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Document aliases only show generic icons...

I´m running Ventura 13.2 on an iMac. I haven´t needed to create aliases in years, but have started doing so as I´m re-organising my documents. I notice that the aliases only show as generic icons, as my screen shot below shows. I can´t remember if this is normal behaviour. This isn´t a big deal but I´d prefer the icons to show a preview. More Mac-like!?


Is there anything I can do or is this now standard OS behaviour when creating an alias? “Show Preview” is turned on, I´ve quit the Finder and have started up in Safe Mode and made aliases. No preview. I assume there might be a corrupt .plist or preference file somewhere, but don´t want to tinker without some expert advice! Thanks for any help! Cheers! 

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.2

Posted on Jan 29, 2023 7:34 AM

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Posted on Jan 29, 2023 8:52 AM

Ian Leckie wrote:

I´m running Ventura 13.2 on an iMac. I haven´t needed to create aliases in years, but have started doing so as I´m re-organising my documents. I notice that the aliases only show as generic icons, as my screen shot below shows. I can´t remember if this is normal behaviour. This isn´t a big deal but I´d prefer the icons to show a preview. More Mac-like!?

Is there anything I can do or is this now standard OS behaviour when creating an alias? “Show Preview” is turned on, I´ve quit the Finder and have started up in Safe Mode and made aliases. No preview. I assume there might be a corrupt .plist or preference file somewhere, but don´t want to tinker without some expert advice! Thanks for any help! Cheers! 

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/e6a0aa20-b4ac-4690-b68a-831d25418746


seems normal

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Jan 29, 2023 8:52 AM in response to Ian Leckie

Ian Leckie wrote:

I´m running Ventura 13.2 on an iMac. I haven´t needed to create aliases in years, but have started doing so as I´m re-organising my documents. I notice that the aliases only show as generic icons, as my screen shot below shows. I can´t remember if this is normal behaviour. This isn´t a big deal but I´d prefer the icons to show a preview. More Mac-like!?

Is there anything I can do or is this now standard OS behaviour when creating an alias? “Show Preview” is turned on, I´ve quit the Finder and have started up in Safe Mode and made aliases. No preview. I assume there might be a corrupt .plist or preference file somewhere, but don´t want to tinker without some expert advice! Thanks for any help! Cheers! 

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/e6a0aa20-b4ac-4690-b68a-831d25418746


seems normal

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