Preview.app ignoring system prefs, bug?

greetings,
switched to 10.7 recently.
seem to be having a problem with preview.app.
i have various setting saved as follows:
system pref -> general:
     restore windows... = unselected
     highlight color = Gold
     show scroll bars = always
system pref -> desktop:
     Translucent menu bar = unselected
unfortunatly, preview.app seems to ignore all of these.
all my other programs are following my system pref settings, except preview.
i ran across this forum thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18432932#18432932
i've deleted all the preview prefs and temp files in ~/Library mentioned in the above thread.
but that hasn't solved it.
anyone else have this problem?
any suggestion?
thanks for any feedback-
jeffery
10.7.4, MBPro

I have this same problem.
I have two machines, one's a self-contained Macbook Air - I don't see this problem. The other is a Mac Pro at the office - where I see this problem (see the same symptom with TextEdit, but not with any other apps). I think I've isolated the problem on the MacPro to the fact that my home directory on the MacPro is a UFS disk mounted via NFS. Same machine, different user who's home directory lives on the local HFS+ disk does not exhibit this issue. I should note that this different user also had administrator priveledges. Admittedly, I haven't tried making a dummy users with a cross-mounted home directory.
I've also noticed that when 'Repairing Permissions' on my HFS+ disk holding the OS (Macintosh HD) while logged in as an admin reveals the following error:
Group differs on "Users" should be 80; group is 0.
Unable to set owner and group on "Users" error 1: Operation not permitted
Unable to set permissions on "Users" error 1: Operation not permitted
Not sure if this 'Repair Permissions' error is related. Either way, am not sure what the correct permissions should be.
I note that I have limited understanding regarding how permissions are handled between,1) the local machine running 10.7.4 from an HFS+ disk, and 2) the server hosting a UFS disk which is mounted via NFS. However, am certain that my user has the same UID and GID between the two machines. The entire /Users disk is mounted via NFS.
An additional symptom for me is that when trying to use 'Open Recent' in Preview.app or TextEdit.app, the dropdown menu is empty after closing the app and restarting. If the app stays open, it remembers recent files that were open. However, if I close the app, the 'recents' dropdown menu is empty.
I've tried deleting all the preference files as mentioned above. I've also tried shifting all my Cache directories to live on HFS+ disk (via a soft link). Problem persists.
None of these errors exist on my Macbook Air where all disks are local and formatted as HFS+, making it seem like my issue is connected with the NFS mount of the UFS disk. However, I could be wrong.
Nevertheless, yes I have this same symptom, and yes I too would appreciate a clue as to how I might remedy the problem.
Thanks.

Similar Messages

App Store ignoring System Pref. settings

Today I awoke to an App Store notification that there were updates available. I was given two choices, 1) Install 2) Later (with some options). I opened App Store app to see what updates were supposedly available and there was the one update I was putting off which was XCode. I didn't want to install it now. I knew that I had changed the App Store settings in System Preferences to olny check for updates but not act on them or download them so I opened System Prefs. and verified this. Sure enough, I had only one item checked (Automatically check for updates). Everything else was unchecked.
So, I have a few quesstions;
Why is App Store ignoring its own settings and download an app I didn't want yet?
Why did the notification only offer me two options (again ignoring its own settings)?
Why didn't the notification tell me which updates were available?
And some comments;
This is just an unacceptable way to approach updates, IMHO. I need control over what is going to be downloaded and when (bandwidth control and timing). I must know what is ready for update beforehand so I can understand what it means and be able to opt out or delay it to a point when I am ready (control over what is going to be updated vs what is not and when).
--Carl-

First, open Disk Utility, select your hard disk, go to Partition and create a volume. Move your files to it. Then, press Command and R keys in boot, open Disk Utility, erase the Mac volume and reinstall. When the install ends, transfer your files to your account and delete the volume

