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Problem with Space Bar Preview

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zachhwilliams

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Jan 1, 2010
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Hi,

I'm using Mac OS X 10.5.8 and today I've had a problem with the preview function.

When I pressed the spacebar on an image, I used to see the thumbnail enlarged and then if I made another gesture I could make it full screen.

Recently it has come up with a smaller version of the image and information about it (e.g. Adobe Photoshop JPEG File).

How can I change this back?

Many Thanks,
Zach
 
That feature is known as Quick Look. On my 10.5 system, the mini-icon and file info only appear if its something that the OS is unable to display the contents for, such as a folder, a disk image, or a plugin file. What are the files you are trying to use Quick Look on?
 
JediMeister said:
That feature is known as Quick Look. On my 10.5 system, the mini-icon and file info only appear if its something that the OS is unable to display the contents for, such as a folder, a disk image, or a plugin file. What are the files you are trying to use Quick Look on?
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Trying to use Quick Look for images (JPEGs) as it's easy to look at them quickly before importing them into photoshop etc.. Thanks
 
HD/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.QuickLookDaemon.plist

Move that plist file to your Desktop. (you can Trash it when you decide it's no longer needed)
Keep that preferences folder open.
Try Quicklook. Does that create a new com.apple.QuickLookDaemon.plist file in the Preferences folder?
If not, Restart.
Once you get a new com.apple.QuickLookDaemon.plist file, it will be set to the original defaults. This should restore the previous QuickLook behavior.
 
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