Quicklook has stopped workingon my MacBook Pro OS 10.6.8. Pressing the space bar on a file yields nothing. Is there a way to update or reset it so it starts working again?
MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Never mind. I restarted the Finder by typing killall Finder into Terminal and that fixed the problem. Whatever it was.
Never mind. I restarted the Finder by typing killall Finder into Terminal and that fixed the problem. Whatever it was.
I think it's actually due to a software update issue with SugarSync. If I quit out of SugarSync, QuickLook works fine. For some reason, the new update to SugarSync is incompatible with Quicklook. Apparently, it's a known problem. Hope they fix it. For now, I've set SugarSync to not start automatically on startup, and I'll only use it when necessary.
I tried quitting SugarSync as you said, and sure enough QuickLook started working again.
However, after leaving the computer running another 20 hours or so, although it was sleeping, I find that now QL is not working again. And SugarSync is not running right now, so it must not be the (only) culprit.
Since it has been two weeks or so, I decided to try turning Sugarsync back on. Sure enough, the Finder previews problem also returned.
But then SugarSync informed me of an update 1.9.71.
I let SugarSync update itself, and then relaunch the Finder, and so far it appears the preview problem is fixed.
The release notes for this version are not yet visible on the SugarSync site. The newest release notes are for 1.9.69.
In the SugarSync Manager about box I now see "Build 1.9.71.94365.20120712".
Thanks Bob! I updated SugarSync and QuickLook is working again! Thanks for the heads up.
Quicklook has stopped working