Preview.app ignores "Image DPI" when scaling

In 10.4 Tiger, Preview.app did the right thing and would print images according to what would be their correct and natural size. For instance, if I scanned a document at 200dpi, and it was 934px wide, Preview.app would print it to paper so that it was 4.67in wide. This is correct behavior.
It knows that the JPG I'm printing is 200dpi because that information is in the JFIF block. You can see this by hitting Cmd-I when viewing a .JPG and looking at the JFIF information.
10.3 was broken in this manner, it would just try to print as many pixels as it could on the printer, or scale it to take up the size of the whole page.
Apparently 10.5 Leopard does the same thing as 10.3--it won't print a document the right size. When I choose Scale: 100% the print size is much bigger than 8.5x11 when it should fit in 4.67in. The other options are scale to the size of the page.
Is there something I'm missing? Is this a regression?
Thanks!

I was missing something. When I filed a bug, I got a response that asked:
+Do you have the Preview Image preference entitled “Respect image and screen DPI for scale” checked on or off and does either way make a difference to your workflow?+
The result is that when this is chosen, the scanned DPI is respected not only on the screen but also for the printed output. This is what I expected. Thanks Apple!

OS X 10.5.5 Desktop & Screensaver System Prefs Bug

After updating via software update from 10.5.4 to 10.5.5 - the pre-installed options of Apple Images, Nature, Plants, Black & White, Abstract and Solid Colors are not available. Categories show up, but nothing appears in the right side of the preference pane to select. Pictures Folder and iPhoto Albums are available to select and change.
System: 1.8 Ghz PowerPC G5 2GB DDR SDRAM

Like Ashka said, do the combo update: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1055comboupdate.html
It's 601 mB file which you need to install manually.
ENSURE you run "repair disk permissions" PRIOR to updating (as you ought to anyhow)

Preview.app new bug : stops opening new files

Starting a couple weeks ago, perhaps with my update to iLife 09 or perhaps related to a recent system update, Preview.app has a new bug for me.
If I open a few files (jpg, pdf, etc) with Preview.app, it will mysteriously stop opening new files. Double clicking the files in Finder, using Preview->Menu->File->Open, or any "open with..." functionality causes Preview to get the focus (come forward) but the file does not open.
I am not able to make it happen consistently with any set of files, but it is not any single file causing the problem. I've had this happen every day for the last couple weeks and it is now moved from annoyance to extreme annoyance.
If I close Preview.app and restart it, the same file that would not open will open fine. I have not been able to narrow this down, but I see this in Console:
4/17/09 2:12:29 PM Fri Apr 17 Preview[11193] * -[NSCFArray insertObject:atIndex:]: attempt to insert nil
As I said, the main thing I've changed recently is installing iLife 09. I'll continue to try to create a replicatable test set, but so far it seems more mercurial than that
Anyone else seeing this?

Well, let me describe it a different way. I do not believe there is any way permissions for the files I'm opening could have anything to do with this.
1) I open a jpg with preview, leave preview.app running
2) I go do something else
3) I open a PDF in firefox, it opens preview with the pdf
4) I go do something else
5) I open a jpeg with preview
6) I try to open another jpeg with preview and it does not open.
7) No file of any sort, even the same file I opened in step 1 or 5 will now open in Preview. Preview.app is now completely unable to open new files.
Generally, I leave Preview.app running. This bug makes that completely non-functional. It also means I can't use preview.app to compare images side by side because it so often won't open the images after a dozen or so files get opened during its process-life.
Message was edited by: blinc

Cannot use System Pref's/Network -- dialog box won't go stay gone

G5 running Tiger, browsers, Mail and other internet functions (DSL, PPPoE) work fine BUT: if I boot the Network app in System Pref's, it shows a dialog box that says "Your network settings have been changed by another application." If I press OK the box goes away for a second and then returns -- there is no way to proceed, or use this app -- the only thing I can do is for Systems Pref's to quit. In other words, it won't take OK for an answer!
Some notes: 1) Network diagnostics from the Help menu says everything is normal. 2) I did move my Ethernet connection to another computer to run that one -- this Mac was off at the time. I did not change any modem or router settings, and this Mac, as I said, works fine except for the above problem. 3) an app called "Internet Connect" in the apps folder will not boot (don't know what this is); 4) the utilities Netinfo Mgr and Network Utility don't tell my anything useful or at least that I can understand. How do I reset the SystemPref's/Network app or whatever it is so I can use it? Thanks.

