[ourisman]

Updating to 10.5.6 using Software Update has broken Preview. It will no longer open PDFs, JPEGS, etc. While I can use workaround programs like PDFpen, this is a major pain in the behind.

Apple Care had me go through the usual process of cleaning out Preference files, etc., but nothing worked. They suggested I do an Archive & Install of the system, but this would be a huge aggravation just to re-install a broken application.

Any ideas?

[turtle777]

Does the app not open at all, or does it just not display certain documents ?

Does the app crash ? What's the log files say ?

-t

[ourisman]

The app opens ... but it fails to open docs. If I use the apple-Open command, all relevant files are greyed out. If I drag an icon into the Preview alias in the dock, it just sits there and looks dumb.

[Cold Warrior]

Download the 10.5.6 combo updater and install that.

[turtle777]

If you have any full OS X install disk, you could use Pacifist to extract the original Preview application.

Not sure how you would apply any security updates selectively to this though.

-t

[Art Vandelay]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Not sure how you would apply any security updates selectively to this though.

-t

You'd just run the latest combo update to get the latest patches. Otherwise, you'd be running a version of Preview that was out-of-date compared to the rest of the OS.

[ourisman]

The Combo installer fixed the Preview problem.

However, now Mail.app is slightly broken. When doing a search, the "Entire Message" option is greyed out.

[Art Vandelay]

Also, try creating a new test account and see if the problem still exists. If yes, then it's systemwide. If not, then it's a problem within your account.

[ourisman]

All is now solved. Rebuilding Mailboxes fixed the searching function in Mail.app.

Thanks to everyone for the input!