simple Preview question...

[boynigel]

i use Preview to open most of my pics outside of iPhoto. my question is this- how can i get the icons of all my jpegs to show a little thumbnail of the actual pic? right now, i don't know what the pic is until i open it because all that is displayed is the generic thumbnail icon for preview. a bit of a pain...

 

[spinnerlys]

You can also use the Space Bar to access Quick Look.

For having real thumbnails, go into Finder, open the folder where it counts, CMD+J (Show View Options) and select "Show icon preview".

 

[elppa]

Then click that "Use as defaults button"

 

[boynigel]

how embarrassing, i should have been able to figure that one out. oh well. thanks!!!

 

[Gregg2]

No, not at all. I discovered (translate: was told) that if the Show Icon Preview button was NOT checked, then my Word and Excel file icons would be Blue and Green respectively, instead of a generic gray. With it checked, they would flash their colors, then fade to gray. Who'd a thunk?