Hi,
Check out this thread: file:///Users/carolynssamit/Desktop/Mac%20Troubleshooting/Your%20network%20setti ngs%20have%20been%20changed...%20%20fix.webarchive
And here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?referrerid=59552&t=592305
And more here; http://forums.macworld.com/message/666874
Carolyn

Preview missing - no menubar clock - System Prefs won't open....help!

Wow. Preview is missing (it shows up in the Application window as a zero K app, then when I click on it, it vanishes), all the Preview docs I had on my desktop are neutral icons ( just a white rectangle), and also my menubar clock is gone. System Preferences won't open. Help! I've tried repairing permissions but that's as far as I know what to do. Thanks, Chris

Wow, I feel a tiny bit proud of myself. And actually, Disk Warrior eventually helped,in a circuitous way. I reloaded the Combo Update for 10.3.9, that seemed to rejuvenate Preview. But still no System Prefs, no menubar clock. I right-clicked on System Preferences ( that
right-click or option-click is really useful sometimes, because it can open
packages and other single-icon deals that you can't see into otherwise - I
really recommend a 2-button mouse, I was resistant to it after 20 years of Mac-ing but the 2 buttons combined
with a scroll wheel is way better than the Apple mouse and the Dell mouse
is about 10 bucks on eBay)... once that was cracked, there was a Terminal
icon which I clicked on... wwhich indicated that there was a
pref file it couldn't find. When I searched for it with Find, there it was
in the 'REscued Items" folder from DiskWarrior. Dropped it in where the
Terminal readout indicated it was missing, and voila! A restart, and I
have System Prefs again and a menubar clock. The only thing still FU is
that shift-3 isn't working to get a snapshot of the screen so in order to
generate a PDF from the screen I have to use Grab and finagle there. I
have a feeling, though, that I'll find a way to fix it now. And as you
know, sometimes these things weirdly self-correct after a while, a few
dozen restarts, whatever. At any rate if that's all that I have to contend
with it's not a big deal. So -= DW helped in the end! Thanks to the respondents on this issue- C

Scanning in Mavericks? I can no longer use the scanning function in my HP Officejet 4500. HP says to go through Preview, Image Capture, or Print/Scan in System Prefs. Still doesn't work. Any ideas/similar experiences?

Scanning in Mavericks? I can no longer use the scanning function in my HP Officejet 4500.
HP says to go through Preview, Image Capture, or Print/Scan in System Prefs.
Still doesn't work. Any ideas/similar experiences?

Sure it is, yet it's called HP LaserJet Professional M1210nf MFP Series *
Today, I followed your other advice, and deleted the printer, deleted the /Library/Printer/hp folder, downloaded the entire set of driver, re-installed the printer twice, once with the driver, once with Bonjour.
The Bonjour Printer has the scan option active, but it is doesn't work (refer to above.), it is called M1217nfw
The Apple Driver Printer doesn't show the scan option at all, it is called M1217nf (as on the http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669#HP list.) This model number doesn't exist, as far as I can tell.
Still, everything works perfectly in Snow Leopard, for a MF printer that has been manufactured years after Snow Leopard was released.
Why going up in software version means going backwards in compatiblity for brand new product is really the question that puzzles me here.

ISight not working in native Apps..photobooth, iMovie or System Prefs

So my iSight will work but only in 3rd party apps like yahoo or aol. When i try to use it in system pref i get a message that isight is busy, photobooth say's there is no camera connected. I have reset PRAM, PMU, Safeboot and reinstalled the os 2 times. i get the same errors another user.

