BreadCrumbs: Mac OS X Preview
Mac OS X Preview
From Luke Jackson
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | * http://az4n6.blogspot.com/2016/10/quicklook-thumbnailsdata-parser.html | ||
| + | * https://www.google.com/search?q=clear+QuickLook.thumbnailcache&oq=clear+QuickLook.thumbnailcache | ||
| + | * https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2502292 | ||
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QuickLook thumbnails.data, Flushing thumbnails, Clear recent Exposé thumbnails in Preview, Preview recent files
The file is located under:
/private/var/folders/<random>/<random>/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache
For example on my mac book pro:
ljackson@Lukes-MBP 10:51:54 /private/var/folders> sudo find . | grep QuickLook ./zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache ./zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache/exclusive ./zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache/index.sqlite ./zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache/index.sqlite-shm ./zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache/index.sqlite-wal ./zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache/thumbnails.data ./zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache/thumbnails.fraghandler ljackson@Lukes-MBP 10:52:16 /private/var/folders> sudo su - Lukes-MBP:~ root# cd zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache -sh: cd: zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache: No such file or directory Lukes-MBP:~ root# cd /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache Lukes-MBP:com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache root# ll total 184 -rw------- 1 root wheel 0B Mar 2 2016 exclusive -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 56K Nov 13 2016 index.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 32K Nov 13 2016 index.sqlite-shm -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0B Nov 13 2016 index.sqlite-wal -rw------- 1 root wheel 0B Nov 13 2016 thumbnails.data -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 350B Mar 2 2016 thumbnails.fraghandler Lukes-MBP:com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache root#
- Clear all recent files in Preview
- Close Preview Application
- Execute commands below in Terminal (relative to your randomized location, see above for grep to find your location)
mv com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache-DEL killall Finder killall Dock