Open Dialog Box file preview displays the images out of view or off center

This is a relatively new problem and I cannot figure it out! When I go to open a file through Illustrator (using column preview) normally off to the right side there is a preview of the file. However now I can only see a tiny portion of the image like it's off center or something (see the far right side of the picture below. What is even more strange is when I open a file in Finder, the preview is normal. Any ideas on what it could be??
Thanks!
Lauren

JMcd wrote:
I am having the same problem! I just upgraded to OSX Yosemite 10.10.3 - I wonder if it is a bug with that.
this is the only common factor, so we can only assume this is the case. there is no other information on this as far as I know.

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Does the Mac community agree with me that this needs to be better implemented in Mac OS X for new Mac users?
As the owner of a Mac consulting company in Los Angeles, we have switched about 30 people from PC to Mac this year.
However, we have encountered a big problem that almost every "newbie Mac user" has when they first switch to the Mac. This is the #1 problem that we encounter with most "newbie" Mac users:
There is no way to access the iPhoto library from within a standard open dialog box!
So, week after week, we're witnessing users who have used webmail for years, and aren't quite ready to make the leap to Apple Mail yet. So when they go to attach photos to an outgoing email in their webmail program (Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo), they'll get an "open" dialog box but absolutely no way of browsing their iPhoto Library in an easy-to-use manner!
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Some companies like Snapfish.com have actually addressed this limitation on Apple's behalf, by creating plug-ins for Safari that actually let you browse your iphoto library right from your open dialog box! This is how it SHOULD BE! It's simple as pie, and Snapfish.com should be commended for making up for this serious lack of intuitiveness on Apple's part.
But Apple really needs to step up to the plate and do this for its users, instead of depending on a few companies here & there to make up for this limitation.
Of course, we try to get as many new users as possible to use Apple's Mail program for complete integration with their system, but it's just not feasible right off the bat in all cases. For example, if they're a Yahoo webmail user or a HotMail user, it would cost them at least $24.95/year just to get POP access to their email. And regardless of what webmail system they use, not everybody is going to want to switch right away to a dedicated email client.
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Scott:
Here are two sites, one a thread in the AD and the other a GMail site, on how to use Gmail via the Mail application:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=580746&tstart=0
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13275
This is plugin to be able to access any web based mail that supports the HTTPMail protocol (HotMail and MSN mail at the time of the plugins creation. I'm sure more by now:
http://www.automagic-software.com/products.php
and how to make it work with intel Macs:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060606023130948&query=Hotmail
I've not used any of these but you can certainly test them so see if they are as as advertised.
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