I don't get to see a preview of my PSD files in Finder

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First step : Go to Photoshop –> Preferences –> File Handling settings, and set both Maximize Compatibility and Image Previews to checked.

If that does not help, the article FIX: Quick look on OSX not working (black box) suggests two solutions:

  1. Select Utilities > Disk Utility, and then "Repair Disk Permissions". You will have to boot from the install media if you are repairing the same drive that your system boots from.
  2. Reinstall the Mac OS X Update.
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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • BermudaLamb
    BermudaLamb over 1 year

    I used to be able to see previews of my Photoshop documents in Finder, both as an icon and with Quick Look. Now, all .psd files just show a white box:

    example

    How can I change this?

    • slhck
      slhck almost 13 years
      Does this happen to all PSD files? What happens if you re-save the files? I've seen very unpredictable behavior for those previews, some of my files have it, some don't.
    • BermudaLamb
      BermudaLamb almost 13 years
      All files, even after re-save.
    • HikeMike
      HikeMike almost 13 years
      Did you install a new OS since it worked?
    • BermudaLamb
      BermudaLamb almost 13 years
      Nope. This has been happening even before the Lion update.
    • user3333603
      user3333603 almost 13 years
      Check "Maximize Compatibility," just try, for the heck of it. It's somewhere in File Handling preferences.
    • BermudaLamb
      BermudaLamb almost 13 years
      Nope. Nothing. :(
    • Kalessin
      Kalessin almost 13 years
      Can you still open them in Preview?
    • harrymc
      harrymc almost 13 years
      Do you have in Photoshop –> Preferences –> File Handling settings both Maximize Compatibility and Image Previews checked ?
    • BermudaLamb
      BermudaLamb over 12 years
      @Kalessin - Nope, it shows nothing.
    • BermudaLamb
      BermudaLamb over 12 years
      @harrymc - Image previews checked, Maximize compatibility checked. The little icon now shows the preview, but the actual preview (quick look) still doesn't show the preview.
    • Demonike
      Demonike over 8 years
      Simply checking the Maximize PSD and PSB File compatibility worked for me (Yosemite 10.10.5, CC 2015)
  • BermudaLamb
    BermudaLamb over 12 years
    Well I'll be darned! Fixed! :D

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