Thumbnails viewed in the Finder, and previews now supporting Live Text and more. But what if it runs into problems? Here’s how to diagnose and solve them.
QuickLook
With one leak in the Finder’s Gallery view, it’s time for another, in Icon view. This is an old leak, that has affected older versions of macOS too, but still hasn’t been fixed.
User content shouldn’t have its colours changed according to the appearance mode. So why do TextEdit and QuickLook thumbnails change custom text colours?
Where to look for file metadata in the Finder, and how you can customise it, in spite of its apparent confusion. And how APFS takes care of extended attributes for you.
I’m browsing images in the Finder, when my software firewall tells me macOS is trying to phone home to one of Apple’s servers. We all know what that means, don’t we?
You preview a major Rich Text document, which QuickLook shows as completely empty. Has something terrible happened, or is it just a four year-old bug?
What are all those files and folders doing inside an app? Which can you safely change to customise an app? Why all the helpers?
It’s enough to make you and Edvard Munch scream: every QuickLook thumbnail and preview has rounded corners. They scream out the arrogance of the designer.
Strange moiré effects seen in some QuickLook thumbnails lead down another rabbit hole in what we thought was reliable code.
An explanation of the magic which takes place when you double-click a document, the things that can go wrong, and how to fix them.