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EPS preview in finder not working in monterey

So again a bad bug in monterey. Before monterey osx could preview vector files like eps as thumbnail and by pressing the spacebar to open quicklook or in finder opening the gallery mode. Since updating to monterey this feature didn't work on my machines. Neither on my 2017 iMac nor on my 2013 mac Pro and not on my 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max 16. All files have only a EPS-Symbol instead of showing a preview.

Apple, bring us back the preview option please as soon as possible.

I tried every solution from new user, deleting caches, quit finder, reset quicklook by terminal, installing 3rd party quicklook plugins. Nothing helped. Like 6 years ago I need to open a 3rd party program to look inside my eps folder with hundrets of symbols which is not convient anymore.

Posted on Dec 9, 2021 4:47 AM

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Omark2k

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Posted on Jan 12, 2022 3:50 PM

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I found this working solution on Apple forum.

I tested it and it works great. Please pay attention to copy modfied qlgenerator in Library/QuickLook, NOT in System/Library/QuickLook

Copy the "Illustrator.qlgenerator" from "/System/Library/QuickLook" to your desktop or any other folder you have read/write access to.
Open "Illustrator.qlgenerator" by right clicking it and select "Show package contents".
Open "Info.plist" in the "Contents" folder with a text editor.
Find the line "<string>com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image</string>"
Insert "<string>com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript</string>" below it with the same indentation and save the "Info.plist" file.
Copy "Illustrator.qlgenerator" to "/Library/QuickLook"

If you did everything right, you should now have .EPS previews back again. That's a workaround until apple fixes it in the System/Library, hopefully soon.

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DERJUNG

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Apr 21, 2022 1:55 AM in response to FLYINGFOX23

not sure if already postet, but here is a working solution for me.

https://www.thetechexplained.com/fix-missing-icon-preview-for-eps-files-in-macos-monterey/546/

FLYINGFOX23 Author

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Feb 1, 2022 11:20 PM in response to aneelarick

Hi aneelarick and all others. The "library/quicklook" folder is in SYSTEM. This is importnat. Not in the library folder you will see first when you open your system disk.

The complete path is:

Startupdisk/system/library/quicklook

This is very important. Only in that folder are all system important qlgenerators

Feb 2, 2022 7:47 AM in response to FLYINGFOX23

Not letting me copy-paste any file into "startupdisk/system/library/quicklook"

I tried overwriting the file "Illustrator.qlgenerator" still didn't work. Maybe my computer is low in memory and storage. Too much data stored on the iCloud and on my system :(

jpgs are showing preview but not stock images .eps

That's ok thanks for help :)

Jul 11, 2022 2:24 AM in response to FLYINGFOX23

Late to Monterey but just discovered this bug. Made the changes to a copy of Illustrator.qlgenerator>package content infos.plist outside of the System Library in Textedit but the amended file won't copy back to the original location - seems I don't have the relevant permissions our something. Just get the no entry icon. Also if I do work out how to replace should I keep a 'safe' copy off the original file somewhere?

Dec 13, 2021 1:08 AM in response to FLYINGFOX23

this is driving me mad. any chance of a fix any time soon?

FLYINGFOX23 Author

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Dec 13, 2021 1:11 AM in response to Martin_SBR

Yes Monterey has so many bugs :-(

I told support my bugs and problems. Hope we will get a final update soon.

Dec 22, 2021 11:41 AM in response to FLYINGFOX23

This has been really frustrating for me as a designer. Not being able to preview vectors with the spacebar key is really an inconvenience.

etresoft

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Dec 22, 2021 12:14 PM in response to FLYINGFOX23

FLYINGFOX23 wrote:

installing 3rd party quicklook plugins.

This is a valid solution.

dialabrain

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Dec 22, 2021 1:27 PM in response to etresoft

etresoft wrote:

FLYINGFOX23 wrote:

installing 3rd party quicklook plugins.

This is a valid solution.

It is? Are you aware of any and a source?

dialabrain

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Dec 22, 2021 2:09 PM in response to etresoft

So, a "valid solution" in your eyes is something no one else can have except you. Got it.

dialabrain

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Dec 22, 2021 2:33 PM in response to etresoft

Question: Does it also show a preview in the Finder?

etresoft

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Dec 22, 2021 4:07 PM in response to dialabrain

Yes

Jan 6, 2022 9:51 AM in response to etresoft

If you're willing to share I'd love to check out that app as not being able to preview .eps files is a major pain. Thanks in advance.

Jan 6, 2022 11:24 AM in response to etresoft

Understandable, I found you, I'll contact ya now. Thank you.

Jan 6, 2022 12:16 PM in response to etresoft

Your little app worked great. Thank you for sharing.

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