Catalog system is a failure
I am a photographer. I have been working with Photoshop for 30 years. In Photoshop my files are safe. In Capture One my files exist with bombs attached to them. The slightest movement and they are destroyed. I just bought a new computer and in the transfer all my files vanished. There is no technical support to assist in recovery. Articles posted on the subject do not help. The catalog system was obviously designed by engineers who assume that you are also a computer engineer not a photographer. Capture One is a great tool but the cataloging system is a perverse nightmare. If anyone knows how to contact Capture One for technical assistance please let me know.
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Thanks, that's very helpful.
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What Peter said. Do not use Finder unless forced to for some reason. Do your Library maintenance inside of Capture One.
I suspect you were asking about Finder thumbnails, not capture one thumbnails. Capture One thumbnails should show up in the browser. If macOS knows that file type Finder will show a thumbnail. However, it will be the thumbnail of the original image without any edits applied because the original file is NEVER modified by Capture One. The changes needed to get the desired image live in the Capture One library and are applied to generate the Capture One preview and upon export or processing with a process recipe.
It is safest to do as Peter suggested. Delete. Verify the images are the ones you meant to delete by looking at the Catalog trash folder. Then empty the trash. That said, if you select an image then ctrl-cmd-delete it will be removed from the catalog and the disk immediately. Caution: that can not be undone.
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