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Mar 30, 2017 Quit the Preview app, then hold the Shift key on your keyboard while opening it again. Restart your MacBook Pro by clicking the Apple () menu in the upper left of the screen and selecting 'Restart.' From the drop down. Try opening your files with Preview in safe mode.
Although Apple didn’t mention it during WWDC 2020 last month, iOS 14 brings improvements and new options to the iPhone camera. This includes faster shots, an option to use the volume up button to control Burst Mode, and even QuickTake available for older iPhones. Read on as we detail what’s new for the iPhone camera on iOS 14.
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- Aug 06, 2009 Anyone who has used Mac OSX, whether they know it or not, has probably used Preview (or as Mac-heads call it, Preview.app) at some point. Any time you double click on an image or PDF, it is probably Preview that is starting up to view it. What a lot of people don’t know is that Preview has some basic document editing capabilities.
Faster Shots
What’s more important to a portable camera than being able to quickly take photos of unique moments?
With iOS 14, Apple says opening the Camera app and taking the first picture is up to 25% faster, while taking two or more pictures is 90% faster. For iPhones with Portrait Mode, photos are taken up to 15% faster.
These changes are automatically enabled to all devices running iOS 14, so you don’t need to change anything to benefit from these enhancements.
Prioritize Fast Shooting
While everyone can take pictures faster with iOS 14, the update includes a new option that makes this process even faster.
With the “Prioritize Fast Shooting” option available in the Settings app, the iPhone camera intelligently adapts image processing when you rapidly press the shutter button. iOS will take less time improving your shot, but you’ll have a better chance of capturing a specific moment.
Use Volume Up for Burst
Burst Mode allows users to take multiple photos in sequences, so they can choose only the best shots. A new option on iOS 14 lets you press the volume up button in the app Camera to take Burst photos. Pressing the volume down button with this option enabled starts a QuickTake recording on supported devices.
QuickTake and In-Camera Resolution Settings for older iPhone models
iPhone 11 models and the 2020 iPhone SE features QuickTake, which allows users to quickly record videos in the Camera app by simply holding the finger on the shutter button to start a video recording. QuickTake was only available for iPhone 11, but iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max owners can now use QuickTake with iOS 14.
There’s also a new “Video Format Control” toggle in the Camera settings that lets users change the video resolution in the Camera app when enabled. This was previously only available for iPhone 11, but now it works with all iPhone models that run iOS 14.
Mirror Front Camera
If you take a selfie with your iPhone, you’ll probably notice that the photo taken is different than what you see in the live preview. That’s because the Camera app shows you a mirrored preview, while the saved version is not.
With iOS 14, users can enable a new “Mirror Front Camera” option to save the mirrored photo just as you see while taking selfies.
Exposure Control
Another new option available with iOS 14 allows you to set and lock the exposure level for all photos and videos. That means you no longer have to swipe your finger on the screen to adjust the exposure level for each individual shot.
Unfortunately, this option is only available for iPhone XR and later.
Updated Night Mode
Apple hasn’t changed how iPhone 11’s Night Mode works, but the feature now uses the built-in gyroscope to help you keep your iPhone steady during a shot. You can also interrupt a Night Mode shot on iOS 14.
Wrap-up
Apple hasn’t made major changes to the iOS Camera app this year, but these improvements certainly make the camera experience on iPhone even better. It’s also great that Apple has enabled options like QuickTake for older iPhone models.
What do you think of these enhancements and what do you miss about the iPhone Camera app? Let us know in the comments below.
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There’s a frustrating issue with macOS, where the app you’re using stops working and spits out an error message saying it isn’t open anymore. This mostly happens with Preview, but it can affect any app on your Mac, including Finder, Safari, the App Store, and others.
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When this error occurs, the app you’re using becomes unresponsive and the following alert pops up:
Despite the error message, your app still appears as though it’s open. There may be a dot beneath it in the Dock or it may still have open windows. But you’re unable to use it. With Preview, that means you can’t open PDFs, screenshots, or other images anymore!
This article explains how to fix this error and get your apps working again. We’ve even gone so far as explaining how to fully reinstall macOS, in case this issue keeps cropping up again and again.
Contents
- 1 Quick Tips
- 2 Step 1. Force Quit Preview
- 3 Step 2. Reboot your Mac
- 4 Step 3. Remove your Preview preferences
- 5 Step 4. Update or reinstall macOS
Quick Tips
Here are the basic steps to fix Preview when macOS tells you it’s not open anymore, we’ve explained each step more fully in the article below:
- Force Quit Preview using command+option+escape.
- Reboot your Mac, using a hard reboot if necessary.
- Remove your Preview preferences from the Library.
- Update and then reinstall macOS using Recovery Mode.
