AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Any idea how i fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 these are in your home folder correct? do the previews work in finder fine? also you might have a bad file association for jpeg and/or other image formats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 these are in your home folder correct? do the previews work in finder fine?also you might have a bad file association for jpeg and/or other image formats Yes it is in Pictures/Wallpaper. The previews work there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 This is a preff pane app that will allow you to change default app/file associations, not sure if that is whats wrong but we can at least use it to find out The two tabs we are interested in are extensions and file types on each tab scroll through the list to .jpeg/.jpg and see what app is associated http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 This is a preff pane app that will allow you to change default app/file associations, not sure if that is whats wrong but we can at least use it to find outThe two tabs we are interested in are extensions and file types on each tab scroll through the list to .jpeg/.jpg and see what app is associated http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/ Preview 5.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ok, have reset your Mac since this happened? and do you have any apps like, MainMenu or Macpilot? rebuilding your Launch services database might fix it but I don't know how to do it terminal so those Paid apps are all I can think of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 What do you mean reset? I rebuilt the launch services with Onyx, but it didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Restart, shutdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 oh, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I am out of ideas atm, sorry, can you clear and rebuild your icon database with Onyx? generally I use iPhoto to catalogue every single image instead of reading them from folders directly, this sometimes happens to me but it is because the library file is on an external drive connected to a hub so it doesn't boot up fast enough sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Yup, I found a tip on the Apple forums about reinstalling 10.6.2 I'm going to give that a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Didnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ok, lol did you upgrade from 10.5 or clean install 10.6 or was this a machine that had 10.6 already? The reason I ask is the first 2 times i did the upgrade from 10.5 slowly over time I would encounter various errors like this and could not find help to fix but when I did a fresh clean install everything has been good for a long time now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 clean install, it works for the stock photos and iPhotos but just not for the added folder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Have you tried deleting your desktop preferences ? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?m...91� Or disk utility fix permissions on your system HDD? also found this process, never knew existed myself lol I attribute the problem to a corrupted permissions set for my profile/Mac.First step... Restart your Mac... hold down Shift ... till i say let it go... your mac will boot slowly into a BLUE screen... let go of shift... and it will go into SAFE BOOT... log into your normal profile. Step Two Run Disk Utils... Select your HD... and on the left "Repair Permissions" Go get a coffee... it will take a while. Once Completed... Step Three Select Repair Disk on the RHS... or if it is not lit up to be selected... Check Disk. Get another Coffee... it will also take a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 fixing perms didnt work, neither did deleting that plist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 blah, lol this killing me, i've got to figure this out :wacko: What are the properties for that folder when you option/right click? are they how they should be including the perms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted December 31, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 31, 2009 Try removing the folder from that preference pane, and then in Finder copy paste the wallpapers to a new folder. Then in the preference pane again, add that folder. If that doesn't work, move com.apple.systempreferences.plist to the desktop and then re-open system preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I knew a better Mac Guru would come in eventually lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Try removing the folder from that preference pane, and then in Finder copy paste the wallpapers to a new folder. Then in the preference pane again, add that folder.If that doesn't work, move com.apple.systempreferences.plist to the desktop and then re-open system preferences. I tried #1. didn't help any. the problem effected any photo folder i was adding. Ended up just reinstalling OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightkrawler Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Hmm i know you fixed it by reinstalling, but maybe did you enable to view hidden files before? Files beginning with an . are usually hidden and likely contain just metadata - or didn't even normal picture thumbnails (without an .) show up? Maybe someone who gets the same problem finds this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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