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David Tejada
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December 7, 2021
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Preview icon does not show on desktop (MAC)

  • December 7, 2021
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When in the Print module and selecting jpeg, I no longer see a preview icon on my desktop. It just shows the jpeg preview illustration.  Show icon preview is selected in my finder.  I have jpegs on my desktop that show the preview, just not the ones I produce from Lightroom.  Any help would be appreciated.  DT 

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    Correct answer johnrellis

    Lots of complaints about Quick Look in Mac OS 12 (Monterey) not always showing thumbnails for JPEGs and other image formats, e.g.

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253316401 

     

    I didn't research it thoroughly, but many have posted they get only temporary relief by Force Quit / Relaunch Finder, by rebooting, or killing the QuickLookUIService processes.

     

    I developed the PSB Quick Look plugin years ago and have maintained it through many OS upgrades, and in my opinion, the Quick Look service was not particularly well-architected and has had numerous problems over the years. I suspect it's one of the parts of Mac OS that doesn't get the best talent assigned to it.

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    David TejadaAuthor
    Participant
    December 9, 2021

    Thanks everyone for your insights.  Magic, it now works..... 🙂

    kentdesign
    Community Expert
    kentdesignCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 9, 2021

    So what changed now that it works..?

     

      TheDigitalDog
      TheDigitalDog
      Inspiring
      December 9, 2021

      For me, force quitting the Finder. But I totally expect this will only be a temporary solution and may need to do so again.

      Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
      TheDigitalDog
      TheDigitalDog
      Inspiring
      December 9, 2021

      I'm not seeing thumbnails generated when I export say a JPEG from Apple Photo's. Or Photoshop. This looks like an OS bug to me, not Adobe's.

      Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
        johnrellis
        johnrellisCorrect answer
        Legend
        December 9, 2021

        Lots of complaints about Quick Look in Mac OS 12 (Monterey) not always showing thumbnails for JPEGs and other image formats, e.g.

        https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253316401 

         

        I didn't research it thoroughly, but many have posted they get only temporary relief by Force Quit / Relaunch Finder, by rebooting, or killing the QuickLookUIService processes.

         

        I developed the PSB Quick Look plugin years ago and have maintained it through many OS upgrades, and in my opinion, the Quick Look service was not particularly well-architected and has had numerous problems over the years. I suspect it's one of the parts of Mac OS that doesn't get the best talent assigned to it.

          TheDigitalDog
          TheDigitalDog
          Inspiring
          December 9, 2021

          Forcing the Finder to quit did the job (for the time being). Got a thumbnail out of Photoshop this time.

          Not a big deal (sloppy of Apple) but Monterey hasn't been a great upgrade for me: Safari is nearly unusable. So Firefox until the dot release which will hopefully fix this and more.

          I've pulled the bug report to Adobe about this, clearly it's an Apple issue. Thanks for confirming and providing a temp fix.

          Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
          Bob Somrak
          Bob Somrak
          Legend
          December 7, 2021

          This must be a Monteray problem as it works correctly on Big Sur

          M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
          TheDigitalDog
          TheDigitalDog
          Inspiring
          December 7, 2021
          quote

          This must be a Monteray problem as it works correctly on Big Sur


          By @Bob Somrak

           

          Seems the case, Photoshop too doesn't save a thumbnail. But I'd like to hear from the OP to confirm he's also on Monterey.

          Or Apple has changed something and Adobe needs to 'fix' what they changed. That old game again.

          Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
          TheDigitalDog
          TheDigitalDog
          Inspiring
          December 7, 2021

          I see the same lack of a thumbnail on Monterey, is that your OS as well?

          I also do not see a thumbnail if I export the image, even as a TIFF etc.

          I don't know for a fact it is Lightroom Classic and not the OS but I suspect the former and will file a bug report offically. But in the meantime, please let us know what OS version you're running.

          Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
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