Finder 'item info' in icon view missing

For about the last month of so (possibly since the last update, but I didn't notice it right away, so I won't swear to this) my Finder stopped showing 'item info' in icon view, but only for images.
So say I have a folder full of images, and I open it in icon view: there are the icons, but no info below. I have checked settings, and toggled the "Show Item Info" on and off. The icons even jump to a longer spacing to make room for the item info to display, only it never does. I have rebuilt permissions, done routine scripts, cleared caches, rebuilt launch services (OK, but I was being thorough!) to no avail.
Double checked on the iMac, info displays fine. If I open a folder of images that resides on the iMac and view it on the laptop over the network, the info displays fine. Open the folder that resides on the laptop and view it on the iMac over the network, no info. Only files/folders which are resident on my laptop do not correctly display info, regardless of where they are viewed; files in the iMac correctly display info, regardless of where they are viewed.
I also tried copying files back and forth, and the result remains the same, so it does not seem to be a characteristic of the files themselves.
Any ideas? Obviously, this is not a major concern, but it's annoying, particularly since I use a lot of graphics, and not being able to check sizes quickly is a bit of a pain. Not to mention that not being able to pin down WHY it's happening is driving me nuts....
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The most common cause of this is that folder, its parent folder, or the drive itself has been added to the Spotlight Privacy pane, or Spotlight has been disabled. I had never noticed before that the spacing changes when you toggle to get the non-existent info, but you're right, it does. So check your Spotlight settings.
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