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Silvertoe Author

Level 1

10 points

Simple fix for the Preview and TextEdit Crash after Lion OS X Update

After reading and looking all ovwer the internet for answer. I finally just started to decipher the crash report. The problem is a Permissions problem. All you have to do is:

1. Right click on the /Library and selct 'Get Info'

2. Unlock the pad lock in the lower right hand corner.

3. Click on the + symbol to add a user.

4. When prompt add the 'root user'.

5. Give the root user Read/Write privaledges.

6. Lock the pad lock and open Preview.

This worked for me and I hope it works for you to!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), 27" iMac, 2.7GHz Intel Core i5, 4GB

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 9:24 PM

49 replies

miz_mdk

Level 1

20 points

Mar 22, 2014 12:20 AM in response to vendingqueen

Possibly you inadvertently changed the settings for which application should open pdf files. You can try clicking on Get Info in the right-click/context menu for one of your pdf files. There is a section in Get Info where you can set which application you want to open the file you are in - select Preview. Underneath, you can click "change all" to make Preview the default application to open any pdf file.

Sep 25, 2014 1:16 PM in response to Silvertoe

I am currently on 10.9.5 and this was happening to me, wherein I would attempt to save a TextEdit file, and it would hang there and not respond. After following your instructions, I was then able to save the few lists I had created. Thank you for taking the time to put this out there. People like you make this work.

Feb 9, 2015 9:12 AM in response to Silvertoe

Thanks for this info. I am using Mavericks and your "trick" is still working in 2015!

Nov 9, 2015 8:37 AM in response to lindyfromwalnut creek

Which one did you use. My preview app still crashing and I'm using OSX Yosemite. Need your reply soon

Simple fix for the Preview and TextEdit Crash after Lion OS X Update