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OS X (or Mac OS) stops showing thumbnail images - fix
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| //Open Terminal | |
| cd ~/Library/Preferences | |
| rm com.apple.finder.plist //Delete Finder's property list | |
| sudo killall Finder //Kills Finder which should prompt OS X to restart it automatically | |
| //Optional manual restart of Finder | |
| open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app | |
| //Adapted from http://www.jgoode.com/easy-fix-for-mac-finder-preview-thumbnails-not-displaying/ | |
| //Further suggestions, as thumbnails are generated by QuickLook: | |
| //Try resetting its cache | |
| qlmanage -r cache. | |
| //If this didn't work reset it completely | |
| qlmanage -r. | |
| //Adapted from https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/150799/how-to-force-finder-to-update-file-thumbnails |
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