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Q: I am no longer able to preview MIDI files via quick look, or by clicking the icon.

When I try to open a MIDI file with quick look, there is no play options. When I click the icon, the loading swirl appears over the file as if it is going to play, but it just goes on forever. This seems to be a result of the OS X Mavericks update. Is there any way to fix this issue?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 29, 2013 12:58 PM

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Q: I am no longer able to preview MIDI files via quick look, or by clicking the icon.

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  • by xprsnism,

    xprsnism xprsnism Nov 25, 2013 1:45 PM in response to rc293
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    Nov 25, 2013 1:45 PM in response to rc293

    I'm experiencing this too. Incredibly annoying. It seems the QuickLook MIDI plug-in that used to work is dependent on QT7. There's no workaround AFAIK... Hopefully Apple or a third party developer will make a QuickLook MIDI plug-in that doesn't have that dependency.

  • by Bob Lyons,

    Bob Lyons Bob Lyons Nov 26, 2013 6:44 PM in response to rc293
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    Nov 26, 2013 6:44 PM in response to rc293

    I've sent Apple feedback about this. I was hoping it would be fixed within days. I have thousands of midi files. It is massively frustrating not being able to 'quick look' them any more. Maybe I can find an app that previews midi files without opening them? Don't know what else to do...

  • by w7ox,

    w7ox w7ox Nov 26, 2013 7:27 PM in response to Bob Lyons
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    Nov 26, 2013 7:27 PM in response to Bob Lyons

    If you were able to function as you wanted prior to Mavericks installation, you may want to revert to your prior version of OS X for a time.

     

    Phil

  • by RAMANIUHA,

    RAMANIUHA RAMANIUHA Dec 25, 2013 12:27 AM in response to rc293
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    Dec 25, 2013 12:27 AM in response to rc293

    I also encountered this problem. found the net from a third party plugin but it did not solve the problem. Midi files are still not played in quick review and I can not play in the Internet browser Safari. Technical support of the applets on this occasion still silent. Set until the program for playing midi TiMidity + + but it is still not comfortable

  • by dirk bill,

    dirk bill dirk bill Sep 27, 2014 8:44 AM in response to rc293
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    Sep 27, 2014 8:44 AM in response to rc293

    I'm in the same boat. What's absurd is I can preview MIDI in the Finder (Mountain Lion) at work but not at home (Mavericks). Clearly Apple dropped the ball on this, and nobody is picking it up. I'm seeing people all over the web complaining about it. Either the Quicktime team is fixing this problem and the solution will magically appear one day, or...

  • by Joecil,

    Joecil Joecil Dec 29, 2014 9:02 AM in response to rc293
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    Dec 29, 2014 9:02 AM in response to rc293

    PPLEASE WHEN THIS PROBLEM WILL FIX ???

  • by djstyleee,

    djstyleee djstyleee Mar 20, 2015 8:43 PM in response to Joecil
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    Mar 20, 2015 8:43 PM in response to Joecil

    Still no fix?

  • by dirk bill,

    dirk bill dirk bill Mar 20, 2015 9:26 PM in response to djstyleee
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    Mar 20, 2015 9:26 PM in response to djstyleee

    Nope. Pathetic. QuickTime 7 will play them without a problem, as was stated before, but still no Quick Look/Finder preview.

  • by QuickTimeKirk,

    QuickTimeKirk QuickTimeKirk Mar 21, 2015 4:31 AM in response to djstyleee
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    Mar 21, 2015 4:31 AM in response to djstyleee

    There will never be a fix.

    Apple has ended support for dozens of legacy codecs in Mavericks, and later and Quicklook will not preview them. The only way to play them is using QuickTime Player 7.

  • by joesquarepants,

    joesquarepants joesquarepants May 17, 2015 11:16 AM in response to rc293
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    May 17, 2015 11:16 AM in response to rc293

    omg still no fix? pleasee

  • by QuickTimeKirk,

    QuickTimeKirk QuickTimeKirk May 17, 2015 11:19 AM in response to joesquarepants
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    May 17, 2015 11:19 AM in response to joesquarepants

    Read my post above and face your options.

  • by djstyleee,

    djstyleee djstyleee May 17, 2015 2:41 PM in response to QuickTimeKirk
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    May 17, 2015 2:41 PM in response to QuickTimeKirk

    It wouldn't be so bad if they actually enabled you to audition MIDI files in Logic Pro X  via the File Browser. It is a shame Apple do not respond as quite rightly it just makes us pro users think our voice is not being heard anymore.

  • by Topgunner222,

    Topgunner222 Topgunner222 Jun 29, 2016 4:25 PM in response to rc293
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    Jun 29, 2016 4:25 PM in response to rc293

    # Info #

     

     

    I've created a quicklook plugin to solve this using past versions of Quicktime 7.6.6, Audio.qlgenerator, and Music.qldisplay from OS X Mountain Lion.

     

     

    Forewarning, the reason this was taken out of OS X is due to a security vulnerability it caused; while not a major security flaw, Apple opted to discontinue midi preview, I'm guessing because it was relatively infrequently used when considering your average user. For me, it is worth the risk to have midi previews.

     

     

    Here is a zip file containing the files necessary

     

     

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/67uuc91t34wx2zp/midi-ql.zip?dl=0

     

     

    SHA256: a09d2f93ab9207f8a73c76e9bdf23b1f925973f6cb68c95531339d1e7f88498a

     

     

    File name: midi-ql.zip

     

     

     

     

    # Installation #

     

     

    1. Move `midiQL.qlgenerator` to `~/Library/QuickLook`

    2. Move `Audio.qlgenerator` to `/System/Library/QuickLook`

    3. Move `Music.qldisplay` to `/System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/QuickLookUI. framework/Versions/A`

    4. Open `/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app` and run `qlmanage -r && qlmanage -r cache`

    5. Preview audio and midi to your heart's content!