Can't open Preview & TextEdit after installing OS X 10.8.3

Today, I upgraded to OS X 10.8.3. After that, each time I double click Preview or TextEdit, the following dialog box comes up:

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Mac OS X needs to repair your Library to run applications. Type your password to allow this.

Name:

Password:

[Cancel] [Repair]

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I enter the info and then click [Repair]. After that, the Preview or TextEdit app icon bounces for 1-2 seconds in the bottom icon bar, and then quits.

I have tried repairing permission, but still no luck.

Can anyone please help?

Many thanks in advance.

Gary

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Mar 15, 2013 11:12 AM

32 replies

Mar 22, 2013 12:39 PM in response to fongkaigary

A family member got hit with the post-10.8.3 "Mac OS X needs to repair your Library..." problem. The fix we found was to propagate the ~/Library folder permissions to the sub-folders of ~/Library. And to delete the iPhoto and TextEdit folders in ~/Library/Containers.

Aug 3, 2013 8:56 AM in response to MarkDouma®

I deleted the entire com.apple.preview folder under the container folder, and it worked for me.

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Can't open Preview & TextEdit after installing OS X 10.8.3