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  • Daft Finder question - Mojave

    From Another John@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 30 16:23:06 2024
    I'm *still* using Mojave on my 27" iMac. (It works; this old dog hasn't had to learn new tricks, at Apple's behest, in quite a while.) (Famous last words...)

    A day or so ago the Finder started adding a file preview to the files listed any new folder window that I open. (I always use List View, and make it the default - Cmd-J.)

    The preview of the file is an area on the right of the file list, within the Finder's window. I have never seen this before in all my born days (i.e.since c.1991). I must have accidentally used a shortcut key combination.

    I can't find a way to turn off this irritation: does anyone (like: all of you? Probably!) know how I can do that?

    Cheers
    John

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Another John on Wed Oct 30 17:47:35 2024
    On 30/10/2024 16:23, Another John wrote:
    I'm *still* using Mojave on my 27" iMac. (It works; this old dog hasn't had to
    learn new tricks, at Apple's behest, in quite a while.) (Famous last words...)

    A day or so ago the Finder started adding a file preview to the files listed any new folder window that I open. (I always use List View, and make it the default - Cmd-J.)

    The preview of the file is an area on the right of the file list, within the Finder's window. I have never seen this before in all my born days (i.e.since c.1991). I must have accidentally used a shortcut key combination.

    I can't find a way to turn off this irritation: does anyone (like: all of you?
    Probably!) know how I can do that?

    Finder -> View -> Show/Hide Preview

    --
    Bruce Horrocks
    Hampshire, England

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  • From Another John@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Nov 1 14:09:35 2024
    On 30 Oct 2024 at 17:47:35 GMT, "Bruce" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:

    I can't find a way to turn off this irritation: does anyone (like: all of you?
    Probably!) know how I can do that?

    Finder -> View -> Show/Hide Preview

    Thanks Bruce - that's the first thing I tried! But there must be subtleties with the application of that option which I haven't discovered yet.
    What I do know is that if I try switching _off_ icon preview in an affected folder (Cmd-J), then I cannot save the option as a default: the "Save as default" button is immediately greyed out, and won't turn black again unless I switch the icon preview back _on_ again.

    OK - so no more of a problem than a mosquito in the room ... :-)

    John

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Another John on Fri Nov 1 18:32:45 2024
    On 01/11/2024 14:09, Another John wrote:
    On 30 Oct 2024 at 17:47:35 GMT, "Bruce" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:

    I can't find a way to turn off this irritation: does anyone (like: all of you?
    Probably!) know how I can do that?

    Finder -> View -> Show/Hide Preview

    Thanks Bruce - that's the first thing I tried! But there must be subtleties with the application of that option which I haven't discovered yet.
    What I do know is that if I try switching _off_ icon preview in an affected folder (Cmd-J), then I cannot save the option as a default: the "Save as default" button is immediately greyed out, and won't turn black again unless I
    switch the icon preview back _on_ again.

    OK - so no more of a problem than a mosquito in the room ... :-)

    John

    Is your problem with "icon preview" or "file preview"?

    The former shows a thumbnail of the file's contents in the icon, the
    latter shows a separate preview pane. I thought you were referring to
    file preview originally but now I'm not so sure.

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    Bruce Horrocks
    Hampshire, England

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  • From Another John@21:1/5 to Bruce on Sat Nov 2 10:46:36 2024
    On 1 Nov 2024 at 18:32:45 GMT, "Bruce" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:

    The former shows a thumbnail of the file's contents in the icon, the
    latter shows a separate preview pane. I thought you were referring to
    file preview originally but now I'm not so sure.

    Thanks Bruce -- it's the preview pane, which clealry I was unsuccessful in describing, my apologies.

    John

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