I forgot to say im on 10.6.6

Apps auto-launch on startup, despite System Prefs and quitting before shutdown.

All apps that were open before shutdown are relaunching themselves upon startup.
This behavior occurs even if I quit each application individually before initiating system shutdown.
This behavior occurs whether I tick or untick the following settings within System Preferences / General:
• Ask to keep changes when closing documents.
• Close windows when quitting an application.
This behavior occurs despite none of the apps being listed within System Prefs / Login Items.
Examples of auto-launching apps (behavior occured just now with these): TextEdit, Dictionary, Calendar, Contacts, Safari, Firefox, Excel, Acrobat.
I am the administrator and only user on this machine.
Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13"
Mac OS X 8.5
Build 12F45
2.7 GHz Intel
8GB RAM

Back up all data.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, they may not work as described.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box markedAllow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -R $UID:staff ~ $_ ; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ ; } 2> /dev/null
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
You'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take a few minutes to run, or perhaps longer if you have literally millions of files in your home folder. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1 or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Boot into Recovery. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open.
In the Terminal window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.

I have a previously installed app's mobileme sync pref. still in my mobileme sync list in system prefs. Any suggestions on how to remove this?

I have a previously installed app's mobileme sync pref(com.panic.transmit.Favorites) still in my mobileme sync list in system prefs. Any suggestions on how to remove this?

Thanks again for the idea. I just tried it and it didn't work... sort of. iTunes is syncing the photos because I can see that it's optimizing them and syncing them without crashing. Then it says that my iPhone sync is complete and I can safely remove iPhone. But again, when I go into the Camera/Photos app nothing. When I bring up the camera and then touch the the little double square icon on the bottom left the only thing that comes up is a title at the top that says Camera Roll. Then in the middle of the screen is a big icon of a camera and the words No Photos under that. There's no way for me to go to a list of my iPhoto albums. UGH! What's up with this?

Missing System Prefs Apps

My .Mac and Accounts apps have suddenly disappeared.
Any advice? Fixes? Causes?
Do I have to reinstall everything?
Running OS 10.4.6 on a G5

Try deleting BOTH of these:
~(yourhome)/library/caches/com.apple.preferencepanes.cache
~(yourhome)/library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
Then log out and back or restart. You'll need to reset a few of your System Prefs.
-mj
[email protected]

System Prefs, Mail Prefs, App Prefs, etc, not saving in Lion?

My System Prefs, Mail Prefs, App Prefs, etc, are not saving since I have upgraded to Lion? I have repaired permissions, reinstalled, the OS all to no avail!! Please help?

i had the same problem, i fix the system prefs problem with this:
chmod -RN ~/Library/Preferences
but still having trouble with the mail prefs

Preview App in Yosemite Bug

Anyone here experience preview app bug? like when i crop a photo the cropped photo become negative or something else look at this video...
http://youtu.be/dstP-jV45Gc

I'm sorry I could not watch the entirety of your Youtube, the sound tract was too distracting.

White screen bug on preview app (iMac 5k)

i have a problem with the preview app on a iMac 5K. When I try to open a picture taken with my Nikon D800 (36 Mpixels) for an half a second I can see the picture and after that time the window became white. The problem is solved if I try to open another picture: with two pictures on the same windows, everything works fine.
Anyone has experienced the same problem or have any suggestion for fix it?
Thanks in advance.

i have a problem with the preview app on a iMac 5K. When I try to open a picture taken with my Nikon D800 (36 Mpixels) for an half a second I can see the picture and after that time the window became white. The problem is solved if I try to open another picture: with two pictures on the same windows, everything works fine.
Anyone has experienced the same problem or have any suggestion for fix it?
Thanks in advance.

Preview.app ignoring system prefs, bug?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for