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idontlikelionosx · Jan 14, 2012, 10:40 PM

Hi there. I have a few problems since I upgraded to OS X Lion and I was wondering if you all could help. Is this the right place to ask?

idontlikelionosx · Jan 14, 2012, 10:50 PM

Here are the issues I have been having:

1) Preview takes a lot longer to open than it did in Snow Leopard. It also has a tendency to open PDFs that I've closed. Also, the "drawer" doesn't open any longer and I don't see an option to do that.

2) Word also has a weird tendency to also open documents that was old and I am not longer working on.

Things seem slower in general. Should I do a clean install? The computer came with 10.5, then I put on 10.6 and now it's got 10.7.

turtle777 · Jan 15, 2012, 12:00 AM

You can turn off opening previously opened documents in the Preference Pane - General - Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps. Make sure this is UNCHECKED.

I had an issue of Preview and TextEdit taking extremely long to open. Turned out: the culprit was the Instant On addition installed with Audio Hijack or Airfoil. Once I de-installed it, it would open in a breeze.
I found this when looking for errors in the Console application.

-t

zenboy21 · Jan 15, 2012, 12:18 AM

Also, check this website for known compatibility problems:

App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps

Hope that helps!

zenboy

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

You can turn off opening previously opened documents in the Preference Pane - General - Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps. Make sure this is UNCHECKED.

Did not see it under Restore.

I had an issue of Preview and TextEdit taking extremely long to open. Turned out: the culprit was the Instant On addition installed with Audio Hijack or Airfoil. Once I de-installed it, it would open in a breeze.
I found this when looking for errors in the Console application.

-t

How do I find this out?

turtle777 · Jan 15, 2012, 12:59 AM

Originally Posted by idontlikelionosx

Did not see it under Restore.

The whole item is called

"Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps"

It's in the third section.

Originally Posted by idontlikelionosx

How do I find this out?

You have to sift through the entries and look for items that cause errors.
Sorry, I can not give a step-by-step instructions.
If you use the Instant On addition, just deinstall it and see if that fixes your issues.

-t

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 01:00 AM

I found it. Why would Apple ever enable that by default? Horrible!

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 01:04 AM

What is INstant On? I don't think I installed that.

turtle777 · Jan 15, 2012, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by idontlikelionosx

What is INstant On? I don't think I installed that.

A helper app installed with Audio Hijack or Airfoil (both 3rd party apps).
If you don't have those apps, you don't have Instant On.

-t

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

A helper app installed with Audio Hijack or Airfoil (both 3rd party apps).
If you don't have those apps, you don't have Instant On.

-t

I don't have them.

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 01:16 AM

Ok it's working much better now that things aren't coming up again. How do I get the tray in Preview to come back?

turtle777 · Jan 15, 2012, 01:20 AM

Not sure what you mean by "tray" or "drawer" ?

Do you mean the Thumbnails or Table of Content ? You torn those on/off in the menu "View".
Or you can add buttons for that to the Toolbar (right-clikc on Toolbar - Customize Toolbar...")

-t

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 01:30 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Not sure what you mean by "tray" or "drawer" ?

Do you mean the Thumbnails or Table of Content ? You torn those on/off in the menu "View".
Or you can add buttons for that to the Toolbar (right-clikc on Toolbar - Customize Toolbar...")

-t

there was abutton that said something like tray or drawer and it would have a window to the side that would show you a thumbnail or all the different pages or images. where di dit go?

turtle777 · Jan 15, 2012, 01:41 AM

I told you where it went. You turn this "sidebar" on/off in the menu "View".
If you want buttons, you need to customize the Toolbar.

-t

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

I told you where it went. You turn this "sidebar" on/off in the menu "View".
If you want buttons, you need to customize the Toolbar.

-t

I cannot find it

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 02:54 AM

hello?

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 03:52 AM

hi?

Spheric Harlot · Jan 15, 2012, 04:12 AM

Hi!

turtle777 · Jan 15, 2012, 04:12 AM

In Preview, menu "View". Thumbnails or TOC.

Seriously ?

-t

angelmb · Jan 15, 2012, 06:37 AM

Self-explanatory movies, I hope.

Customizing Preview's toolbar… ( 1 MB )
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1763527/customize.mov

Getting the thumbnails to show… ( 256KB )
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1763527/thumbnails.mov

Spheric Harlot · Jan 15, 2012, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Do you mean the Thumbnails or Table of Content ? You torn those on/off in the menu "View".
Or you can add buttons for that to the Toolbar (right-clikc on Toolbar - Customize Toolbar...")

That's in the "View" menu, too, where it should be.

idontlikelionosx · Jan 15, 2012, 03:46 PM

the woman in your backround i sbeautiful. who is she?

angelmb · Jan 15, 2012, 05:00 PM

No idea, sorry. It is just a pdf for Philips LivingColors lighting system.

Get the leaflet here:
http://download.p4c.philips.com/file...48_pss_aen.pdf

besson3c · Jan 15, 2012, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

Hi!

Hi.