Quick Look won't close

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Quick Look won't close

Hello,

For the last week or so, I find that occasionally, I can't get the quick look preview window to close. I hit space to preview a folder full of images, and when I was done viewing all of them, hitting space does not dismiss the quick look window. I tried clicking the x in the top left corner, tried setting it to full screen and clicking close, but that didn't work. The only solution is to log out and log in again. I couldn't find any associated processes in Activity Monitor.

MacBook 13.3" 2.4Ghz Black, Mac OS X (10.6.5), Windows 7 Pro x64

Posted on Dec 7, 2010 10:39 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 7, 2010 10:56 AM in response to bhall7

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

This should close the quick Look window as well.

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bhall7 Author

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Dec 7, 2010 11:04 AM in response to leroydouglas

Nope...ESC doesn't close it. 😟

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CT

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Dec 7, 2010 11:10 AM in response to bhall7

Here are some things to consider trying:

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

charlie

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Answer 4

Dec 7, 2010 11:11 AM in response to bhall7

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.

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bhall7 Author

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Dec 7, 2010 12:43 PM in response to leroydouglas

Simply logging out and logging back in fixes it. I can't seem to replicate the problem. It's happened a few times now in the last week or so.

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Dec 8, 2010 11:27 AM in response to bhall7

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.

Message was edited by: bunnyhero

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Answer 7

Dec 8, 2010 11:32 AM in response to bunnyhero

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.

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bhall7 Author

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Dec 8, 2010 12:17 PM in response to bunnyhero

bunnyhero,

You totally nailed it. I'm a SugarSync user, too! I'm going to wait until the next time this happens and try the SugarSync workaround listed on the forum. It does seem like this issue cropped up after the latest SugarSync update, which fixed Mac OS X Snow Leopard Finder extensions.

Thanks!

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Dec 8, 2010 2:49 PM in response to bhall7

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.

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bhall7 Author

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Dec 8, 2010 2:59 PM in response to bunnyhero

Hhmm...Yeah, I didn't get an upgrade notice for SugarSync. Did you just download the latest version from their web site?

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Dec 9, 2010 2:40 PM in response to bhall7

Yeah, I just updated the latest from their website.

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ryryindo

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Feb 1, 2011 2:13 AM in response to bhall7

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.

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