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Q: Quicklook problem

QuickLook now initially shows a grey box (see image below) upon first hitting the shift key when trying to view a photo. This occurs in all Users. I can close QuickLook and hit shift again, and it opens appropriately. In other words, I have to highlight a file, then hit the shift key three times to view it. In the past, I've used QuickLook quite frequently, but now, not so much. Would love to get it back. Any ideas? I haven't deleted any quickLook pref files yet, because I wasn't sure which ones.

 

Grey quicklook box.png

iMac 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 12:22 PM

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  • by Couchcowboy,Helpful

    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Aug 29, 2011 12:37 PM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Aug 29, 2011 12:37 PM in response to Couchcowboy

    I failed to mention, that QuickLook seems to work fine in Path Finder.

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    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Sep 3, 2011 9:45 AM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Sep 3, 2011 9:45 AM in response to Couchcowboy

    I was wrong. QuickLook does the same thing in Path Finder.

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    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Sep 14, 2011 1:56 PM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Sep 14, 2011 1:56 PM in response to Couchcowboy

    What happened to the photo on my original post??? How in the world did my question get marked as a "Helpful Answer"??? Anyone?

  • by DougGJoseph,

    DougGJoseph DougGJoseph Feb 21, 2012 12:33 PM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Feb 21, 2012 12:33 PM in response to Couchcowboy

    I came here curious to see the example image, and clicking on it does not show an image. ????

  • by Couchcowboy,

    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Feb 22, 2012 12:38 PM in response to DougGJoseph
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    Feb 22, 2012 12:38 PM in response to DougGJoseph

    For some reason, the site deleted my image. I'll try to upload another as soon as it happens again. I just restarted my computer, so Quicklook will work OK for awhile, then go bonkers again. Basically, when I hit space bar, the area where the image would normally appear is a grey box. The captions at top are visible, ie, "Open with Preview", the close area, etc, but there's no picture, just grey.

  • by adindavanh,

    adindavanh adindavanh Mar 5, 2012 4:17 AM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Mar 5, 2012 4:17 AM in response to Couchcowboy

    Hi,

    I have a similar proiblem: when hitting the space bar, I get a closed blue-grey folder type of image amd i cannot get in it. What's hapening? don't understand

  • by Couchcowboy,

    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Mar 7, 2012 2:50 PM in response to adindavanh
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    Mar 7, 2012 2:50 PM in response to adindavanh

    Here's what it looked like:

     

    Screen Shot 2012-02-25 at 7.16.22 AM.png

  • by Couchcowboy,

    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Mar 13, 2012 8:47 AM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Mar 13, 2012 8:47 AM in response to Couchcowboy

    Anybody have any ideas on why Quicklook does this???

  • by Couchcowboy,

    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Mar 27, 2012 1:55 PM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Mar 27, 2012 1:55 PM in response to Couchcowboy

    Still no suggestions? Apple? It's faster for me to open a file than to use "Quicklook". I'll start calling it "Slowlook."

    This is a real pain in the behind and I would appreciate any help.

  • by Couchcowboy,

    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Apr 19, 2012 6:21 AM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Apr 19, 2012 6:21 AM in response to Couchcowboy

    No ideas? FWIW, SlowLook tends to work OK for a short period of time after restarting Finder, which I have to do fairly often (Finder begins to have the spinning beach ball when you try to do the least little thing, such as move a file a few millimeters, rename a file, etc.). I've also noticed that upon selecting more than one file, hitting Space, that SlowLook doesn't always offer me the "view multiple file" option in the title bar. Boy, howdy, do I wish my Mac worked like a Mac!

  • by Couchcowboy,

    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Apr 26, 2012 1:21 PM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Apr 26, 2012 1:21 PM in response to Couchcowboy

    Me and adindavanh the only two in the whole world who have this QuickLook grey box problem??? Sigh......

  • by mattblum,

    mattblum mattblum May 21, 2012 8:16 AM in response to Couchcowboy
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    May 21, 2012 8:16 AM in response to Couchcowboy

    I have this problem too. Also, with multiple page PDFs when it does display the first page, it won't show any other pages. Same thing if I try to "QuickLook" multiple files—only shows the first image, but no others.

  • by Couchcowboy,

    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Jun 27, 2012 8:57 AM in response to mattblum
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    Jun 27, 2012 8:57 AM in response to mattblum

    Sorry to hear you're having problems, but kinda glad I'm not alone. FWIW, I've noticed that SlowLook (formerly known as QuickLook) seems to work better when only one user is logged on. I've also noticed that some aps that use SlowLook display the files without problem. I think this is somehow a Finder problem, particularly since I have a very unresponsive Finder after only a few hours of use. It begins to have more and more spinning beach balls until I finally have to restart the Finder, which helps for awhile, but then starts to creep back to the same ol stuff. For example, if I move a jpg to another folder, the "copying file to...." dialog box comes up for a couple of seconds, the beach ball spins and then the file is finallly moved. Moving a small file to a different folder should happen instantly, but it doesn't. It doesn't seem to matter if I use the Mac Finder or TotalFinder, I get the same type problems.

  • by Couchcowboy,

    Couchcowboy Couchcowboy Aug 21, 2012 10:04 AM in response to Couchcowboy
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    Aug 21, 2012 10:04 AM in response to Couchcowboy

    An update: I have discovered that SlowLook actually works if you only one user account active at a time. Wondering if this is a RAM issue. I have the maximum possible 8Gs of RAM in my iMac, but not enough apparently. I've upgraded (crossgraded?) to Mountain Lion, and although it seems a little better, it still occurs if two user accounts are active. Quick User Switching is not going to be possible in many iMacs due to the limitation of RAM installation IMHO.