No thumbnails in Preview

I have transferred my photos from my PC to my new iMac. When I open the folders I have jpg icons but no thumbnails as I did on my PC. This means I have to click on each icon to see what the photo is. How do I change the view to thumbnails of the phots?
Thanks in advance.

Werdna:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. There are two options to try:
1 - download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, substituting your account name for mine. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
2 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select the all options except the one regarding orphaned files.
If that doesn't help a third option is to rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager in it's free mode. It often succeeds where the normal method does not. It also leaves your original iPhoto Library folder untouched so you can go back to it if desired. Here's how:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: It can take some time to create the new library if you have a lot of photos. One user reported that with a library of about 5,000 images it took about 12 hours so plan ahead.

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Did you search for hidden cache files other than the before named cache
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>> Purged the cache Bridge CS5
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