Cant preview mp3's directly from the finder

Hey Guys,
Since a few months, I just can see mp3 files as an icon with the itunes symbol in it.
Before, there was previews from the album cover and everytime you click on it,
the music was played in preview mode directly from the finder.
Just a few minutes ago, I updated the version of my itunes to the currently newest one.
That didnt give me a solution indeed.
Do anybody know an approach to solve this problem?
Regards from Berlin
Sam

@Kenichi Watanabe
The "problem" is that you can't preview the song in Finder, correct? So it's not about iTunes...?
Yeah, youre right. sorry for the wrong category.
thank you for your fast replies. but I dont ask for any alternates. I thought, maybe its an issue with the settings.
Im asking myself why apple dont fix the error that may cause this problem...

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