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I'm transferring video files to an external drive. I have done this in the past and the previews show the "photo" of the video, but now, they just show the Q (QuickTime) icon. Can this be changed? I'm running Monterey 12.2.1.

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Posted on Feb 26, 2022 1:04 PM

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Posted on Feb 26, 2022 1:11 PM

QuestaGirl wrote:

I'm transferring video files to an external drive. I have done this in the past and the previews show the "photo" of the video, but now, they just show the Q (QuickTime) icon. Can this be changed? I'm running Monterey 12.2.1.


Finder icon view doesn't show image thumbnail


Open Activity Monitor.app

Search for a process called "com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent"

Forced quit that process

Relaunch the Finder (hold the Control Options keys , click Finder >"Relaunch"



Activity Monitor User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


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Feb 26, 2022 1:11 PM in response to QuestaGirl

QuestaGirl wrote:

I'm transferring video files to an external drive. I have done this in the past and the previews show the "photo" of the video, but now, they just show the Q (QuickTime) icon. Can this be changed? I'm running Monterey 12.2.1.


Finder icon view doesn't show image thumbnail


Open Activity Monitor.app

Search for a process called "com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent"

Forced quit that process

Relaunch the Finder (hold the Control Options keys , click Finder >"Relaunch"



Activity Monitor User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


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