diff --git a/yazi-adaptor/src/adaptor.rs b/yazi-adaptor/src/adaptor.rs
index e3b111bc..a00bbaf9 100644
--- a/yazi-adaptor/src/adaptor.rs
+++ b/yazi-adaptor/src/adaptor.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ impl Adaptor {
 
 	pub async fn image_show(self, mut path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
 		let cache = PREVIEW.cache(path, 0);
-		if fs::metadata(&cache).await.is_ok() {
+		if fs::symlink_metadata(&cache).await.is_ok() {
 			path = cache.as_path();
 		}
 
diff --git a/yazi-adaptor/src/image.rs b/yazi-adaptor/src/image.rs
index 1052f21e..4f290a73 100644
--- a/yazi-adaptor/src/image.rs
+++ b/yazi-adaptor/src/image.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use yazi_shared::Term;
 pub struct Image;
 
 impl Image {
-	pub(super) async fn crop(path: &Path, size: (u16, u16)) -> Result<DynamicImage> {
+	pub(super) async fn downscale(path: &Path, size: (u16, u16)) -> Result<DynamicImage> {
 		let (w, h) = Term::ratio()
 			.map(|(w, h)| {
 				let (w, h) = ((size.0 as f64 * w) as u32, (size.1 as f64 * h) as u32);
@@ -30,33 +30,19 @@ impl Image {
 		img.await?
 	}
 
-	pub async fn precache(img: Arc<Vec<u8>>, cache: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<bool> {
+	pub async fn precache(img: Arc<Vec<u8>>, cache: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
 		let cache = cache.as_ref().to_owned();
 		let result = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
 			let img = image::load_from_memory(&img)?;
 			let (w, h) = (PREVIEW.max_width, PREVIEW.max_height);
 
-			if img.width() <= w && img.height() <= h {
-				return Ok(false);
-			}
-
-			match img.resize(w, h, FilterType::Triangle) {
+			Ok(match img.resize(w, h, FilterType::Triangle) {
 				DynamicImage::ImageRgb8(buf) => buf.save_with_format(cache, ImageFormat::Jpeg),
 				DynamicImage::ImageRgba8(buf) => buf.save_with_format(cache, ImageFormat::Jpeg),
 				buf => buf.to_rgb8().save_with_format(cache, ImageFormat::Jpeg),
-			}?;
-
-			Ok(true)
+			}?)
 		});
 
 		result.await?
 	}
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub async fn precache_anyway(img: Arc<Vec<u8>>, cache: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
-		Ok(match Self::precache(img.clone(), &cache).await {
-			Ok(true) => (),
-			_ => fs::write(cache, &*img).await?,
-		})
-	}
 }
diff --git a/yazi-adaptor/src/iterm2.rs b/yazi-adaptor/src/iterm2.rs
index 81b47a3a..d1655135 100644
--- a/yazi-adaptor/src/iterm2.rs
+++ b/yazi-adaptor/src/iterm2.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub(super) struct Iterm2;
 
 impl Iterm2 {
 	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
-		let img = Image::crop(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
+		let img = Image::downscale(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
 		let b = Self::encode(img).await?;
 
 		Self::image_hide(rect)?;
diff --git a/yazi-adaptor/src/kitty.rs b/yazi-adaptor/src/kitty.rs
index 6640b957..64686a90 100644
--- a/yazi-adaptor/src/kitty.rs
+++ b/yazi-adaptor/src/kitty.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pub(super) struct Kitty;
 
 impl Kitty {
 	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
-		let img = Image::crop(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
+		let img = Image::downscale(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
 		let b = Self::encode(img).await?;
 
 		Self::image_hide(rect)?;
diff --git a/yazi-adaptor/src/kitty_old.rs b/yazi-adaptor/src/kitty_old.rs
index 5cfe1bbc..72e9f2fa 100644
--- a/yazi-adaptor/src/kitty_old.rs
+++ b/yazi-adaptor/src/kitty_old.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub(super) struct KittyOld;
 
 impl KittyOld {
 	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
-		let img = Image::crop(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
+		let img = Image::downscale(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
 		let b = Self::encode(img).await?;
 
