I migrated to mail and things improved, I will also try your
suggestion,Thanks.


On 17/10/09 09:08, "Paul Owen" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Have you tried telling your Mac which program to use when opening these
> files?
> 
> E.g. Select a pdf file in the Finder, then do a Get Info on it (in the
> Finder->File->Get Info. Then in the 'Open with:' section select "Preview"
> and click on the "Change All ..." button.
> 
> Repeat the above for other file types.
> 
> Does that help?
> 
> Paul Owen
> 
> 
>> From: Steve Davies <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
>> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:25:23 +0100
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [sussex_mug] Re: Snow leopard & viewing attachments
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Ed,
>> 
>> The files can be from anywhere, and stored in a folder unrelated to
>> Entourage.
>> 
>> Steve.
>> 
>> On 16 Oct 2009, at 17:09, Edmund Craske wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm not really clued up on the underlying stuff that could be
>>> causing your
>>> problem, but have you tried things like creating a new user account
>>> to see
>>> if the problem still happens there? If it does, I reckon something
>>> broke in
>>> your upgrade - if you have a spare external HDD to do an install on
>>> (or a
>>> backup of your current install) I would suggest a clean install to
>>> see if
>>> that fixes it.
>>> 
>>> On a reread of your initial mail you talk of saving images/videos and
>>> trying to view them with Preview - are you only referring to files
>>> that you
>>> are saving out of Entourage, or could they have come from anywhere
>>> like
>>> being downloaded using Safari/Firefox, or being copied from another
>>> computer with e.g. a USB stick?
>>> 
>>> It shouldn't be too hard to gradually diagnose where the problem lies,
>>> given enough resources!
>>> 
>>> Ed
>>> 
>>> Steve Davies wrote:
>>>> Funny, I was thinking of migrating to mail and will be doing this
>>>> anyway, so
>>>> your advice will be taken.
>>>> However, I doubt this will cure / change, the other elements of my
>>>> issue,
>>>> (Unable to view files in preview etc.)
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 16/10/09 12:35, "James (macworkshop.co.uk)" <[email protected]
>>>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> My advice: Migrate to Mail. Entourage is a hideous, bloated mess
>>>>> that
>>>>> adheres to virtually none of Apples' software guidelines. Apps that
>>>>> adhere to the guidelines continue to work properly after OS updates.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 16, 9:06 am, Steve Davies <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> Before I upgraded to snow leopard I was able to open .jpg and movie
>>>>>> attachments from within the mail application, (Entourage.) this
>>>>>> is no longer
>>>>>> possible.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Equally, images and movie files saved to a folder will not open
>>>>>> in preview,
>>>>>> (They will if I drag them into iPhoto or another application.)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Even if I open the quicktime player, select the movie file and
>>>>>> hit run, all
>>>>>> I get is a small black rectangle on my screen but no acyual
>>>>>> visuals.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is anyone else having the same problem and is there a simple fix?
>>>>>> (I hope
>>>>>> it's just a setting that needs to be changed.)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Steve.
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 



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