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Preview in Ventura no longer supports .eps

Community Beginner ,
Nov 15, 2022 Nov 15, 2022

i just update the Mac OS to Ventura, and now Preview in Ventura no longer supports .eps again.

anyone can help ? thanks

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Community Beginner , Nov 15, 2022 Nov 15, 2022

it works now. 

Fix: Missing Icon Preview for EPS files in macOS Monterey

Edit the Info.plist File

  1. Go to the following directory
    /System/Library/QuickLook
  2. Copy the “Illustrator.qlgenerator” file. Paste it on the Desktop.
  3. You have to now right-click on this Illustrator.qlgenerator file. Choose Show package contents.
  4. Go to the “Info.plist” file present in the “Contents” folder by using a text editor.
  5. Search for the below line in that file:
    <string>com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image</string>
  6. Add the below line ne
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Community Expert , Feb 10, 2023 Feb 10, 2023

Yes,  Apple has dropped support for EPS, which is the reason that this thread even exists.

So you cannot do the conversion with Apple tools.

Probably the batch that Jolien posted would be an idea. In Illustrator you set up a batch  as well.

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 15, 2022 Nov 15, 2022

it works now. 

Fix: Missing Icon Preview for EPS files in macOS Monterey

Edit the Info.plist File

  1. Go to the following directory
    /System/Library/QuickLook
  2. Copy the “Illustrator.qlgenerator” file. Paste it on the Desktop.
  3. You have to now right-click on this Illustrator.qlgenerator file. Choose Show package contents.
  4. Go to the “Info.plist” file present in the “Contents” folder by using a text editor.
  5. Search for the below line in that file:
    <string>com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image</string>
  6. Add the below line next to the above line (ensure that both these lines have the same indentation).
    <string>com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript</string>
  7. Save this Info.plist” file. Copy the complete “Illustrator.qlgenerator” file. Type it in the below directory:
    /Library/QuickLook
  8. That’s it.
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Community Beginner ,
Jan 13, 2023 Jan 13, 2023

step 7... i can copu but how do i get it into the Library Quicklook??? 

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 13, 2023 Jan 13, 2023

Ok never mind I got it!

 

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New Here ,
Jan 15, 2023 Jan 15, 2023

How did you do it?

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New Here ,
Jan 15, 2023 Jan 15, 2023

Never mind, got it too 😄 Step 7: It was a different location!

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 15, 2023 Jan 15, 2023

Yes! Different location... it worked for me though! 

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New Here ,
Jan 26, 2023 Jan 26, 2023

Hi All, Step 7 doesn't work for me. I cannot copy the file into the quicklook folder. It's greyed out. When I try to drag and drop into the folder the file won't stay there. Any help? Thanks so much

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 29, 2023 Jan 29, 2023

I get a "no entry" symbol & can't copy to

/Library/QuickLook
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Community Beginner ,
Feb 03, 2023 Feb 03, 2023

You have another Library (so not in System Library), place it in that Quicklook folder 🙂 Worked for me.

I'm so glad!

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New Here ,
Feb 03, 2023 Feb 03, 2023

I am SURE I'm doing this correctly but it's not working correctly 

 

Can someone who's done this successfully do a loom video to show us how it goes? 

 

Thanks! 

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New Here ,
Feb 15, 2023 Feb 15, 2023

This part doesn't doesnt make sense to me.

 

  1. Add the below line next to the above line (ensure that both these lines have the same indentation).
    <string>com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript</string>


Here is what I did.

Screenshot 2023-02-15 at 7.00.35 AM.png

 

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New Here ,
Feb 15, 2023 Feb 15, 2023

I restarted and it worked. All good. Thanks.

 

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New Here ,
Apr 24, 2023 Apr 24, 2023

I've saved the duplicate “Illustrator.qlgenerator” file on my desktop and updated the “Info.plist” file but I can't get it back in to the 'QuickLook folder?

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New Here ,
Jul 15, 2023 Jul 15, 2023

Thank you so much for your help.  it works!!!! 

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New Here ,
Aug 10, 2023 Aug 10, 2023

Thank you, all. It's working!

 

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New Here ,
Nov 16, 2023 Nov 16, 2023

Can confirm that this is working for me on Ventura 13.3

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 24, 2023 Dec 24, 2023

IMPORTANT -- there is a lot of confusion across Reddit, Adobe and Apple forums about how to add the line <string>com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript</string>    

 

In Ventura you cannot edit anything in this directory:     /System/Library/Quicklook   

The instructions to copy the "illustrator.qlgenerator" file to the desktop will allow you to edit it, but it will not allow you to "Type it in the below directory:/Library/Quicklook" as it says in step 7.   "Type it" I assume meant to "copy it" to that location.

 

You MUST COPY the edited "package" to your local USER file:  users/'username'/library/quicklook    you can paste the updated package there without any trouble.  VENTURA is the issue.  Use your local user Library and you'll be all set.  Why can't Apple or Adobe explain how to solve this easily.  It must be some security issue.   The notes from other commenters emphasizing "are you sure you are using this directory..." only works for Monterey or earlier.  

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New Here ,
Aug 28, 2024 Aug 28, 2024

On Ventura 13.6 it finally worked !!!
I had to copy the modified file "Illustrator.qlgenerator" into my user's library, not in system because it's locked.


EPS means a lot, Apple neither Adobe cannot let go that file format. It's slow down the production when you don't have acces to a quick preview. It's one of the reasons why I purchased a MAC, otherwise, next time I would spend less money on a PC. ....seriously...

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Community Expert ,
Aug 28, 2024 Aug 28, 2024

@Matessier  schrieb:

EPS means a lot, Apple neither Adobe cannot let go that file format. 


 

Apple dropped it, so you might want to address them directly.

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 03, 2024 Dec 03, 2024

I used this shortcut for a whole year, every time my work made me update. It worked great until i was forced to upgrade to Sonoma and now this shortcut won't work at all. Has anyone found a work around for Sonoma? Apple just needs to bring back eps preview because it is so widely used. All stock sites still sell only eps files for the vector files. They are most compatible across all versions of software. This is the stupidest thing Apple has ever done. BAD FOR BUSINESS!

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 03, 2024 Dec 03, 2024

Adobe bridge can't even batch convert eps to ai. If apple wont' fix this then i hope Adobe adds something to the creative suite that allows us to batch convert eps files to AI, or i will be here for weeks converting eps files. 

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Adobe Employee ,
Dec 06, 2024 Dec 06, 2024
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Hello @nicolec7765893,

I understand that this functionality is important to you. Would you mind creating a UserVoice for this feature request (https://adobe.ly/3ZHoUta) and adding your comments there? Doing this will help us prioritize this request, and you will be notified of any updates.

 

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

 

Anubhav

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 10, 2023 Feb 10, 2023

i don't have: Illustrator.qlgenerator file. What now?

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 10, 2023 Feb 10, 2023

Are you sure you used this path:

/System/Library/QuickLook

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