Yosemite: Preview is getting hanged !

[hbaromega]

After upgrading from Mavericks to Yosemite, the Preview application is showing a weird behavior:

First of all, whenever I open a file with this app, all previously used files get opened too. Then the spinning beach ball pointer keeps on spinning forever, i.e. Preview gets hanged. Now if I force quit the application, the same thing repeats (i.e. again Preview gets hanged).

Any way out?

 

[smokesletsgo]

Old issue, since the beta. No way to prevent this other than wait for an update. Very annoying.

 

[hbaromega]

Old issue, since the beta. No way to prevent this other than wait for an update. Very annoying.

Am I still using beta?

A second thought, is there a way to downgrade and get back to Mavericks again? I mean, without formatting the hard drive?

Thanks.

 

[KALLT]

A second thought, is there a way to downgrade and get back to Mavericks again? I mean, without formatting the hard drive?

No, not without formatting your hard drive. But it can be a smooth process depending on your backup. If you still have a fairly recent Mavericks backup, then you can just revert to it after you formatted your HD. If not, then you will have to set it up anew with a USB stick or DVD and a manual transfer of your files.

 

[drew627]

Maybe you can try deleting ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Caches/ and open Preview again?

 

[hbaromega]

Maybe you can try deleting ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Caches/ and open Preview again?

Nopes, I just tried. It doesn't seem to work for me!

 

[hbaromega]

Finally Solved !

Actually after deleting Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.plist I get back Preview in working condition.

This thread became helpful (I was almost about to reinstall ):

http://macosx.com/threads/how-can-i-reinstall-the-osx-application-preview.29687/