Applescript File Permissions with Preview

We need to see the exact command your issued here: Copy & paste to replay.

I click on advanced. Click on blue >> > Syntax Highlighting > plain

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Here is how I used the open command.

I'd try the full path to the file.

type in open followed by a space. Then drag the file to the terminal window and drop.

mac $ pwd
/Users/mac
mac $ open  /Users/mac/Desktop/all\ Screen\ Shots/Screen\ Shot\ 2016-05-15\ at\ 2.32.20\ AM.png
mac $

To post code what you see in the terminal [ or you could post an image of what you see. ]

-- click on "Use advanced editor."

-- click on the >> that are in blue.

Your will see:

-- click on syntax highlighting

-- click on plain. Causes a one line input box to appear.

-- paste you code into the input box.

Hello

Firstly, I doubt you're actually using OS X 10.4.2 as your profile states. Please update it.

Now there're couple of things to try.

1) Refine your AppleScript script as follows, provided scan_folder is HFS path:

tell application "Preview" to open (scan_folder & "6 L.tif" as alias)

Or as follows, provided scan_folder is POSIX path:

tell application "Preview" to open (scan_folder & "6 L.tif" as POSIX file)

This is because in recent AppleScript under sandboxed environment, explicit and strict file referencing is imposed.

2) Try the following command in Terminal and see how it works or not:

#!/bin/bash open -b com.apple.Preview /path/to/a.tif

3) Run the following command in Terminal before and after opening the file and see if there's any difference in output.

#!/bin/bash ls -al@Oe /path/to/a.tif

If the outputs are the same and there's extended attribute com.apple.quarantine, I suspect that com.apple.quarantine is the cause and you may delete it by xattr(1) command before opening the file, such as -

#!/bin/bash xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/a.tif

Regards,

H