Any .ps file freezes Preview
On my PowerBook, it works fine. But on my desktop, trying to open essentially identical .ps files (even simple ones) causes Preview to freeze. This has been true consistently across 10.3.8, 10.3.9, and 10.4.6, so I'm sure it's a corruption problem on this machine. Problem is, I've looked for and removed any prefs I could think of having to do with Preview, and it hasn't helped. Evidently there's some other process involved, and it must have a corrupted pref file...but what is it...what do I need to trash to get it working again? Cheers,
Gib
iMac 17" flat panel Mac OS X (10.4.6)
I'm having the same problem. PDF files refuse to
print from Preview Program to any printer on our
network but when opening the identical files in
GraphicConverter the PDF files open and print fine.
I did notice that GraphicConverter will ask if the
image should be trimmed or scaled - perhaps this is
part of Preview's problem - not sure just mentioning
this additional info. - Drew
I think that's a different and unrelated issue. My issue is getting Preview to render a PostScript (.ps) file.
And miraculously, after getting it to work with another user, now it works in my user as well. Thanks for the suggestion. Cheers,
Gib
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