No images in Icon view with Monterey

Since updating to 12.0.1 Monterey my 2017 27” Retina iMac no longer shows images in Icon view for all image file formats, pdf, and video files. psd and rtf files appear fine. After a restart several image files acquired an image in Icon view, but the majority have not.


Is anyone else experiencing this? I need a fix because I switch into Icon view when I sort images, pdfs and videos.

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 12.0

Posted on Oct 31, 2021 1:55 PM

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Posted on Dec 14, 2021 9:42 AM

So i found this elsewhere and it worked for me:


"Open up Activity Monitor, search for a process called "com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent," force quit that process, restart Finder"


Not sure if it's a permanent fix, but it's not onerous to do when necessary until Apple fix it.

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Nov 3, 2021 7:26 AM in response to brandonpeter

Any Third Party Applications that will interfere with the normal operation of the OS, alter, modify, remove or delete or attempt to do so is an invitation for disaster and may require a Reinstallation of the OS.


This includes AntiVirus, Disk Cleaners, Disk Optimizes, UnInstaller etc.


If any of the above were installed and used in previous version of macOS - the issues experienced now, in Monterey, may have come to light and been amplified.

Nov 3, 2021 8:33 AM in response to brandonpeter

Sorry if parsing words " Disk Cleaners, Disk Optimizes, UnInstaller " are not expressly mentioned as Not installed or used in previous or present versions of macOS.


As for reinstallation of Monterey - in context - it was mentioned and conditional to those applications having been installed or used.


So, if none of them were or are present on the computer - reinstallation is not necessary.

Dec 21, 2021 8:07 AM in response to brandonpeter

I have the same issue and I'm really not a happy camper! I have 2 iMac's and the issue is on both of them. This really needs to be addressed and fixed. It is a huge problem for me as I work with photos everyday and need tobe able to see my files. I have ready all of the responses up to today (dec 21st 2021) and nothing actually fixes the issue. Some temp. fixes but that is not good enough. Please Apple, fix this and give us an update. For every person that has reported the issue there has to be many more that are experiencing it. Thanks so much.

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