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preview and photos crash after opening

Since a couple of week I can't open preview or photos anymore.

When I open the apps they crash immediately.

I have found advises to remove certain files fro my library, but they didn't solve the problem.

Does anybody have an Idea what could be causing these apps to crash?


My iMac runs OSX Catalina 10.15.7

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 12, 2021 3:38 AM

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Posted on Sep 12, 2021 12:59 PM

1 - Try booting in safe mode - does it still happen?

2 - Try creating a new user account and try when logged into that account.


These checks will tell us if the problem is system wide, or linked to a particular user account.

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Sep 14, 2021 11:55 PM in response to valentijn272

Then the next thing I'd try would be to reset the SMC (And PRAM if it exist on your mac)


See this article:

https://www.macworld.com/article/224955/how-to-reset-a-macs-nvram-pram-and-smc.html


If it is still not working at that point, you may need to re-install macOS. However before trying that drastic step I'd suggest contacting apple support to see if they have any other ideas.

preview and photos crash after opening

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