Thumbnails not showing on Mac (Preview)

[nyc_macuser]

Hey there! I don't know if you've found a solution to this yet, but I was just having the same problem and after some troubleshooting, I got my preview icons to work again!

Basically I opened up Activity Monitor, searched for a process called "com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent," forced quit that process, and Relaunched Finder in the Force Quit menu. Worked like a charm.

Don't know if that's helpful for you or anyone else, but just wanted to put that out there!
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Like many here, I registered today just to say THANK YOU!!!🙏

 

[cocoua]

Like many here, I registered today just to say THANK YOU!!!🙏

Hi!

Dock this script created in Automator and saved as an App and you can even set a short cut if you will:

do shell script "launchctl kickstart -k gui/501/com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent" user name "YUOURUSERNAME" password "YOURADMINPASSWORD" with administrator privileges

do shell script "killall Finder"

this will kill/relaunch ThumbnailsAgent and Finder in a click (or key stroke)

 

[theforty.seven]

Hey there! I don't know if you've found a solution to this yet, but I was just having the same problem and after some troubleshooting, I got my preview icons to work again!

Basically I opened up Activity Monitor, searched for a process called "com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent," forced quit that process, and Relaunched Finder in the Force Quit menu. Worked like a charm.

Don't know if that's helpful for you or anyone else, but just wanted to put that out there!
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Thank you so much! It works like a charm.

 

[tbaymac]

Hey there! I don't know if you've found a solution to this yet, but I was just having the same problem and after some troubleshooting, I got my preview icons to work again!

Basically I opened up Activity Monitor, searched for a process called "com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent," forced quit that process, and Relaunched Finder in the Force Quit menu. Worked like a charm.

Don't know if that's helpful for you or anyone else, but just wanted to put that out there!
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THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

 

[drsmith1126]

Hey there! I don't know if you've found a solution to this yet, but I was just having the same problem and after some troubleshooting, I got my preview icons to work again!

Basically I opened up Activity Monitor, searched for a process called "com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent," forced quit that process, and Relaunched Finder in the Force Quit menu. Worked like a charm.

Don't know if that's helpful for you or anyone else, but just wanted to put that out there!
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just made an account to thank you for this. still saving lives in 2023.