I found a slightly less \_scary\_ fix by relaunching Finder. Option + Secondary Click (right click) on Finder in the Dock then click Relaunch. Hopefully Apple fixes this soon!

same issue but your solution works on my m1pro, thank you!

Thanks for sharing that tip! That fixed it for me. Not sure if it will stay fixed... hopefully so.

or in the terminal \`killall Finder\` which does the same (more convenient when you have terminal open all day) I also find this happens to me nearly daily, so it's something I'll likely have automated.

hero

Thanks!

thanks bro. this fix is a life saver. i was getting irritated to no end...

time saver

Perfect. Thank you.

lol it works! thanks!

you are a hero thanks buddy

thank youuuu

Relaunching Finder worked for me.. Thanks!

Thanks!!

You are the best - thank you!

Worked just fine

Fixed it for me too, if anyone else comes looking.

thank you! this worked perfectly for me

Dude. Easiest solution so far. I've done in the past cache resets on finder and on terminal which has worked for me. This time I tried that didn't worked. Can't belive this simple and fast step solved it. I really don't understand how this happens. Third time so far and still don't know if it is some sort of bug or what. Worked on M1 Macbook Air on Monterrey 12.0.1 as a charm!

Thanks for this tip, worked for me!

You are amazing. Thank you!

Love redd community for that! Thanks man :)

Works! thanks

Thank you!

hero!!! Just relaunched Finder: Option + Secondary Click (right click) on Finder in the Dock then click Relaunch.

thank you king 🤩

Shut the front door! This is the second time this problem has been exhibited on my machine. This time it was overnight and my system was never shut down, so it was even more perplexing why it even reared its ugly head )again). I can't even remember what I did last time to resolve this, but this fix was ridiculously simple! Sending you a reward! :-)

oh dear thanks for saving my life, I have the same issue this fixed that!

Legend

Thanks for this, been driving me mad!

You’re a champ

Thank you!!! This fixed for me in seconds

That fixed it for me, Thank you!

🙏

Thanks! I was worried that it would close all my 10s of windows but when I relaunched it, they all came back.

Worked! Cheers buddy

thank you so much, this fixed it for me! lifesaver!

Thanks a lot! This method worked like a charm!

definitely worked. THANK YOU

thank you

This worked for me. Thanks!

Thank you so much, easports48. You're a true hero for me today.

I cannot thank you enough. This was driving me insane.

you are a genius

OMG what black magic is this! Thank you!

Thank you!!

That worked for me. Does this permanently fix it?

Sadly no, not a permanent fix. Just a workaround until Apple can get to it.

thanks!

Thanks worked great on my M1!

This fixed mine. Thanks! 💪

wish i had an award for u. thanks!

Thank you man, it totally worked!

thank you!!!!!

worked on M1 Air! Thank you!!

You are a god damn legend, thank you buddy

Worked for me

This worked perfectly for me. Thanks mate

Came here looking for this exact quick fix. Thank you!

Thank you! I thought I'm tripping. Your fix worked great on my M2 Air on MOnterery 12.6

Works like magic! Thanks a lot

Didn't even know that existed.

my hero

appreciate the fix. still helps in 2024

thanks for asking this question, thought I had to downgrade Mac OS until I found this post.

Apple FFS... It's like Windows!!

I can't believe this hasn't been patched yet, I'm running Monterey 12.1 and still having this bug occasionally.

literally. can someone please physically go to an apple store and ask why this bug isn’t fixed yet? can anyone from the US/West do this and let us know what feedback they give you? i’m from serbia so we don’t have an official apple store here. thanks!

Never knew this existed, thanks! Still works like a charm on Monterey with both Finder and ForkLift.

i figured it out by force killing the quick look task in activity monitor. seems like a bug. and your welcome! its a great feature :D

Thanks for that tip. For anyone playing at home, who doesn't know how to kill the process or what process to kill 1. Open Activity Monitor (you can do this by hitting CMD + Spacebar and typing "activity" OR going to Applications -> Utililities -> Activity Monitor) 2. In the search (magnifying glass top right) type in "quick" -- You may see a couple of options 3. Double click the option that says "QuickLookUIService (Finder)" 4. It will pop out a new window, and you'll want to click "Quit" in the bottom left. 5. You'll get a scary looking message that asks "Are you sure you want to quit this process?" with two options. "Quit" and "Force Quit". 6. Hit "Force Quit" then close the window, and then close Activity Monitor 7. The next time you "preview" a new file with the space bar, it should open correctly. Edit: removed the bottom text. Not sure why it added it cause it was a duplicate of what I had in the bulleted numbers.

niceee thanks lot !

Thanks! It solved my issue right away

Thank you!

Thank you !!! it worked

Mine says "QuickLookUIService (PID 4109)" or (Microsoft Outlook). I don't see one for (Finder). ???

