Hi, Ronni, Thanks very much for your reply. I just did as you said, deleted the com.apple.LaunchServices.plist, rebooted, but it did not solve the problem, and the plist has not been recreated.
I see that there is also a directory called com.apple.LaunchServices and in it is com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist. I did not do anything to this. Do I need to do anything to recreate the plist? I have used Terminal successfully for a few things in the past. I believe I can follow instructions to fix things. Pat > On 3 Feb 2015, at 11:21, Ronni Brown <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Hi Pat, > > If you are not familiar with using Terminal, there are other options to > Rebuild Launch Services Database. > Terminal or Onyx or try this first: > > The (Tilde ~) means your Home Library which is hidden you need to unhide it. > You can open it easily enough by holding down Option while choosing Library > from the Finder’s Go menu. > > 1. Quit all open applications > 2. Navigate to ~/Library/Preferences. Locate com.apple.LaunchServices.plist, > delete the file. > 3. Then Reboot your Mac. > > This should accomplish the same result as using OnyX or the Terminal command. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 > > > >> On 3 Feb 2015, at 10:39 am, [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, Peter, >> >> Thanks for your reply. I looked through the very long list of plugins, but >> didn’t see one for html. However, I also wrote to Bare Bones and they >> replied, “Since Quicklook is an OS service which does not depend on >> applications but rather file info, I'm reasonably sure the cause of this >> misbehavior is that your Mac's Launch Services database has become damaged >> (perhaps as a side-effect of the OS upgrade), and I therefore recommend you >> try rebuilding it.” They suggested downloading TinkerTool, which I did. >> They also said that there were command line solutions. >> >> Unfortunately, I don’t know how to use TinkerTool or command line to rebuild >> the Launch Services database. I’m willing to try either way. Instructions >> hopefully requested. >> >> Thanks, >> Pat >> >> >>> On 3 Feb 2015, at 07:24, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> BBedit is very much alive and kicking. It is currently at version 11 on >>> Bare Bones Software’s site. Their companion product, TextWranger, has the >>> advantage that it’s free, but lacks the high-end tools offered by BBedit. >>> <Go to http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/comparison.html >>> <http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/comparison.html>> for a >>> comprehensive comparison. >>> >>> I don’t know what t tell you about your Quicklook issues. Quicklook is >>> working perfectly for me on html files under Yosemite 10.10.2. You might >>> find an alternative solution at <http://www.quicklookplugins.com >>> <http://www.quicklookplugins.com/>>. >>> >>> >>> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >>> Perth, Western Australia >>> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >>> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>>
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