File restore in preview

Hello,
I have a question regarding the preview application. I usually have a lot of pdf files open at the same time. This is a problem when I have to restart my Macbook because then all open windows are gone. Is there any tool that can restore the last opened files in preview, similar to a restore of tabs in Safari?
Thank you for your help.

Well, this certainly works, but if I have all kinds of different file types open in one single window, it will be hard to search through the documents, since I need to open many pdf files at the same time. The best would be something like Glims for Safari which supports remembering perviously opened tabs..

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Can't read or write some files, internet is failing, youtube won't load, software I tried to install was in Slovenian, not dutch or english like in my systempreferences settings, pictures and files won't preview with spacebar, etc. Malware?

Specs:
iMac 10.8.5
3,4 GHz Intel Core i7
32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Can't read or write some files, internet is failing, youtube won't load, security software I tried to install was in Slovenian, not dutch or english like in my systempreferences settings, pictures and files won't preview with spacebar and are randomly corrupted, when I entered something in the Youtube searchbar (when it was still working) it send me to a site with sexadds.
I tried restart my iMac and when I was logged back in, my dock preferences were reset.
Also tried to download some security software to check my Mac for malware, but when I did, I tried several, I got a notification that said something like 'dumpfiles (don't know if this is the right translation...) damaged'.
I'm taking screenshots from all the weird notifications I get and even three quarters off the screenshots I took in the last three hours are already unreadable.
It started this morning when I tried opening a Premiere Pro file on which I worked the night before.
When I tried opening it, it said the file was damaged and could not be openend.
I tried opening it with AE or importing the file in a new project but nothing helped.
When I tried looking for autosaves, this is the really weird part, there were none.
Even though there are autosaves from my other projects, this one was completely gone.
It looked like the day before never happened on my computer.
Also when I openend Premiere all the recent projects had been wiped.
So at first I thought it was a Premiere Pro failure.
But than, later on the day, I tried loading some RAW files from my compact flash card.
This is where I would get an error (error -36) which said some data cannot be read or written.
I tried importing the files with a view different technics, from dragging to importing via Lightroom and I succeeded with Image Browser.
But when I tried moving the files to an other folder the same error occurred.
While dealing with this issue I wanted to put on some soothing music on youtube.
This is when the next weird thing occurred: youtube wasn't completely loading in Chrome. I refreshed a view times, checked the internet connection and still no difference.
When I tried in Safari it did work but when I clicked enter on the searchbar in Youtube, a page with sexadds appeared (I didn't install AdBlock in Safari...).
I read about this 'phishing' where you are redirected to a site were a possible malware installment can take place...
I don't know if it's connected to any of the problems I've been having but I just never experienced this on a mac, I have been a Mac user for 10 years now.
On top of it all, internet started working worse and worse and now it's not even working at all. I had to fill in the password over and over, normally it remembers.
Just like my system preferences, all the preferences I had with Chrome where also reset.
Also somewhere in between I got this notification: Mac OS X must restore library to run programs. Type your password to allow.
To me this is all very weird and suspicious. I have clearly no idea what's going on. Could this be another sort of trojan horse or malware?
Some background info which could be helpful for solving this mystery:
two months ago the one year old Fusion Drive in my iMac just broke out of nowhere.
I got it replaced by a qualified apple repair store.
When I got my computer back, all the files where gone.
I got on the internet without AdBlock installed yet.
A game or whatever it was, can't clearly remember, got installed by accident.
I deleted it immediately.
Only two weeks later, I couldn't log in to my account. It didn't recognize my password and username.
So I brought my mac back to the store.
Here the repair guy said it was a minor thing and he just needed to reconnect my account. He also mentioned he found a downloaded game name Sparta and it probably had something to do with the error.
I asked him; could it be a virus? He replied no way.
I don't know why I couldn't be a virus, just because it's a mac doesn't mean it cannot be done.
So today I tried installing anti virus software (such as avast- was in a weird language looked like slovenian, clamxav - was in slovenian) but I couldn't install them.
PLEASE help me! I don't know what to do anymore, I work fulltime and I need my computer, I have no time to bring it in for repair, are there other perhaps easier ways?
Could this be the work of a virus or a malware? Or is it a disk permissions issue?

It sounds like you may have multiple problems, but none of them are likely to be caused by malware.
First, the internet-related issues may be related to adware or a network compromise. I tend to lean more towards the latter, based on your description of the problem. See:
http://www.adwaremedic.com/kb/baddns.php
http://www.adwaremedic.com/kb/hackedrouter.php
If investigation shows that this is not a network-specific issue, then it's probably adware. See my Adware Removal Guide for help finding and removing it. Note that you mention AdBlock as if it should have prevented this, but it's important to understand that ad blockers do not protect you against adware in any way. Neither would any kind of anti-virus software, which often doesn't detect adware.
As for the other issues, it sounds like you've got some serious corruption. I would be inclined to say it sounds like a failing drive, except it sounds like you just got it replaced. How did you get all your files back after the new drive was installed?
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Ibook G4 using iPhoto 5. Some photos in library cannot be opened. An error -couldn't open file. it may be corrupt or a file format that preview does not recognize. HELP!!