 		Self::image_hide()?;
diff --git a/yazi-adaptor/src/sixel.rs b/yazi-adaptor/src/sixel.rs
index b89b48e3..feb90ed8 100644
--- a/yazi-adaptor/src/sixel.rs
+++ b/yazi-adaptor/src/sixel.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub(super) struct Sixel;
 
 impl Sixel {
 	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
-		let img = Image::crop(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
+		let img = Image::downscale(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
 		let b = Self::encode(img).await?;
 
 		Self::image_hide(rect)?;
diff --git a/yazi-core/src/external/pdftoppm.rs b/yazi-core/src/external/pdftoppm.rs
index 3f9c4c1d..8ea0f383 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/external/pdftoppm.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/external/pdftoppm.rs
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ pub async fn pdftoppm(src: &Path, dest: impl AsRef<Path>, skip: usize) -> Result
 		return if pages > 0 { Err(PeekError::Exceed(pages - 1)) } else { Err(s.to_string().into()) };
 	}
 
-	Ok(Image::precache_anyway(Arc::new(output.stdout), dest).await?)
+	Ok(Image::precache(Arc::new(output.stdout), dest).await?)
 }
diff --git a/yazi-core/src/manager/commands/rename.rs b/yazi-core/src/manager/commands/rename.rs
index 23dcc608..35a4f7aa 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/manager/commands/rename.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/manager/commands/rename.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl Manager {
 
 		let mut failed = Vec::new();
 		for (o, n) in todo {
-			if fs::metadata(&n).await.is_ok() {
+			if fs::symlink_metadata(&n).await.is_ok() {
 				failed.push((o, n, anyhow!("Destination already exists")));
 				continue;
 			}
diff --git a/yazi-core/src/preview/provider.rs b/yazi-core/src/preview/provider.rs
index 586392df..d3bc6a42 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/preview/provider.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/preview/provider.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl Provider {
 
 	pub(super) async fn video(path: &Path, skip: usize) -> Result<PreviewData, PeekError> {
 		let cache = PREVIEW.cache(path, skip);
-		if fs::metadata(&cache).await.is_err() {
+		if fs::symlink_metadata(&cache).await.is_err() {
 			external::ffmpegthumbnailer(path, &cache, skip).await?;
 		}
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl Provider {
 
 	pub(super) async fn pdf(path: &Path, skip: usize) -> Result<PreviewData, PeekError> {
 		let cache = PREVIEW.cache(path, skip);
-		if fs::metadata(&cache).await.is_err() {
+		if fs::symlink_metadata(&cache).await.is_err() {
 			external::pdftoppm(path, &cache, skip).await?;
 		}
 
diff --git a/yazi-core/src/tasks/workers/precache.rs b/yazi-core/src/tasks/workers/precache.rs
index cf3337aa..204dc8f2 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/tasks/workers/precache.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/tasks/workers/precache.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl Precache {
 		match task {
 			PrecacheOp::Image(task) => {
 				let cache = PREVIEW.cache(&task.target, 0);
-				if fs::metadata(&cache).await.is_ok() {
+				if fs::symlink_metadata(&cache).await.is_ok() {
 					return Ok(self.sch.send(TaskOp::Adv(task.id, 1, 0))?);
 				}
 				if let Ok(img) = fs::read(&task.target).await {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl Precache {
 			}
 			PrecacheOp::Video(task) => {
 				let cache = PREVIEW.cache(&task.target, 0);
-				if fs::metadata(&cache).await.is_ok() {
+				if fs::symlink_metadata(&cache).await.is_ok() {
 					return Ok(self.sch.send(TaskOp::Adv(task.id, 1, 0))?);
 				}
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl Precache {
 			}
 			PrecacheOp::Pdf(task) => {
 				let cache = PREVIEW.cache(&task.target, 0);
-				if fs::metadata(&cache).await.is_ok() {
+				if fs::symlink_metadata(&cache).await.is_ok() {
 					return Ok(self.sch.send(TaskOp::Adv(task.id, 1, 0))?);
 				}