MacBook Pro preview will not display .jpeg or .jpg files. Type is Jpeg

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.6

Posted on Sep 21, 2024 5:18 PM

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Sep 21, 2024 6:04 PM in response to cshannon1077a

after following a similar post suggestion to change the file name to CAPS JPG I saw a permissions error.

I went back to my ID and modified all files in question that I could not see/open. Adding All Users read permission solved the problem.

Just very frustrating and time consuming.

Thanks,

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