On 7/25/06 at 1:04 AM, Malcolm Fitzgerald <email@hidden>
wrote:
> Is there a setting that I can control which will allow me to get the
> file to display the preview?
Finder only attempts previews if it has a decent idea about what kind of
data is in the file. If you're not giving your files a file type of
"TEXT", then you at least need to give them a filename extension of
".txt" so that Finder knows what kind of preview would be appropriate.
(I just tried this and verified it - removing the filetype of "TEXT" and
the extension ".txt" from a text file in Columns view made Finder change
its preview from the first part of the text to a generic document icon.
Adding ".txt" back to the filename, then clicking on and off the icon,
restored the preview even without the file type.)
--Matt (don't put ".mov" on a text file or Finder will punish you)
--
Matt Deatherage <email@hidden>
GCSF, Incorporated <http://www.macjournals.com>
"It's not like some directories really hold something else, like
pixels, or maybe pudding." -- MDJ 2003.05.22
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