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Darktable thumbnail overlays hidden on Mac

Thumbnail overlays stay hidden on the Mac build of darktable 5.6.2 even after the overlay preferences are set.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

5 public reports · first reported 10 October 2026 · last reported 11 October 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Photo editors on macOS sometimes show no thumbnail overlays in the lighttable, even after the user has checked the overlay preferences.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.