Apps keep quiting on their own 10.8.2

BryanDowdy · Jan 22, 2013

I just upgraded to 10.8. So far Firefox, Mail, and Preview have started quitting on their own. Mail in-particular does this, every time I delete a email. I have sent the report to apple when it pops up, but I need a fix asap. Any ideas?

toMACsh · Jan 22, 2013

As far as Firefox, do you know that the version you had is completely compatible with 10.8? Mail and Preview should be updated with the OS. What method of installing Mountain Lion did you use?

BryanDowdy · Jan 22, 2013

toMACsh said:
As far as Firefox, do you know that the version you had is completely compatible with 10.8? Mail and Preview should be updated with the OS. What method of installing Mountain Lion did you use?

Yes I have the correct version. Seems like everything but Mail have stopped closing. So just an issue with Mail. I downloaded it from the app store.

dtravis7 · Jan 22, 2013

What he was asking is did you upgrade a previous OSX or do a clean install?

BryanDowdy · Jan 22, 2013

dtravis7 said:
What he was asking is did you upgrade a previous OSX or do a clean install?

I first installed 10.5 that came with my laptop. Then installed 10.6 upgrade, then the 10.8 upgrade.

toMACsh · Jan 23, 2013

That doesn't answer the question: How? (What method/option did you use?)

BryanDowdy · Jan 24, 2013

toMACsh said:
That doesn't answer the question: How? (What method/option did you use?)

I'm not sure how to answer. My laptop came with 10.5 discs. I did a fresh installation, then used a 10.6 upgrade disc as a upgrade. Then I downloaded 10.8 from the app store and installed it as a upgrade.

BryanDowdy · Jan 24, 2013

Here is the message it gives me.

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toMACsh · Jan 25, 2013

BryanDowdy said:
I I did a fresh installation

Getting there. Does that mean you selected the Clean Install option? That would mean it wipes everything off, I believe.

BryanDowdy · Jan 25, 2013

toMACsh said:
Getting there. Does that mean you selected the Clean Install option? That would mean it wipes everything off, I believe.

I did the clean install with 10.5, the other 2 did not give me that option.

toMACsh · Jan 26, 2013

I suppose you could try moving the file com.apple.mail.plist out of the preferences folder and onto the Desktop. Then when you open Mail again, it will create a fresh one. You need to get to your User/Library folder, which is hidden. I think it's revealed when you click View while holding down Option. (in my old OS, it's not hidden)