SymbioticDesign Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Hi... This is probably my fault, but one of the reason I absolutely hated Photoshop was that they stopped saving the preview in the icon. Right after I upgraded to the Affinity Software Suite v2 I also upgraded to a sweet 2023 M2 Pro Max MBP and so the icon previews were working just fine on my old 2015 MBP, and I was using the v2 suite on it. But after using the v2 Photo quite a bit, the crazy non-descript AFPhoto logos are making it impossible to find the stuff I am looking for all over again. Now, I know I can probably find a utility to organize all my files, but I can do just fine in MacOS if I can just see what I have been saving. Besides, I don't have the time to learn something new until this project is done. So, I am wondering what I am doing wrong? Is there a pref/setting? Asking for my sanity. Thank you in advance! -the dumb guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Are the AF files associated with their respective programs? and does the quicklook work i.e. click on the file and press space to get a preview before opening with Preview? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymbioticDesign Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Quick view works with the spacebar. The Affinity software suite was installed on the old Mac and I just moved everything over to here (the M2 Max Mac) via the Migration Assistant, so there may have been some sort of install thing that didn't happen on this machine, maybe? I have no idea how to associate filetypes on a Mac, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted March 10, 2023 Staff Share Posted March 10, 2023 21 hours ago, SymbioticDesign said: Quick view works with the spacebar. The Affinity software suite was installed on the old Mac and I just moved everything over to here (the M2 Max Mac) via the Migration Assistant, so there may have been some sort of install thing that didn't happen on this machine, maybe? I have no idea how to associate filetypes on a Mac, yet. Hi Symbiotic Design, It may be worth trying to reinstall the apps to see if it solves this issue for you. Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymbioticDesign Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 OK. I'll try that when I can (in the middle of some stuff, but I'll try to get to a point I can pause everything, though I have so many images in Photo 2 right now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Also consider using First Aid from Disk Utility to sort out any migration bugs like permissions etc Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 It may be a Finder thing: in List view I see generic icons (for all apps, standard .jpgs and .pdfs too, not just the Affinity suite). But if I switch to Icon view or Column view I see the full icon preview. This is in macOS Ventura. ADD: Alternatively there's some useful advice at MacRumors. I can't see how re-installing the Affinity apps is going to help. Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 57 minutes ago, h_d said: in List view I see generic icons All view modes of Finder can have preview icons - see View Options. h_d 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 2 hours ago, ,,, said: see View Options Good call... Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymbioticDesign Posted March 25, 2023 Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 I guess I had to reboot. I didn't think of it, but I figured the thing was on since I got it, and I was going to take a long break because I had a headache. That did the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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