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WaxLily

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Original poster
Jul 30, 2010
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Hello, I am having an issue that's driving me CRAZY if anyone has any ideas; I work as a designer and heavily rely on Finder to show the contents of my Adobe Illustrator files (.ai) which it has always reliably done until recently; I noticed that if I restart the computer, Finder will display the files contents as the preview; But then after I am working and begin opening applications, Finder stops behaving this way and instead will show the Application Icon (not file contents). This is really a big interruption in work flow, because I typically have multiple versions of a file and need to be able to browse them more quickly instead of having to blindly open each file one by one. I have not performed any recent updates to OS or Apps. Is this a memory problem? Any way to reset something so I can get the proper file contents to display? Again, it will work properly upon startup then once I begin working, the file contents become icon displays.

Driving me nuts, any or all help is much appreciated! :(:rolleyes::apple:

As shown :
https://goo.gl/photos/4ZUuAnKoDBHUugt38

Here is what my Activity Monitor shows for performance/memory :
https://goo.gl/photos/hW71TZJtxgcL51uSA
https://goo.gl/photos/KvAU6BCoyNAGoSZA6
https://goo.gl/photos/TWTyVbUMmTBogZeo8
 
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