In the Finder, single clicking on an image and using the space bar for a larger preview is not working in Monterey

Anyone else having this issue?

Posted on Dec 11, 2021 3:39 AM

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Barney-15E

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Dec 11, 2021 6:54 AM in response to dugjay

I’m not. Try booting into Safe Mode and see if it works.

If it does, you may have a third party system modification installed that is preventing it from working.

Restart normally and see if it works after Safe Mode as it clears system caches which also could be causing the issue.

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In the Finder, single clicking on an image and using the space bar for a larger preview is not working in Monterey

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