Reportedly, after upgrading to MacOS Monterey, users encountered an error where they were unable to use the Quick Look feature. The latest update has an issue with the Quick Look preview with the spacebar not working in MacOS Monterey, and it’s quite frustrating.
It is quite a useful feature that, by simply hovering over the image or video, it starts previewing without opening a small thumbnail. But with the ongoing glitch, it’s not possible to execute this. Here is the complete guide mentioned below.
How to Fix Quick Look Preview with Spacebar Not Usable in MacOS Monterey
Before proceeding, try to simply restart the finder and then clear the cache of Quick Look by executing qlmanage -r cache and then qlmanage: call reset on cache into the Mac terminal.
- Start with opening the Activity Monitor by navigating CMD + Spacebar, or you can head over to Application, click on Utilities, and then Activity Monitor.
- After that, click on Search in the upper-right corner, and then type Quick.
- Now, it will locate you at the QuickLookUIService, and you can click on it to exit by clicking on the quit button placed on the bottom-left.
- Click on Quit to confirm your action.
Some users have also reported that after updating their MacOS to Monterrey 12.1 (which you can do by navigating to the Apple Logo (Menu), clicking on Software Update, and then choosing Download and Install, or by simply restarting their Finder), if you are still encountering the issue, then try restarting your Mac in Safe Mode.
Sometimes, third-party antivirus or firmware might cause a conflict with the operating system, so try it once after disabling the security solution installed on your device. Later, you can also report the same bug to the Apple Support Centre or Apple itself.