Double clicking photos in iMessage doesnt open full sized photo anymore on Monterey (worked fine on Big Sur)

[Phat^Trance]

I'm having a problem where now all of a sudden after upgrading to Monterey, double-clicking photos in iMessage no longer opens them in Preview / full sized window. The only way I got that to work was by clicking on Details, and selecting the photo. Quite annoying to have something that worked perfectly before suddenly disappear with an upgrade.

Anyone know how to fix this? so that the full sized image shows when i double click on it? Worked fine on Big Sur!

 

[headlessmike]

It works fine for me on Monterey 12.0.1. Just like it did on Big Sur.

 

[Phat^Trance]

It works fine for me on Monterey 12.0.1. Just like it did on Big Sur.

This is how it looks like for me when clicking on images via imessage. Video below or more visible video here: https://streamable.com/kw11if

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[fisherking]

preview? when i double-click an image in a message, i always get a full-size image in quick look...

 

[Phat^Trance]

preview? when i double-click an image in a message, i always get a full-size image in quick look...

Strange, i had that in Big Sur, when i double click a image, it gets me directly to full sized image. Now in Monterey im getting a small thumbnail preview first (really small one), which forces me to take one more step to view the full sized image.

 

[fisherking]

Strange, i had that in Big Sur, when i double click a image, it gets me directly to full sized image. Now in Monterey im getting a small thumbnail preview first (really small one), which forces me to take one more step to view the full sized image.

odd; not sure what the fix is. quick look only gives you the thumbnail? then you get the full image if you 'open with preview'?

 

[Phat^Trance]

odd; not sure what the fix is. quick look only gives you the thumbnail? then you get the full image if you 'open with preview'?

Yeah, quick look only give me this window:

 

[fisherking]

you could try:

going to the user library preferences folder, deleting the 2 com.apple.quicklook files, rebooting. you could also try deleting the user>library>cache folder (& rebooting). what mac are you on? try resetting the nvram (if you're on an intel mac).

just some ideas...

 

[Phat^Trance]

you could try:

going to the user library preferences folder, deleting the 2 com.apple.quicklook files, rebooting. you could also try deleting the user>library>cache folder (& rebooting). what mac are you on? try resetting the nvram (if you're on an intel mac).

just some ideas...

Just tried it and it didn’t work.

Im on m1 btw.

 

[polteris]

I had the same problem. After restart the macbook problem solved.

 

[Phat^Trance]

I had the same problem. After restart the macbook problem solved.

I’ve rebooted my mini and air few times. Didn’t work :/

 

[fisherking]

try booting into safe mode, then rebooting...

 

[Phat^Trance]

Safe mode and reboot solved the problem! Thanks.

 

[mongobongo]

Safe mode and reboot solved the problem! Thanks.

OMG I've had this issue since November last year, so annoying! I thought it was another one of Apples recent "improvements"

I'm so glad I found this post. Safe mode and reboot solved it for me as well!

 

[gvmelbrty]

try booting into safe mode, then rebooting...

Have had this issue in Messages in Catalina (10.15.7) for months.. safe boot then reboot fixed it.. wow.. thxs! ... I wonder what else this fixed?

 

[KKramer]

try booting into safe mode, then rebooting...

Is it literally boot and then reboot without logging in? Or you need to log in to your account after safe boot and then reboot again?

 

[mongobongo]

I logged in in safe mode before reboot. Can't say if it was necessary. But try it, it can't hurt.

 

[fisherking]

Is it literally boot and then reboot without logging in? Or you need to log in to your account after safe boot and then reboot again?

you hold the shift key on startup, should take longer than usual, then it should say 'Safe Boot' in red, upper right menu bar. sign in. after you get to the finder, restart again, normally...