I tried Pressing the SHIFT key and holding and relaunching the preview app. It did not correct the issue. I have to go in and Force Quit to get rid of the program.
Does anyone have a fix for this please,
Thanks
The best antivirus, cleaning app, and overall maintenance app for Mac OS is Mac OS itself. All you need to do with Mac OS to keep it secure and running well is to keep it up-to-date and do periodic (about 1x per week) restarts. Other than that, leave it alone. Adding third party antivirus, cleaning, security and other types of maintenance apps to Mac OS adds no additional level of security. The only thing these apps do is have the opposite affect users want. They make Mac OS slow, unstable, generate odd behavior (much like you are experiencing) and make Mac OS appear buggy.
Please locate the developers uninstall instructions for Sophos & CleanMyVirus and follow to the letter. Then restart in SafeMode per the directions in Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac and then restart normally.
The best antivirus, cleaning app, and overall maintenance app for Mac OS is Mac OS itself. All you need to do with Mac OS to keep it secure and running well is to keep it up-to-date and do periodic (about 1x per week) restarts. Other than that, leave it alone. Adding third party antivirus, cleaning, security and other types of maintenance apps to Mac OS adds no additional level of security. The only thing these apps do is have the opposite affect users want. They make Mac OS slow, unstable, generate odd behavior (much like you are experiencing) and make Mac OS appear buggy.
Please locate the developers uninstall instructions for Sophos & CleanMyVirus and follow to the letter. Then restart in SafeMode per the directions in Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac and then restart normally.
Your welcome. If you feel this thread has been answered, please mark it as such. This may help another user in the future.
Additionally there is no reason to ever install or run any 3rd party "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up", anti-virus, VPN or security apps on your Mac. This user tip describes what you need to know and do in order to protect your Mac: Effective defenses against malware and other threats - Apple Community
I have Clean My Mac, and Sophus Anti Virus, but neither of them are working right now
Thank you. I will read this throughly and try it.
I removed Sophus and Clean my Mac; emptied trash and restarted computer, in normal mode. I tried preview and closing windows, and it all worked successfully. I didn't have to go to Safe Mode.
Thank you for you assistance,
Kathy
By chance do you have any third party antivirus, cleaning or any other "maintenance" apps installed on the computer?
Preview program keeps freezing in Catalina 10.15.7
