macosmail.appskim
I have been using Skim for a while as my standard PDF reader. After migrating to a new MacBook Air with Mountain Lion (currently running 10.8.2), I can no longer launch Skim from Mail.app.
This same issue was reported to the Skim community ( http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3557462&group_id=192583&atid=941981 ) and closed as invalid, as it was considered a problem with Mail.app, not Skim.
Does anyone know how to get this to work again?
They're stored in ~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim.bookmarks.plist. You should quit the application before restoring a copy of the plist.
I've just assigned custom shortcuts for the menu bar items.
You could also assign a shortcut to an AppleScript like this.
try
tell application "Skim" to tell document 1
if item -2 of (view settings as list) is single page then
set view settings to {display mode:single page continuous}
else
set view settings to {display mode:single page}
end if
end tell
end try
Best Answer
I experience the same problem. I upgraded to OS X mountain Lion and I can confirm that opening .pdf attachments with skim fails when done directly from Mail.
The only workaround I know is to first save the .pdf somewhere (for instance the Desktop folder) and then skim works normally again.