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Preview in Monterey not working

On my 2011 iMac with High Sierra, Preview opens the file (Images, PDFs, Music, etc) when the space bar is pressed, even when Preview is not the default application. On my M1 Mac Mini with Monterey, Preview only opens a thumbnail when the space bar is pressed, even when it is the default app. Can someone help me get to preview opening the file by pressing the space bar?



Mac mini, 12.1

Posted on Dec 21, 2021 11:42 AM

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Posted on Dec 30, 2021 5:10 AM

paxroman wrote:

On my 2011 iMac with High Sierra, Preview opens the file (Images, PDFs, Music, etc) when the space bar is pressed, even when Preview is not the default application.

On my M1 Mac Mini with Monterey, Preview only opens a thumbnail when the space bar is pressed, even when it is the default app. Can someone help me get to preview opening the file by pressing the space bar?



Spacebar opens using QuickLook


select and double click an icon to open up the file/image


https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/view-and-edit-files-with-quick-look-mh14119/mac

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Dec 30, 2021 5:10 AM in response to paxroman

paxroman wrote:

On my 2011 iMac with High Sierra, Preview opens the file (Images, PDFs, Music, etc) when the space bar is pressed, even when Preview is not the default application.

On my M1 Mac Mini with Monterey, Preview only opens a thumbnail when the space bar is pressed, even when it is the default app. Can someone help me get to preview opening the file by pressing the space bar?



Spacebar opens using QuickLook


select and double click an icon to open up the file/image


https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/view-and-edit-files-with-quick-look-mh14119/mac

Preview in Monterey not working

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