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EPUB quicklook and preview problems in macOS Catalina [message #1040] Mon, 04 May 2020 17:17 Go to next message
jonathanalix via foxt
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Registered: May 2019
Member
Anyone one else having problems?

"epub.mdimporter" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be
verified.

FTP 7b8 is not showing epub files with "FoxTrot Preview" in preview pane,
only as other formats.

I've read it is a notarisation issue with Catalina and the developer of
epub.mdimporter doesn't have the time to fix it.
Re: EPUB quicklook and preview problems in macOS Catalina [message #1041 is a reply to message #1040] Mon, 04 May 2020 17:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
FoxTrot Engineering
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Registered: April 2020
Senior Member
Ajk Sanders wrote:

> "epub.mdimporter" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be
> verified.

There are probably some other ways to fix the problem, but one option is
to clear the quarantine flag on this executable file using Terminal.app.
To do so, type this in Terminal.app:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine epub.mdimporter

but replace "epub.mdimporter" by the actual full path to the file (you
may drag and drop it from the Finder to the Terminal.app window to
"paste" its path)


Jérôme - FoxTrot Engineering


Jérôme - FoxTrot Engineering
Re: EPUB quicklook and preview problems in macOS Catalina [message #1044 is a reply to message #1040] Wed, 06 May 2020 14:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
John Lea
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Registered: April 2020
Junior Member
I had a similar problem and the solution from Jérôme worked for me - but
first I had to get Spotlight to explicity reindex the folder(s) containing
epub files.


On Monday, 4 May 2020 16:17:01 UTC+1, Ajk Sanders wrote:
>
> Anyone one else having problems?
>
> "epub.mdimporter" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be
> verified.
>
> FTP 7b8 is not showing epub files with "FoxTrot Preview" in preview pane,
> only as other formats.
>
> I've read it is a notarisation issue with Catalina and the developer of
> epub.mdimporter doesn't have the time to fix it.
>
>
>

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Re: EPUB quicklook and preview problems in macOS Catalina [message #1062 is a reply to message #1044] Fri, 05 June 2020 12:17 Go to previous message
AJKS
Messages: 48
Registered: June 2020
Member
Hi,

I'm still having problems with seeing the 'proper' preview of pub files.

I've followed Jerome's advice and also that of John Lea.

Short of using Spotlight to re-index all my hard drives, and then rebuilding all my FoxTrot indexes, can anyone think of an alternative solution?

Thanks!

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