when you press the spacebar, the active work area is highlighted. For example, I select a photo in the finder and press the spacebar to view the photo and instead the macbook selects the entire folder area.


when you press the spacebar, the active work area is highlighted. For example, I select a photo in the finder and press the spacebar to view the photo and instead the macbook selects the entire folder area.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 11:44 AM

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Feb 3, 2022 9:24 AM in response to Azimzhan

Hello Azimzhan,


It seems like selected folders are opened when pressing the Space bar, is that correct? We want to help.


Does this occur every time you try to preview a photo using the Space bar? "Space bar: Use Quick Look to preview the selected item."


You can find some good information about keyboard shortcuts here: Mac keyboard shortcuts


To help isolate this behavior further, can you let us know if you also experience the same issue in safe mode? How to use safe mode on your Mac


Thanks!

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when you press the spacebar, the active work area is highlighted. For example, I select a photo in the finder and press the spacebar to view the photo and instead the macbook selects the entire folder area.

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