Fix for slow Quicklook Preview Catalina
I've spent hours trying to problem solve the slow rendering of .jpg previews in Finder, only to find out that quitting Google Filestream which I have to use for work solved the issue immediately.
You'll need to re-download all your Filestream data (if working offline and make sure you're fully sync'd before doing this), but if you have this problem:
- Exit Google Filestream
- Restart
- Check quicklook previews are snappy again
If so:
- Go to ~/Library/Application Support/Google
- Delete the whole of the FS folder
- Delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.filestream
- Restart
- Redownload Filestream and relogin
I'm not sure why Google Filestream was messing around with quick look - it even affected files on the Desktop, supposedly outside of Google's 'control' as not in the Filestream folder.
But everything working again now - so relieved to have my Mac back properly.
MacBook Pro