Quick Look won't close

Hmm... does seem a bit odd. How about if you hit the escape key.

This should close the quick Look window as well.

Here are some things to consider trying:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20004494-263.html

charlie

What about if you create an new user account. Does the problem persist?

You can do a safe boot and see if the problem resolves, this would indicate a third party extension or plug-in compatibility problem.

I've been experiencing the same thing recently. Sometimes the Quick Look window won't close, regardless of what keys I hit or clicking the 'x' button. It does seem that this only started happening after updating to 10.6.5.

Rather than logging out and in again, I relaunch the Finder using the "Force Quit" window (command-option-esc). It's still a hassle though.

EDIT: wait, I just found this thread: http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2659796&start=15&tstart=3 0 and I too am a SugarSync user. Going to try the suggested fix now.

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I would certainly work through the link CT provided.

CT wrote:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20004494-263.html

Re-installing the Combo Update is fairly painless process if it is the final resolve.

Repair Disk, Repair Permission before and after re-install of the Combo is highly recommended.

It looks like there's a new version of SugarSync manager. Oddly I didn't get any kind of update notification. But it seems to have fixed the QuickLook problem, at least for me, so far.

Yeah, I just updated the latest from their website.

If you're still stuck. Try right clicking an item in finder and using the contextual menu item: Close Quick Look.




For a while i was having the same problems, but am not a sugarSync user or any of the other noted problems, simply that Quick Look wouldn't close.

I found just now, that I had accidentally right-clicked an item in Finder to pop the contextual menu, and then had also accidentally clicked the "Quick Look [some file folder or application]". Well, when I pressed spacebar to close it: nothing. When I pressed the close button in the top left corner: nothing. Esc key: nothing. Then I right-clicked again to see the "Close Quick Look" option and KA-BOW! Goodbye [Eternity] Look! …and good riddance

FYI
right-clicking on a folder will give you different options than a file or application. So don't right-click on a folder or you won't see the "Close Quick Look" option.