preview can't open all images in multiple selections...is this a bug?

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preview can't open all images in multiple selections...is this a bug?

Note: "Open all files in one window" is selected in Preview preferences.

This used to work fine in Leopard. Not complaining, might be a bug, but just want to verify. When I select multiple jpg images and double click, preview tends to open random number of images each time. all of them simply don't open up. Any idea what could be wrong?

Neerav

MacBook5,1, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Oct 5, 2009 10:13 AM

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Answer 1

K T

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Oct 5, 2009 10:15 AM in response to AceNeerav

Others have reported similar issues...not just you.

You can search here, but the short story is something to do with needing to re-add the target images to your system so that the underlying links are correct for SL.

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AceNeerav Author

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Oct 5, 2009 10:18 AM in response to K T

Hi,

Thanks for the information. Sometimes I can't find the right phrase to search. Anyway, can you link me to the thread where other's are following up?

Neerav

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Answer 3

Oct 5, 2009 10:38 AM in response to AceNeerav

Are any of the jpegs downloaded from the Internet? If so, that is the problem. You'll get two Preview windows, one with, say 3 images, the second window with one. Do it again and you get one window with 4 images and the second window with a different additional one. Repeat. It's due to the Apple quarantine bit being set on downloaded files. Until it is removed by individually opening a jpeg you can't batch open all them. See here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2137399

You can open a batch provided you use the Preview Open dialog box, rather than selecting in the Finder.
Francine

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