Larger preview with the space bar not working

Yosemite 10.10.1 on an iMac: you know how you can single click on a photo or file in Finder, then press the spacebar and a window opens with a larger view of the file without actually opening it? I don't know what you call that (do tell me if you know), but it has stopped working like it used to in the last week.
I do get the window, but only a smaller thumbnail preview now, with a white border around it. These preview thumbnails are only about 1.5" by 2", and won't resize. Granted, it's bigger than the actual file icon, but not as big as it used to go when hitting the spacebar (nearly the height of the full screen). I've attached an image showing Now and Before.
The top image is only a cropped screen grab of less than a quarter of my screen. The bottom image is the full screen off my older Mac where this preview option still works.
Notice, too, that even the thumbnail of the image, in the Finder window, is constricted and has that white border now.
Did the key command change? or is there a preference I've accidentally turned off?
Thanks in advance for any help.

that directory is not on my iMac, James. I have ~/Library/QuickLook/iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator or ~/Library/QuickLook/iWork.qlgenerator/
under ~/Library/Caches I have
Why would it suddenly stop working, Japib? I didn't update recently...
and these are just the usual files I've always looked at with QuickLook -- mostly photos.
thanks for your input. Any other suggestions? should I call Apple Support?

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