On a Mac wondering if anyone has this problem, Image on File

jeff hammond

Same busy signal. if I go to my applications folder and navigate to SU 8 I get preview immediately. It only happens on files. I ran Disk Utility to check permissions ( Someone suggested it to someone else on Mac Forums having the same problem with there MBP) no change.

ha.. yeah.. always with the repair permissions advice.. and it rarely rarely ever is the issue

im definitely not recommending reinstalling OSX at this point but i would consider that as something you will need to be doing a little further down the line... (as in.. start prepping yourself now for it
(but if you're using time machine, you might want to find a point along the way when this behavior wasn't happening then go from there..)

i'll poke around some more though..

mwm5053

[quote]some people recommend clearing those after a reset via qlmanage, so if it's not working from 'Ruby Console', do it from 'Terminal.app'/quote]

thats some useful info how do you do that

driven

I really think it's a Quick Look problem, it's common for file associations to get messed up after/during an upgrade to the OS.
The QL cache can also swell to a massive size (++ GB's) if there's a hiccup in the associations.

some people recommend clearing those after a reset via qlmanage, so if it's not working from 'Ruby Console', do it from 'Terminal.app'

john

**** should be the -r flag for reset
from man qlmanage
DESCRIPTION
qlmanage allows you to test your Quick Look generators and manage Quick
Look Server.

 The following usages are available:

 1.     %(#008000)[**qlmanage -r**]resets Quick Look Server and all Quick Look client's
          generator cache.

 2.       qlmanage -m gets all sort of information on Quick Look server
          including the list of detected generators.

 3.       qlmanage -t displays the Quick Look generated thumbnails (if
          available) for the specified files.

 4.       qlmanage -p displays the Quick Look generated previews for the
          specified files.

 5.       qlmanage -h displays extensive help.

jeff hammond

going along with what john is saying (which i too believe to be the logical first steps in troubleshooting this)

force Quick Look to reload the plug-ins and its cache by running the following commands in the Terminal:

qlmanage -r
qlmanage -r cache

After this is done, clear out the Quick Look configuration files by going to the /username/Library/Preferences folder (in Lion press the Option key and select "Library" from the Finder's Go menu), and then removing the files called "com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper.plist," "com.apple.quicklookconfig.plist," and "com.apple.QuickLookDaemon.plist." With these files removed and the Quick Look service reloaded, try previewing your documents again.

mwm5053

I tried glmanage-r says file not found

mwm5053

glmanage-r cache resuted in glmanage cache reset will look for those files in user/ library

driven

qlmanage<space>-r

jeff hammond

@mwm5053 said:

I tried glmanage-r says file not found

it's a Q.. as in queen

or.. Quick Look manage

mwm5053

ha what a boob

mwm5053

That worked better that why I don't code

and a big thanks to you too for helping this afternoon

jeff hammond

@mwm5053 said:

That worked better that why I don't code

and a big thanks to you too for helping this afternoon

wait..
so is it working properly now?

driven

that's why I use Copy/Paste code blocks

But, I should have done -r in the first place....

john

EDIT:had a typo in my code block

mwm5053

Sorry guys still getting this took 45 sec for icon to load that's ok I don't want to take up all your time, I probably owe you at least a 6 pack for sure by now.

jeff hammond

@mwm5053 said:

Sorry guys still getting this took 45 sec for icon to load that's ok I don't want to take up all your time, I probably owe you at least a 6 pack for sure by now.

nah man.. it's ok.. i'm youtubing on one computer.. messing around in two other apps.. and reading two forums..

whheeeeeeeee

jeff hammond

@mwm5053 said:

Sorry guys still getting this took 45 sec for icon to load

at this point then, we would be getting into some areas of riskier things to try which i personally would do on my computers but i'm not going to advise someone else.. i'm not confident enough in my knowledge of the depths of OSX to be talking about it.. (i.e.- i know osx strictly from a user's point of view.. but there comes a point where i have absolutely no idea what these cupertino boys have going)

driven

It's the only place I'm allowed to smoke, and there's snow outside,,,

close all QuickLook windows
In Activity Monitor
type in Qu to get to bring QL to the top
if it's not there, then that's good... it's not being used
if it is, select it
then hit you Sample Process button
try and work out what's keeping it turned on...

simple

john

driven

the other simpler test is
click on your Macintosh HD folder Icon in the sidebar then
Finder>>View>>Arrange By>>None

it should remove any 'fancy' labelling and can be turned back on if it's not the culprit...

john

slbaumgartner

You could also try the sketchup quicklook generator I posted in

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=16015&start=90#p440924

I had issues early on because SketchUp did not register a quicklook generator of its own, which somehow caused quicklook to try to treat a .skp file as text. It took a long time and then displayed useless info.

Steve

glitchdesign

Hi,
I found this thread because i have the QL helper issue too. I've tried the ql manage steps listed above. I can't say for sure if .skp is the only thing that makes ql go nuts, but there's no doubt that it is a trigger. I've never come across anything like the quicklook generator posted above, will it help specifically with this problem, or is it more just for being able to view files before opening them? Where should i put the .qlgenerator file? I'm afraid i'm not too experienced with this stuff...

slbaumgartner

@glitchdesign said:

Hi,
I found this thread because i have the QL helper issue too. I've tried the ql manage steps listed above. I can't say for sure if .skp is the only thing that makes ql go nuts, but there's no doubt that it is a trigger. I've never come across anything like the quicklook generator posted above, will it help specifically with this problem, or is it more just for being able to view files before opening them? Where should i put the .qlgenerator file? I'm afraid i'm not too experienced with this stuff...

So far as I know, nobody ever conclusively proved the cause of this problem, so there is no guarantee of what will work. My theory was that it could be due to SketchUp not registering the .skp extension correctly with Mac OS X, which would cause Finder's preview to scan the file trying to decide how to display it and could clog up the quick look cache. I am sure that SU 8 did not register .skp, but I haven't checked on 2013.

Unzip the qlgenerator into ~/Library/QuickLook and the ruby into your plugins folder (the path varies depending on SU version). You may have to run "qlmanage -r" from a console window before the quick look daemon will pick up the new generator. You also have to save a file once before you will get a preview image instead of the sketchup logo.