10.4.4 Preview Column

With everything currently going on in the Apple world, this might not be Earth shattering news but ....
I run Tiger on my G3 B&W / Powerlogix 900 Mhz and usually hold off with system updates until Powerlogix comes out with an update for CPU Director and I'm sure there are no problems with the new version. Satisfied that all would be okay, I updated to 10.4.4 over the weekend. Zero problems and 10.4.4 works like a champ on my ancient B&W. However I did notice one thing which caught me by surprise. Toying with the idea of buying another iMac (already have one of the 20" ALS models used by my daughter), I'm wavering between a G5 iSight model and the new Intel model. One step in the decision process is an assessment of what software I use regularly and what universal binary software I have. Under 10.4.3, it was a rather easy task (started doing this last week, right after the Intel Mac announcements) .... just open the applications folder in column view, select an application, then look in the preview column. Last item in the preview column was an "architecture" line which indicated whether the application was PPC, Universal Binary, or both. Unfortunately, under 10.4.4, this "architecture" line no longer appears in the preview column. Instead, you must use "get information" on each application to determine this .... which takes considerably longer than just using the down arrow key to move down through the various applications. Anyway .... I just found this rather odd.
20 iMac 2.0 ALS, B&W G3 900 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

I fedback btw, thanks for that.
Overall Leopard is a fine beast. Basically all I would like is
a/ scrolling and not only play in window columns
b/ fix quickview so it plays all the files it should and
c/ also doesn't crash
If anyone else feels this way please let Apple know at OSX Feedback
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

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Issue: Finder crashes and my icons on my desktop disappear then reappear when attempting to view a file of any type in icon mode with "show preview column" selected in "Show View Options".
I don't recall any recent updates or any changes to my G5. I can open a file in its application program (i.e. a .jpg opens in Photoshop) if I double click it quickly enough before Finder crashes. The only way I can get icon view not to crash Finder is by unchecking the "show preview column" box in "Show view options". I like the preview option and would very much like to get it back.
Any help in this matter would be appreciated.

Sorry, no idea how I missed your reply back on the 29th!
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it finishes.
The usual reason why updates fail or mess things up, or things don't load/run, is if Permissions are not fixed before & after every update, with a reboot... you may get a partial update when the installer finds it doesn't have Permissions to change one obscure little part of the OS, leaving you with a mix of OS versions.
Some people get away without Repairing Permissions for years, some for only days.
If Permissions are wrong before applying an update, you could get mixed OS versions, if Directory is the slightest messed up, who knows!
If many Permission are repaired, or any Directory errors are found, you may need to re-apply some the latest/biggest updates again, or even do an A&I if you have enough free disk space.
The combo update for PowerPC-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateppc.html
The combo update for Intel-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateintel.html
Repair Permissions before & after re-install, then reboot again each time.
If all the above do not resolve the problem, then it's time for an Archive & Install, which gives you a new/old OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
I only use Software Update to see what is needed, then get them for real via...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
That way I can wait a week or so, check the forums for potential problems, and get Permissions & such in order before installing.
If it appears to be time for An Archive & Install, which gives you a new OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
Be sure to use Preserve Users & Settings.

Preview column in Mail using OS X Lion, "extra" portions of email text showing when the actual message does not have the extra text showing?

I Don't know a way to post an example, but here's the issue; In the preview column window, where you can see a portion of the conversation, I have what looks like extra messages showing up. In the view column, this extra text is not there! These messages are usually private in nature(haven't seen anything too bad - yet) and have nothing to do with the actual email. Any ideas?

To add more; I first noticed this 2 days ago and reported it to Apple. When I did notice it, I went to preferences and changed how many lines of the content preview shows, then I closed the message view column and expanded the preview column as wide as I could get it. On one of the messages, it kept continuing after it ran out of space in the preview, for a running total of at least 100 words. Even then, in the actual message viewer, it only showed 1 complete message of about 25 words.

