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Spacebar-preview not working

Since upgrading to Mojave on my MBP13 TT3 2017 I can't preview photos in the Photos App with spacebar as I used to in High Sierra and earlier. When selecting a thumbnail and clicking spacebar I hear the alert sound but nothing happens. Wright now the only way for me to see the full photo is by double clicking it.

For the record, I keep photos ON the Mac (Download Originals to this Mac is ON).

I verified with the support pages for Mojave and it says this still should be possible.

Spacebar-preview works just fine in Finder (when previewing images too!). It doesn't work in Photos only.

How do I fix this?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Mojave (10.14), MBP13 TT3 2017

Posted on Sep 28, 2018 1:45 PM

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balsa2

Level 4

1,372 points

Posted on Sep 28, 2018 3:20 PM

For Photos Version 4.0, the Return key now opens a photo, or video thumbnail in the Viewer:

pressing the Return key again reverts to thumbnail view.

The Spacebar has been assigned to start playback for videos:

The Spacebar can play & pause a video in the the thumbnail view, or with a video open in the Viewer.

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georwc

Level 1

13 points

Dec 24, 2018 10:32 AM in response to Ian Leckie

thanks for telling about the return key.

Yer_Man

Level 10

163,878 points

Jan 15, 2019 11:12 PM in response to Mel64

Or maybe read the thread and see how to change it back to your preferred way? Seems more simple.

Spacebar-preview not working