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Step 1. Force Quit Preview
The first thing to try and do — although it doesn’t always work for this error — is to close the unresponsive app. Despite the error message telling you Preview “is not open anymore,” it usually is. But it has frozen and needs to be reopened.
There are two ways to Force Quit an app in macOS: using the Force Quit window or using Activity Monitor. If either of these methods works, make sure you reboot your Mac before opening Preview again.
How do I close Preview using the Force Quit window?
- Press the command+option+escape keys to open the Force Quit window.
- If the escape key on your Touch Bar is unresponsive, go to > Force Quit from the menu bar.
- Select Preview from the list of applications.
- Click Force Quit, then reboot your Mac.
How do I close Preview using Activity Monitor?
- Open the Activity Monitor application in one of these ways:
- Go to Finder > Applications > Utilities.
- Or go to Launchpad > Other.
- Select the CPU tab, then click ‘Process Name’ to sort the processes.
- Find and select Preview in the list of processes.
- Click the stop sign button in the top-left of Activity Monitor.
- Choose Force Quit, then reboot your Mac.
Step 2. Reboot your Mac
If it’s not possible to close Preview using Force Quit or Activity Monitor, you can close it by rebooting your Mac instead. This forces any apps that macOS says are not open to restart, bypassing the error message.
The safest way to reboot your Mac is using a soft reboot, but that may not be possible if the unresponsive app cannot close. If that’s the case, you have no choice but to use a hard reboot. We’ve explained both reboots below.
How do I soft reboot my Mac?
- From the menu bar, go to > Shut Down.
- Uncheck the box to reopen windows when logging back in.
- Confirm you want to Shut Down.
- Wait at least 30 seconds for your Mac to power off.
- Briefly press the power button to turn your Mac on again.
How do I hard reboot my Mac?
- Performing a hard reboot may result in lost data or corrupt files. If possible, save your documents and back up your Mac first.
- Press and hold the power button for 10 seconds or so until the screen goes black.
- Wait 30 seconds, then briefly press the power button again to restart your Mac
- In the alert window that appears, click Cancel to avoid reopening any apps.
Step 3. Remove your Preview preferences
If you still get the same error message — ‘The application “Preview.app” is not open anymore’ — you may need to remove some of your preference files.
These are small files that macOS automatically creates to store your settings for each application. You can usually remove them without losing any data or causing problems, but we recommend you back up your Mac first just in case.
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Follow each of the suggestions below, testing Preview again after each one.
We advise you to move the preference files to a new folder on your Desktop for safekeeping, that way you can always put them back if something goes wrong. If this works and your issue is fixed, go ahead and delete those preference files.
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How do I remove my Preview preferences?
- Open Finder, then from the menu bar select Go > Go to Folder.
- Type the following location and click Go:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.plist - Move the highlighted preferences file to your Desktop for safekeeping.
- Reboot your Mac and test Preview again.
- If the error persists, repeat the steps above for each of the following files:
- ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview
- ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper
- ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList.plist
- ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.SandboxedPersistentURLs.LSSharedFileList.plist
- ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.Preview.savedState
Step 4. Update or reinstall macOS
Hopefully, that’s all you need to resolve the ‘“Preview.app” is not open anymore’ errors. But if you’re still experiencing problems, there might be a bug in your operating software. You can fix this by updating or reinstalling macOS.
We suggest you update your Mac to the latest version of macOS first. Apple frequently releases patch updates to fix bugs like this, but you can’t benefit from them if you don’t keep your machine up-to-date.
If you’re already running the latest version of macOS or if an update doesn’t solve anything, you need to reinstall macOS using Recovery Mode. This shouldn’t affect your data — although we recommend you back up your Mac first anyway.
Reinstalling macOS rewrites every line of code in the operating software on your Mac.
How do I update to the latest release of macOS?
- Connect your Mac to a working Internet connection.
- Go to System Preferences > Software Update to check for new updates.
- Download and install any updates your Mac finds.
How do I reinstall macOS?
- If you haven’t already, make a new backup using Time Machine.
- Use the following instructions to boot your Mac into Recovery Mode:
- Go to > Shut Down and confirm you want to Shut Down you Mac.
- Wait 30 seconds for your Mac to fully power off.
- Briefly press the power button, then immediately hold command+R.
- When the Recovery Mode screen appears, click Reinstall macOS.
- Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the macOS reinstallation.
Fingers cross, that’s the last of the ‘“Preview.app” is not open anymore’ messages. Check out this post if you need more help with crashing apps on your Mac.
And let us know in the comments if you found these suggestions helpful!
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Dan is a freelance writer based in South West England.
He spent two years supervising repairs as a Genius Admin for Apple Retail and uses that knowledge to keep our troubleshooting guides up to date.
Long before that, Dan turned to Apple products from a musical background. Having owned iPods for years, he bought a MacBook to learn sound recording and production. It was using those skills that he gained a first-class Bachelor of Science in Sound Technology.