Service command in Preview.app - Send PDF as attachment doesn't work

Since the Library folder is hidden, use the Finder's Go->Go To Folder… menu and paste in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview. That will show you the folder.

Also, it would be helpful if you could send me the com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist files from ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences and from ~/Library/Preferences.

Thank you so much! I found the file and fixed the problem. I have emailed you copies of the files you requested--hope they help! Thanks again for your help.

My version of this problem is very persistent. I have tried repairing permissions and deleting the /Library/com.apple.Preview folder but when I re-open preview I get the 'The “New Email With Attachment” service could not be used' message. I guess the com.apple.Preview folder that gets rebuilt has the same flaw as the deleted version.

I'm running 10.7.2 on a late 2009 i7 iMac.

Any chance you have a few more ideas?

Thanks

Do you still need theisse files?

Yes, please. The file in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences may be an alias. If you could send the file it's an alias of, assuming it doesn't point to the com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist file in from ~/Library/Preferences - that would be helpful. Thank you.

Do I email that foldler to you?

The old one has 35 files in it including 7 that are alias.

The new active version that works has only 20 files in it, sll but 2 are alias.

Or shal I post a finder image of the contents?

I'd like to compare the com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist files to see if there is a difference, so there's no need to send the entire folder. On my machine, the com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences is an alias to the same file in ~/Library/Preferences. If your file in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences is not an alias, can you send both files, please? If it is an alias, can you see what file it resolves to? Thank you.

"If your file in~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences is not an alias, can you send both files, please?"

Since '...Preferences' and the '...ServicesMenu.Services.plist' are not aliess - are you asking for these two files?

And I am not sure how to send them or a screen shot of the.

After a little more investigation, the com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist file in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences should be a symlink to the file in ~/Library/Preferences.

If you use Terminal and check the links on ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Servi cesMenu.Services.plist, you should see an "->" at the end of the file and where the link resolves to:

ls -al | grep Services

lrwxr-xr-x 1 jb admin 64 Mar 14 2011 com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist -> ../../../../../Preferences/com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist

If you don't see something similar to above, please open ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences/ in a Finder window and drag the com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist file to the mail message. Then open ~/Library/Preferences and drag the same file to the mail message, distinguishing between the two files please. Thank you.

Thanks, exactly the problem and solution I needed.

It worked! Huge thanks!

Genius .. thank you. i moved the com.apple.Preview folder to my desktop and now it works. I had to use a program Houdini to see the hidden files because i forgot how to view them otherwise.

Thank You

Brilliant! Thank you!

I had the same problem, and thomas089 solution fixed it. Thanks