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late 2015 iMac 27 Preview app

Preview app will not open. Message Preview quit unexpectedly. Mac OS 10.13.6

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 27, 2021 6:37 PM

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021 7:19 PM

Granitepro Said:

"late 2015 iMac 27 Preview app: Preview app will not open. Message Preview quit unexpectedly. Mac OS 10.13.6"

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Boot in Safe Mode:

[Hold Down: shift key upon boot]: In Safe Mode, Third-Party apps to not open at login, and broken files are often fixed (i.e. caches). Once booted into it, restart and then boot up normally. See if all is fixed.

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Mar 27, 2021 7:19 PM in response to Granitepro

Granitepro Said:

"late 2015 iMac 27 Preview app: Preview app will not open. Message Preview quit unexpectedly. Mac OS 10.13.6"

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Boot in Safe Mode:

[Hold Down: shift key upon boot]: In Safe Mode, Third-Party apps to not open at login, and broken files are often fixed (i.e. caches). Once booted into it, restart and then boot up normally. See if all is fixed.

Mar 27, 2021 10:57 PM in response to Granitepro

Granitepro Said:

"Thanks for your suggestion. I followed your steps, preview still will not stay open. Did it again same result."

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Perform as instructed here: Terminal “open” any image results in “Preview quit unexpectedly" - Ask Different Seems there are some various caches(temporary system files) that you need to rid of. That link shows it all. Please report back how it works.

late 2015 iMac 27 Preview app

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