G- 5 doing funny things, please help.

Take off, Nuke the place from orbit. Only way to be sure!

lol, have you tried fixing permissions?

cheers

 

if repairing the permissions doesn't work the first time do it a few more times, sometimes it takes up to 10 times to fully repair the permissions.

You can also boot to your os x disk and repair permissions from there, sometimes you have to alternate between the os and the boot disk to get the full effect though

 

Hi, I noticed your name is Will Wheaton.. are you the guy who played in Stand by me, and Star Trek the Next Generation? Just wondering..

 

William Horton

 

if the permisons repair dont work then the next step would be to reinstall the OS plus if yours has a lcs do a quick check for any liquid.

steps for permission repair:
1. open disk utility (applications > utilitys > disk utility)
2. click on your main harddrive
3. click repair disk permissions
4. repeat step 3 about 10 times (or untill it stops fixing things)
5. WIN (or in the case of fail then move to solution #2 ... reinstall)

 

Repairing permissions does absolutely nothing 99.9% of the time. Sometimes it can even mess things up a bit if some app you have changed a permission and then you change it back to the state before you ran that app. Telling someone to do it as many as 10 times? The best thing you can do for your Mac is leave it the hell alone when it comes to so called software maintenance.

Do you guys just offer blind help? You don't seem to have any idea about how Mac OS actually functions. Maybe get the "Macs for Dummies" book and read up on how things actually work before you go trying to help/harm people with your misinformation.

To the OP:
If you can't open images in preview but they open in PS then preview is the obvious culprit. Try replacing it with a copy I can email you if you want and also delete it's preference file. If that fails then reinstall the OS if using Preview is that important to you.

Also, it's called a G5 and not a "G- 5".

 

i guess the even easier way would be to backup everything you might need or want and just do a fresh install
and for the future dont use any app remover tools unless you are 100% certain the files they did select can be removed safely
same for cleaning apps in use , dont mess up your system with those , as its far to easy to mess things up with those apps if you just trust the app instead of knowing 100% yourself what you can remove

 

OP, if you want simple solution, try RMB on item (pic or PDF) ->Open with->Other, then navigate to specific software you want. Check "always open with" checkbox. Did it help?

 

99.9% of the time .... really? so i guess that means it wasnt me repairing my permissions that fixed quite a lot of my problems... thanks for the enlightenment! (/end sarcasim)
though you are right... i would say 50% not 99.9%.
i (i cant vouch for others) undersand quite well how osx works. now i have met you before (remeber me) and last time you did the same thing.... just because you are mr. zen (or w/e) really doesnt mean you can come and bash everyone beacause you feel you must. we/i were trying to help, i wanted to make sure the op knew how to permission repair, as that does remove at least one factor from the equation.
yes perhaps it was foolish to suggjest a permisson repair, but seeing as the op did not respond with "did that" or state it in his post one must assume that it was not attempted!
anyway thats enough getting worked up on the internet for now. this is a public forum and really we all want to help so lets just get along .... pleas?

 

op, can you open files from elsewhere in the finder?
do applications launch normally?
does spot light work?
have you installed or uninstalled any programs recently (useing a pkg not a drag and drop dmg)
have you been messing with terminal or core system files?
did you try to do a hack or other system mod that was not ment for your system?
what happens when you boot in safe mode?
need more info