I have an ibook G4 using iphoto5. Some photos in my library cannot be opened. It hasn't always been this way. I have tried to click and drag to a folder in finder and when i do i get an error !Coundn't open the file. It may be corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn't recognize. Can anyone help in solving this problem?

The only solution to corrupted files is to restore from your back up.
Regards
TD

I need explanation about RESTORE DATABASE PREVIEW SUMMARY;

After executing the command:
RMAN> RESTORE DATABASE PREVIEW SUMMARY;
It finished with the following lines:
Media recovery start SCN is 1487308
Recovery must be done beyond SCN 1726503 to clear data files fuzziness
Finished restore at 2008-04-30:17:13:59
What does it mean "recovery start SCN is 1487308" and "Recovery must be done beyond SCN 1726503..." ?
I would like to restore/recover untill a SCN... but I don't understand if it means I must set a SCN between 1487308 and 1726503, or 1726503 is simply a starting SCN ...
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RMAN> list backup by file;
List of Datafile Backups
========================
File Key TY LV S Ckp SCN Ckp Time #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
1 121266 B F A 1726482 2008-04-18:17:10:06 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
2 121262 B F A 1726496 2008-04-18:17:10:23 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
3 121261 B F A 1487308 2008-04-15:12:59:31 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
4 121265 B F A 1726503 2008-04-18:17:10:27 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
5 121263 B F A 1726499 2008-04-18:17:10:24 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
6 121241 B F A 1726455 2008-04-18:17:09:53 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
7 121242 B F A 1726456 2008-04-18:17:09:53 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
8 121243 B F A 1726458 2008-04-18:17:09:54 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
9 121244 B F A 1726459 2008-04-18:17:09:54 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
10 121245 B F A 1726460 2008-04-18:17:09:55 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
11 121246 B F A 1726461 2008-04-18:17:09:55 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
12 121248 B F A 1726463 2008-04-18:17:09:57 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
13 121247 B F A 1726464 2008-04-18:17:09:57 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
14 121249 B F A 1726466 2008-04-18:17:09:58 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
15 121250 B F A 1726467 2008-04-18:17:09:58 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
16 121251 B F A 1726469 2008-04-18:17:09:59 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
17 121252 B F A 1726470 2008-04-18:17:09:59 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
18 121253 B F A 1726471 2008-04-18:17:10:00 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
19 121254 B F A 1726472 2008-04-18:17:10:00 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
20 121255 B F A 1726473 2008-04-18:17:10:02 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
21 121256 B F A 1726474 2008-04-18:17:10:02 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
22 121258 B F A 1726476 2008-04-18:17:10:03 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
23 121257 B F A 1726477 2008-04-18:17:10:03 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
24 121259 B F A 1726478 2008-04-18:17:10:04 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
25 121260 B F A 1726480 2008-04-18:17:10:05 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
List of Archived Log Backups
============================
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time BS Key S #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
1 10 1487308 2008-04-15:12:59:31 121240 A 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170947
1 11 1726433 2008-04-18:17:06:08 121333 A 1 1 YES TAG20080418T171040
2 26 1591040 2008-04-15:23:15:47 121239 A 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170947
2 27 1726430 2008-04-18:17:09:42 121332 A 1 1 YES TAG20080418T171040
List of Control File Backups
============================
CF Ckp SCN Ckp Time BS Key S #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
1726501 2008-04-18:17:10:24 121264 A 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953
List of SPFILE Backups
======================
Modification Time BS Key S #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
2008-04-16:13:04:18 121267 A 1 1 YES TAG20080418T170953

Yes, you're right. It's just what I wanted to know.
Does it also mean 1726504 is the nearest scn compared with the time I finished to complete that online backup ???
I mean... what should I do to restore just that backup without applying current available archived log and online redo log ???

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Step 2
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Step 3
If you get a message such as ""Adobe Reader blocked for this website," then from the Safari menu bar, select
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Allow Plug-ins
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Manage Website Settings...
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/Library/Internet Plug-ins
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Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Paste into the text box that opens (command-V), then press return.
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The "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you may need to remove it, if it's present. The same goes for a plugin called "iGetter," and perhaps others — I don't have a complete list. Don't remove Silverlight if you use the "Netflix" video-streaming service.
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Regards
TD

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