Hello!
After updating to Mojave, there was a problem with the display of thumbnails in the Downloads directory.
I’ve tried many solutions, like as:
Any ideas?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Mojave (10.14)
sudo rm -rfv /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store; sudo find /private/var/folders/ \( -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -or -name com.apple.iconservices \) -exec rm -rfv {} \; ; sleep 3;sudo touch /Applications/* ; killall Dock; killall Finder
after that restart your mac
sudo rm -rfv /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store; sudo find /private/var/folders/ \( -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -or -name com.apple.iconservices \) -exec rm -rfv {} \; ; sleep 3;sudo touch /Applications/* ; killall Dock; killall Finder
after that restart your mac
If you read the document I linked to you'd see:
What is safe mode?
Safe mode (sometimes called safe boot) is a way to start up your Mac so that it performs certain checks and prevents some software from automatically loading or opening. Starting your Mac in safe mode does the following:
- Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed
- Loads only required kernel extensions
- Prevents startup items and login items from opening automatically
- Disables user-installed fonts
- Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files
Try booting into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, which will run some maintenance scripts and clear out a number of caches. Reboot normally and check to see if there's any improvement.
Clearing the icon cache looked like a good idea, but you should NEVER run stuff like cleanmymac. It is well known to bork systems.
I second the CleanMyMac comment. I wouldn't let it near my Macs. Might recommend it to my enemies. đź‘ż
Thank you for response.
Certainly, even if this is well known but it is just try because of despair...
Please advise me your proven method of clearing the cache of icons.
Thanks, but i need a concrete advise.
What does mean «some maintenance scripts»?
Mojave thumbnails has not shown in ~/Downloads
