adobe indesign 18.1 preview not showing in mac os 12.6 finder preview pane

[albertof72196494]

Suddenly my mac os 12.6 preview pane does not show previews of the InDesign icon or the document

[josephryan7]

Just in case people rub their eyes in disbelief. Yes, 18.9 beta.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Awesome @josephryan7 example no matter what the wiki image tells me.

[fourtheyemedia]

I finally discovered that my layer was somehow made into a template layer, and moving my objects to a normal layer solved the issue - check if this is the case for you. 

[ftgben]

Not the case for me. It simply does not show in finder column view. 

[ismasans]

Finally, it's SOLVED for me!

With the update of InDesign to version 18.3 the previews work.

You just need to update the app.

[KMHDESIGN]

hopefully 18.3 will come to southern California soon. Adobe CC says im current at 18.2.1

[atomicvibe]

18.3 has not yet been released in my area. I'm on 18.2.1.455 and the app is labeled as "up to date."

[ismasans]

I am in Spain. The update is available since this morning. I suppose that in the next hours it will be available to all users.

[ftgben]

I'll be waiting. update not available here yet. Hopefully it has the fix.

[ingridc79556058]

Yes, finally it's solved for me too with the update to 18.3. 😊🙌🏻

[gargiulo]

Waiting for 18.3 is available for me...here's to hope.

[ftgben]

still waiting for creative cloud to release the 18.3 update. nothing available in my area yet (Western States, US)

[ftgben]

Well, Adobe is taking a while to give us the 18.3 update. Three days still waiting. Since then, Upgraded to Ventura, hoping that would spur an Indesign update. No indication that a new update is soon. Creative cloud shows up to date on version 18.2.1.

Sincerely, not impressed.

[Curtis5FCB · Accepted solution]

Huzzah! I finally got the 18.3 update today, and lo and behold; when I clicked on one of the InDesign layout files I worked on yesterday (after the MacOS verified the updated InDesign app) a Finder preview appeared, clear as day! Thanks Adobe!

[Rishabh_Tiwari]

Glad to hear that! Feel free to update the discussion if you need further assistance.

Thanks

Rishabh

[josephryan7]

"Clear as day" is pretty generous. I'm glad some progress has been made, but I reserve my "thanks Adobe" for the day I can actually preview a document in Mac Finder.

[leo.r]

"Clear as day" is pretty generous. I'm glad some progress has been made, but I reserve my "thanks Adobe" for the day I can actually preview a document in Mac Finder.

By @josephryan7

What preview size is set in your Preferences? If it's not 1024, will it make a difference if you change the preference then resave you file? 

[josephryan7]

That helps with new or resaved files. Thanks. 

A global default to "medium"-resolution seems like an oops of a patch.

[atomicvibe]

I just received the 18.3 update, and I can confirm that this did, indeed, fix the issue. FIIIIIIIIIIIIINALLY.

[ftgben · Accepted solution]

YES!!! The fix is here! update took care of the problem. Thank you Adobe for listening to your designers needs.

[albertof72196494]

Yes indeeeeed, it appears that the issue is finally fixed!

[Premier Advertising]

Yeah..!! I can finally see my previews! remember that if they are in the cloud they cannot be seen. they have to download.  Thanks Adobe.

[defaultodeibm90hh5c]

I think this problem is not solved, only 1 of the two problems of the questioner was solved here. The second problem that bothers me is that the icon of the Indesign application does not appear on macOS in the preview pane as it was before in version CC2022 (v17) if you do not use the document preview.
To explain a bit, I have this option turned off by default, I don't need a preview of the document, I know what's in the document and also previously these previews increased the file size quite a bit - now I haven't tried it yet because due to workflows I'm upgrading to new versions later.
So I would like the preview pane to display a large icon as before, there are two reasons for this:
1) it's slow, whether the preview is stored there or not, browsing a folder with multiple indd documents is slow. This is because the system always tries to load the preview and it takes a while before it displays a straight application icon. On the local storage, the slowdown is smaller, but it is there, but I often work via vpn and browsing such documents on the server is a pain because the system first downloads the full size of the document and then only displays the message "ah preview is not available"... I note that I don't open the documents, I just click on them to be able to download them to my storage.
2) it's not aesthetically pleasing

Thanks, Stanley

[ftgben]

This was fixed. No issue now on Mac. 

[defaultodeibm90hh5c]

I'm sorry, but I think we don't understand each other. Below is an example of what I want the system to do if I DON'T want to use document previews. I WANT to display the application icon as it was before version 2023. Just the same as it works with idml files or if I select more indd files - in that case you don't see the document previews either, but again only the application icons. It is not only a display feature, but mainly the speed of viewing such documents.