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
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.
Amazing! Thank you! I really needed this!! I don't care if that's not permanent or not, as long as it works!!
Liz
Hey Zig Zagg!
Thanks for the new link, good to know. Hopefully that also helps someone out!
I was experiencing the same problem, this fixed it for me!
Exactly the same problem any help?
Thanks Ed, worked like a charm!
This fix worked for me! Thanks so much EdMenno!!
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.
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.
Thanks @EdMenno for the tip, it worked for me too!
"Open up Activity Monitor, search for a process called "com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent," force quit that process, restart Finder"
Bumping this thread so that it doesn't go dead hey it rhymes
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.
I am also experiencing this issue. I hope we just don't get temporary fixes and Apple really does something to fix this.
It worked :) Hope this is a permanent fix, but even if not it's easy enough to repeat
Not a permanent solution for me. It needs to be repeated for every new file I save - from all applications.
working Good thanks.
Agreed with @Brandonpeter. This is taking entirely too long to resolve. The "solution" provided is a best a temporary fix. Patch the issue already.
No images in Icon view with Monterey
