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Hello to all, my preview and app are not working/open anymore. can i get an advice how to fix these problems? also, system is asking me everytime to type my pass to acces/enable different apps. thanks and regards, liviu.

This is normal behavior. To scroll through go up one level in the finder and drag the folder to the preview icon in the dock or type apple+A and do the same

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