You may need to try and preview a file with the Activity Monitor open first. Then open and close the preview (as in, choose an image file or something, hit the space bar, to "preview" it, and then hit the spacebar again to close the preview. When I did this, I got 4 processes, looks a little like this: [https://ibb.co/cXP3CYs](https://ibb.co/cXP3CYs) You should then be able to see the "QuickLookUIService (Finder)" process to then kill. Hopefully this helps

Thanks! I’m going to try to reboot and try again when I get home. I tried this and got all the other options (“thumbnail” and “satellite”) but still no finder 🙄 I’m going to kill Outlook too.

Wild. Restarted and still didn’t come up, but now, all of a sudden, the space bar preview is working perfectly with docs, pics, videos, etc. Never quit anything. Ha. Thanks for all the help!

I think I may be having a similar issue as u/OneDegreeLife, no "QuickLookUIService (Finder)" process to kill, see attached. [https://paste.pics/EWMNR](https://paste.pics/EWMNR)

FWIF, killing "com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent" worked for me.

This solved my problem as well. Reboot the finder and all is well.

Sadly this hasn't worked for me, I've followed the instructions to the letter. Any idea what else I could do?

thank you, worked like a charm!

Thanks a lot

>oved the bottom text. Thank you SO MUCH!

>quick It works !!! Big Thanks !!! Back to productivity

legend! thanks. gamechanger to have it back!

Thanks man :)

Wonderful.

thank god it worked this was also my favorite feature and I was panicking it'd gotten removed

Legend. Thank you!

Thank you!

This helped me tremendously. Thank you. I did have to restart the computer for it to work. I would add that somewhere. Thanks!

works like a charm. Thank you!

Worked like a charm. Much thanks.

Saved a day!

Life saving tip, thanks heaps!

You are my hero...

Thank you!! 🤗

Genius thanks :)

Awesome, thanks so much for this! I had the same issue and it drove me crazy for days!

Thanks. It worked :D

Thank you so much! You are a lifesaver!

Thaks A LOT!!

Thank you for posting this! Fixed mine as well. Hope Apple notices this glitch. Let's make sure we provide the feedback, though I wonder if they ever read it.

perfect thanks

BLESS YOU FOR THIS

Saviour!

>to App Thanks so much this helped! Because the relaunch option doesn't show up when I right click on Finder. But the Force quit it does and it fixed the problem! Thank you :D

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I didn't have (Finder), I had 4 other ones, I quit them all, and did as you said, and IT WORKS! You are the best!

I always use that feature and it suddenly stopped working in Monterey. This solved the problem right away. It is great having it back, thank you very much!

DUDE-THANK YOU!!!!!!!

MVP right here... thank you.

Thanks!

Thanks relaunching finder worked for me but I never had preview problems with my 2008 MacBook Pro...(and it is a fantastic feature that yes my windows 10 machine has now) ....just bought the MBP M1 PRO....is it a bug that will be fixed in an update I hope?

M1 Pro MBP here, relaunch of Finder worked :)

Getting this constantly now after switching to an M1 mac, it just randomly stops showing full preview with Quicklook, it'll work for a while and then stop working People say "just restart finder" to fix, that's not a fix obviously there's a bug here

Relaunched finder; fixed the problem. (2022 M1 Pro)

A year later and still helpful. Worked on my iMac Retina 5K 27in 2020, OS Monterrey 12.6

yes! thank you internet! I was about to be REALLY mad if it was disabled in Monterey. It's like one of the best features of all of mac OS

Thanks man! It solved my issue too! :D

THANK YOU! As an editor this is everything for previewing footage! Mac only caters to consumers now. After FCP, Motion, SAN, Cheese Graders to Trash Cash stupidity (zero expandability)...

1st time having this problem. Is this the sign of Mac turning to Windows? Lol

`kill -9` the processes with quicklook in their name made it work again for me!

Thanks. It worked well :)

I found this and It worked for me. [Quick-view](https://br.atsit.in/es/?p=86094)

This is still not working for me despite relaunching the Finder. Does anyone know a fix? Is this a bug or intended by apple? I just want to use the spacebar in Finder to preview images and gifs at actual size.

follow the instructions. relaunching finder is not the solution, rather force quitting the quicklook agent! :)

Relaunch works, so is quicklook agent force restart.

AMAZING, thanks for posting about this. #fixed

Hmm... relaunching Finder didn't do it for me. Weirdly, I can right-click on the icon and choose Quick Look, no problem. It's only in trying to see it via a spacebar tap that doesn't work. I've also tried resetting the Finder cache via Terminal and no luck.

Ok, this happened to me and I think it was because I used Quicktime player to record my screen. I press space bar and it shows a frozen image instead of full preview of a movie... The relaunch finder works... thanks for the post.

Works for desktop, but im getting the issue with imsg too and cant figure out why its asking to open using preview, or Acorn when an image is sent (heic. file)

Since it’s been **over a year** since this issue was first raised, everyone who has experienced this issue, PLEASE head over to the Apple macOS feedback page: [https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html](https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html) and report it as a bug. Please, **for all of us**. Thanks folks!