Preview won't close

Whenever I click on a photo Preview opens up all the most recent photos I have opened using Preview, then Preview freezes. I can't close any of the photos individually or open any of the bar menu items (Preview, File, etc.). The only way to close Preview is by using Force Close option. Is anyone else experiencing this? I've tried everything I could think of and have researched this on the internet and have come up with nothing. I really don't want to reinstall lion. Any help with this would be appreciated. Thanks.

I was having the same problem, with a large file that was causing my Preview to open it everytime and slow it down, and it wouldn't close the **** file/window. The fact is that it was opening the file even if it was deleted. But it was opening a temporary file somewhere, somehow.
I don't know if that's available in previous version os macOS, but I'm using Lion. Here's what I did:
1. Right-click on the icon by the side of the title of the window/document you wish to close
2. You can see now the path of that file - click on the folder right beneath the file name
3. That will take you the where the file is - delete the file.
4. Go back to preview and close the window.
To me this worked instantly. It wasn't closing before and now it did because the file really didn't exist anymore.
Cheers
Guz

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I was having the same problem, with a large file that was causing my Preview to open it everytime and slow it down, and it wouldn't close the **** file/window. The fact is that it was opening the file even if it was deleted. But it was opening a temporary file somewhere, somehow.
I don't know if that's available in previous version os macOS, but I'm using Lion. Here's what I did:
1. Right-click on the icon by the side of the title of the window/document you wish to close
2. You can see now the path of that file - click on the folder right beneath the file name
3. That will take you the where the file is - delete the file.
4. Go back to preview and close the window.
To me this worked instantly. It wasn't closing before and now it did because the file really didn't exist anymore.
Cheers
Guz

I cant' print using firefox. print preview won't display, won't print, printing dialog box won't display, etc

Seems like since I updated to firefox 5 I can't print web pages, print preview won't work. I click on the print option under file and nothing displays or prints.

Try the Firefox SafeMode and see if you can initiate printing from within Firefox. 
''A troubleshooting mode, which disables most Add-ons.'' 
''(If you're not using it, switch to the Default Theme.)''
# You can open the Firefox 4/5/6/7 SafeMode by holding the '''Shft''' key when you use the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
# Or use the Help menu item, click on '''Restart with Add-ons Disabled...''' while Firefox is running. 
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http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Hidden tab won't close, constantly loading.

There's a tab on my Firefox that doesn't show on the window. It seems to be a tab that was previously open, that I thought I'd closed. While it doesn't show on the window, the tab preview when I mouse over it in the windows taskbar shows that the tab is still open. When I click the x in the preview, the tab won't close. Also on mousing over the tab, it shows that the page is blank, but it seems as though it is loading something. It may or may not be causing my computer to run slower than usual, but I can't be sure. Either way, it's annoying and the only way I can get rid of it is by restarting my browser, but even then after using the browser for a while another tab like that shows up and I run the same problem. How do I close a tab like this?
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You can check for problems with the sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak files in the Firefox profile folder that store session data.
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*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Multiple_profile_files_created
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost and you will have to recreate them (make a note or bookmark them if possible).
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
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I think the file has somehow been corrupted. Can you have the person that sent it to you send another copy?
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Preview won't print

Preview won't print most PDF files that I've created using the 'Save as PDF' in the print dialog window. It just spits out blank pages. If I select 'Preview' it show the document correctly but telling it to Print just produces a lot of blank pages.
This also happens to many PDF files that I've downloaded and were not created on my machine.
Any ideas what the problem is?
Thanks in advance

Sounds like a driver issue. Has this ever worked or is this the first time you've tried? I'd test in a new user to be sure it isn't a corrupt Preview preference (which you could isolate in ~/Library/Preferences/). If the same thing happens in a new user, I'd say it's the printer settings. Try resetting the printer system via Printer Setup Utility and then go back to Sys Prefs > Print & Fax to add your printer. You could need to re-install the driver as well if that doesn't resolve. Good luck!
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I just figured out how to open Preview...... Open Finder>Documents>click on any PDF or JPEG. Preview opens. Now, if I could only get it to open from the Dock.

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I can't close the left hand tab except by exiting firefox. When i launch firefox the original tab stays open when I click on the red x, even if I have other tabs open.
i can alter the website displayed on the left hand tab but it still won't close and leave other more recent tabs open.

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