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Monterey 12.6 Preview app cannot open bitmaps!

The Preview app in macOS 12.6 can only open 24bpp BMP files. It can not open BMP files less than 24bpp. This last worked in macOS 12.5.1. When I try to open a BMP file that's less than 24bpp, I get the following popup:


This is a critical issue. Thank you.

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Sep 14, 2022 9:43 AM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2022 4:31 PM

I'm also facing the same issue since updating to macOS 12.6.

The phenomenon was seen on my three Macs, so I don't think it's a model-dependent problem.

Quick Look can't show the contents of an image, so the Finder only shows an image icon.

Is this a bug? or specification change?

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Monterey 12.6 Preview app cannot open bitmaps!

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