CBR/CBZ files not displaying image in Finder

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CBR/CBZ files not displaying image in Finder

I recently updated Monterey to 12.4 on my M1 MacBook and now every CBR and CBZ file look like a blank white document. I typically use Simple Comic and I can only run Simple Comic 1.7 on the M1 as 1.9 won't install. It was working fine until the Monterey update. I've contacted simple comic as well. It's impossible to browse my comics on Finder now as all the files look the same and the Coverart of the comics used to be visible as the icon thumbnail and now it's not. It was working on the M1 mac for a year but recently these problem has happened. All the CBR/ CBZ files are set to simple comic as the default app. I've also tried changing it to preview, and have cleared the Finder cache as well, and done the force quit the thumbnail agent in Disc utility, and checked the box in Finder under "View > Show View Options > show icon preview" which is on but none of these helped. Hope someone can help me as this is driving me nuts.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 1, 2022 3:06 AM

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Jul 1, 2022 6:56 AM in response to TheShaneGuy

DID IT!!!!

Someone on the Simple Comic forum said the same thing as you guys but also told me to uninstall Simple Comic with the app cleaner app https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ and not through Finder and dragging to Trash. App cleaner deleted my caches and 10 other simple comic files on the system. I tried it through Finder first and that didn't work. Worked perfectly after 2 restarts. After the first restart i clicked on "Get info" and set the new simple comic as the new default app and change for all for both CBR and CBZ files. Checked a few different ones to make sure that it was the new default as some were picking Preview and YAC as it's on my HDD as well. One final restart and i'm so happy i can browse my comics and find the ones i want. Seeing colourful icons of Cover Art is glorious compared to folders of blank white rectangles has made my day.

And I have Simple Comic 1.9.4 running which is a lot better than using 1.7.0 which crashed every time i closed a comic.

Thanks for all your help. Hopefully this feed helps someone else too. I'm off to read a few comics now :)

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