I'm having a problem with viewing raw images, when I open it with the space bar it's black untill I either zoom in or out only after I have done that can I see the image.
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MacBook Pro 16″
The camera is a canon sl2, And up till a few days ago I was able to see them with just pressing onto the space bar to quickly open them, But I feel like ever since I downloaded Photo shop and Lightroom classic the raws are black till I zoom in or out a bit but the edited ones still work great to quickly open like that. And I am using a Mac book pro and as far as I know it's called Quick Look I believe it's a built in option or at least I haven't downloaded anything other than Light room, Lightroom classic and Photo shop
The camera is a canon sl2, And up till a few days ago I was able to see them with just pressing onto the space bar to quickly open them, But I feel like ever since I downloaded Photo shop and Lightroom classic the raws are black till I zoom in or out a bit but the edited ones still work great to quickly open like that. And I am using a Mac book pro and as far as I know it's called Quick Look I believe it's a built in option or at least I haven't downloaded anything other than Light room, Lightroom classic and Photo shop
This sounds like a macOS Preview compatibility issue with your specific RAW format. A few things to try:
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Preview
If you're still having issues and suspect file corruption, you might want to try a repair tool like 4DDiG File Repair. I've used it successfully for problematic RAW files before - it can handle CR2, NEF, ARW and other RAW formats while preserving metadata.
Alternatively, you could try converting the files to DNG format using Adobe's free DNG Converter, which often fixes compatibility issues.
Let me know if any of these solutions work for you!
Alright in that case it is finder.
Based on some of the research I've done it seems more people are having this problem since the 15.4 update
As raw images are individual to each model of camera - and that's model, not brand - it's impossible to help without knowing the brand an model of camera producing the raws.
Further, as raw support is added on a model by model basis, what version of the OS do you have, and what app are you viewing these images in?
This is a known issue with Sequoia 15.4.1 on Silicon Macs. Send feedback to Apple so it might be fixed sooner than later:
If you're using QuickLook are you're viewing these raws in the Finder? Or are you viewing them in Lightroom Classic?
I believe it is finder. Is there a way to find out which it is?
Up there on the left of the menubar, beside the apple icon, you'll find the name of the app you're currently using.
At least on my Intel Sequoia 15.4 Mac QuickLook works OK for .cr3, .cr2, .dng. Are you using a Silicon MacBook Pro?
Sometimes a detour to safe boot might help in issues like this.
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How do I fix viewing RAW image issue on my MacBook Pro?
