I download a file to my desktop, to be used as wallpaper. The icon on the desktop doesn't show the picture. Just a default JPEG icon. I noticed on my wife's desktop, the picture is displayed in the icon. Both of us use Preview to display jpegs. Anyone know where to change this setting, so the icon displays the actual picture?
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I don't think its a setting. As far as I know its how/where the picture has been saved. The images I download normally display the file icon thingy, but the ones I have created in photoshop display the image preview. If you want a preview that badly can only suggest importing them into Photoshop and saving again
There is a setting for this: make sure you are on the desktop in Finder (easiest to close all Finder windows) and go to View->View Options, select Show icon preview. It's a little difficult to find the first time because you can only do this when you are on the desktop.
just to add, if you right click on the icon and 'get info' you can choose the default app to open the icon, this will change it, say from preview to photoshop etc.
I asked the same question, and apparently this is just what happens. Even if you save the photo in portrait it still shows in it's original landscape orientation. There's no way to fix it i don't think?
yeah, rotating in preview definitty won't work. Have you tried a 3rd party, Photoshop for example?
3rd party programs like Photoshop don't work for rotation either...i even tried my HP Photosmart Studio that came with my printer and that didn't work either. Looks like it's just a preview issue.
I have CocoThumbX sitting in my Dock and if I have an image/s which don't display the proper thumbnail view, I just drag it/them over the CocoThumX icon to bring them into line ...
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This is an old thread but I found the solution on another forum. If your jpg, gif, png, images don't show up on your desktop (only the icon), the solution is:
1. From the apple menu, choose Force Quit
2. highlight 'Finder'
3. click Relaunch
4. click Relaunch again
5. That's it! Photos are restored on your desktop.
1. From the apple menu, choose Force Quit
2. highlight 'Finder'
3. click Relaunch
4. click Relaunch again
5. That's it! Photos are restored on your desktop.
Thank you for this,
I adjusted my icon size a few weeks ago and had to organize my icons around..must have clicked that option off by accident. I had the same problem and it was driving me nuts.