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My two Macs running Tiger 10.4.3 do not show a preview of Appleworks documents in the preview column of the finder.
My Mac running Panther does.
What are possible reasons that the Tiger Macs do not show the preview?
I do note that the Tiger Macs do successfully show previews of pdf files and jpegs.
thanks
iMac 450 dv, Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

AFAIK the AppleWorks Finder preview is a plug-in written specifically for the Finder. That plug-in architecture was never really used much to the best of my knowledge, and over time the Finder has perhaps transitioned to a newer method of previewing content. The AppleWorks oversight may merely reflect the overall deprecated nature of this app at Apple. Consider that a tag line for iWork is "Building a successor to AppleWorks." So, eh :shrug:
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Finder crashes when Preview column is active in list view

I've created a bootable system backup of OS X 10.10.1 on an external 1TB HD connected via firewire 800 to a 2011 iMac running OS 10.10.1.
I have had no problems with Yosemite's Finder on the iMac if I boot from the internal HD. I check to be sure which HD I've started from by having the Finder window show the Path Bar via a setting in the Finder's View menu.
The problems only appear when I boot from the external HD, then the Finder crashes when the Preview column is active in list view. I can force quit and restart the Finder via the Force Quit Applications (command-option-escape) tool. I can open files from within an open application but cannot open files by clicking on the file directly, as long as the Finder is set to Show the Preview column. I prefer to work in list view, so suggesting I use another view doesn't solve my problem.
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Is there a way for me to reinstall the OS on the external HD only? I did create a bootable Yosemite installer jump drive when I installed Yosemite on the iMac originally.
I've run Disk Utility on the external HD from the files available on the Recovery HD to both verify the HD and repair disk permissions to no avail.

Open Terminal application (spotlight for it). If you don't have it, get it from the Apple Support site.
In the command-line window that appears, type in:
<user>$ cd /Users/<user>/Library/Preferences
<user>$ rm com.apple.finder.plist
<user>$ ls com.apple.finder.plist
the system shouldn't return anything as the file should be gone
<user>$
exit from Terminal - you may need to restart your system at this point to recreate the com.apple.finder.plist.
Good luck -
Cady
comfortable with a command-line interface

Blurred icons in Preview column

Low resolution images (for example icons) are blurred in Preview column since some recent osx update. It gets sharp (just like it should be) only when I resize a finder a little bit. But then when I move to another icon, it gets blurred again. Same issue on macs of my folks. Is there any chance to solve this issue?

Thanks for your quick answer. Now I see that I forgot to mention an important thing so my comment was confusing. Sorry about that. Let explain one more time...
I am a graphic designer and this icon is one of my work. When I go through a list with icons, they appear blurred on the right in Preview column section. Just like this:
But low resolution images in preview column always looked like this:
This thing has been changed in one of the last OS X updates. And it gets really annoying when I work with low resolution images/icons.
So my question is: Is this a bug? Folks around me have the same issue. How can we change it back to nice, sharp and real look?
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Small thumbnail does not appear in "preview column" Mavricks OSX

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Betty Stolwyk

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Hi, I've lost the message preview column on my MacBook Air. How do I get it back please?

First, click on any email to select it and then double click on the separator. The separator is shown by the red arrow in my screenshot below:

OS X Lion finder crash on show preview column mode

Hi.
I need help for the finder problem.
I have been used osx series finder in column view.
when i select a file such as a.txt or a.php etc... and it shows preview column and then
the finder crashs and restart itself.
it's really annoying me.
I think it has something wrong wirh file extension.
can anyone help me with this please.
thank you.

Hi.
I found a solution for this problem but it is not that great solution.
I guess The problem is relate with totalfinder. because i reinstall(clean install) osx lion, the problem had been fixed but after that i installed old version of "totalfinder". it happens again....
now i reinstall the lion again and install the newest version of total finder. it's fine now,
so...
the solution is reinstal(clean) the osx lion.
im pretty sure it will be fine.
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>When I view my files in column format, in the preview area, text appears, not the image. I can't read the text as it is so tiny.
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I think the answer is "fashion" or the latest interface thing.... Anyway, what ya get now is the little play button smack dab in the middle of the preview, just like YouTube! Only better! Because this play button doesn't appear until you mouse over the preview button! Isn't that cool? No? Tell Apple what you think of this devolution of usefulness:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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