge problem, has this happened to anyone else? Any idea on a fix?

[miss-charlotte]

I use Visual Studio Code, try downloading that. 

[pkazmercyk]

I have had the same issue for a very long time. The "correct answer" below did not fix the problem for me. How is it possible that Adobe and Apple have let this problem go unsolved for so long? Gonna keep searching for a solution.

[Monika Gause]

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@pkazmercyk  schrieb:

The "correct answer" below did not fix the problem for me. 

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That might happen when you do not follow the instructions exactly or maybe you don't have the necessary permissions to do it on your computer.

[SECC]

I try to do this with Sonoma, but it doesnt works on my unit. Any ideas how to fix it?

[miss-charlotte]

I have the same issue now with Sonoma

[Monika Gause]

Sonoma doesn't support EPS anymore. At all.

[miss-charlotte]

Thanks, I've begun batch converting my vector EPS files to AI.

[Miumiu1000]

It solved my problem! I did save and copy the illustrator.qlgenerator to my user library and restarted

🙏🏼💫

[ngarf]

miss-charlotte's fix was right. But then I did the recent update and it no longer works. Any new workarounds??? 🙏🏼

[Monika Gause]

miss-charlotte's fix was right. But then I did the recent update and it no longer works. Any new workarounds??? 🙏🏼

By @ngarf

You updated the system? It doesn't support EPS anymore.

[HeathenHarper]

This may or may not help. FWIW, I have discovered that the .eps file thumbnails show up in Adobe Bridge.

[nooracox]

This link helped solve my issue entirely: https://droidwin.com/missing-icon-preview-for-eps-files-in-macos-monterey/

Just using the solution of making edits to and copying  "Illustrator.qlgenerator" to Quicklook didn't fully solve the issue of EPS files not previewing for me. But once I used Fix #2, all of my EPS icons showed previews.

Fix #2 steps are:

1. Bring up the Finder menu and go to Preferences > Advanced.
2. Then checkmark “Show all filename extensions”.
3. On the other hand, uncheck “Show warning before changing an extension”.
   
4. Now go to the folder where the EPS files are present, then select all EPS files.
5. After that, perform a right-click and select “Rename…”
6. Rename Finder Items menu will now appear, select Replace Text.
7. Now under Find, type in EPS, and under Replace with, type in AI.
8. Finally, hit the Rename button and wait for the process to complete.
9. Once done, check if it fixes the missing icon preview for EPS files in macOS Monterey.

[Juan Cano]

This solutions didn't work for me; so there is no permanent solve for future EPS? I donwload EPS from stock images all the time. No previews for years. Terrible.

[Abhishek Rao]

Hello @Juan Cano,

I understand how annoying it can be to deal with EPS files when the previews simply won't display. I conducted a test on my end using Illustrator 30.0, and the previews are showing up correctly for me in Finder, so I would like to know what might be different in your configuration. Could you please confirm the exact version of Illustrator you are using, along with the macOS version on your system? It would also be helpful if you could provide a screenshot of the export settings you apply when saving the EPS file or, even better, a brief screen recording that captures your entire workflow from saving the file to viewing it in Finder. Once I have that information, I can investigate this further.

I look forward to your response.

Abhishek

[Juan Cano]

Thank you; I'm on an MacBook M4 Max with Sequoia 15.6.1. Using Illustrator 30.0.

The EPS, I don't save files as EPS. I download EPS vector files from my Getty Images subscription. None of these have a thumbnail. (See screenshot).

Just for fun, I opened one of those EPS and saved as an Illustrator EPS with the settings that are in the screenhot. Still no preview.  See below.

I mean, I don't want to toot my own horn, but I've used Illustrator since it was literally invented. back when we only used EPS vs. AI files. The EPS thumbnail has been an issue for at least 2 years maybe longer. It's probably a MacOSX problem.

[Ton Frederiks]

No solution from the Mac system. Apple stopped displaying EPS and supporting PostScript years ago.

Use Bridge for previewing EPS files, or even better, convert them to .ai or .pdf.