Always one to try interesting little tricks, I tried this one. I discovered that it still wouldn't run. So I also copied the version.plist file and then it did indeed run. I also discovered that the "Open" dialog doesn't work--all files are greyed out and unselectable. However drag and drop works fine, as does double clicking a Preview file when the hacked Preview is running.
I renamed it to PreviewOld (I had copied it to the Desktop) and put it in the Applications folder, left the original Leopard version alone. If no version is running and I double-click a Preview file, the Leopard version opens. You can also run both versions simultaneously, which makes it very easy to see how the new version has lost crispness when you compare the same file open in both versions at the same time. With both versions running, when you double click a file, it opens in the Leopard version.
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