Mac: Live View Not Working

[ShMcK]

Live View never worked.

Updated Chrome, sprite 26 of Brackets, updated Mac OS 10.7.5

Computer repeatedly spontaneously tries to run "file:///Applications/Brackets%20Sprint%2026.app/Contents/www/LiveDevelopment/launch.html" but nothing opens. The file will not open.

[redmunds]

Could you be running into the issue described in #4055? If you installed Chrome after Brackets, then try removing and re-installing Brackets.

[ShMcK]

I tried removing and re-installing Brackets but the problem remains.

[redmunds]

Have you gone through the Troubleshooting Doc?

[ShMcK]

Yes, however the only advice for Mac Users having trouble with LIve View is to restart your computer.

[redmunds]

Where are you seeing that error message?

What is the name and file extensions of the file you are trying to preview? Live Preview only works on HTML files.

[ShMcK]

If I try on a CSS file, I get a normal error telling me to use HTML files.

However, with HTML files there is no error message. The lightning bolt only goes to half and provides no functionality.

[redmunds]

Does Live Preview fail for all HTML pages, or only certain ones? For example, does it work for a simple, static "Hello, World" HTML page?

[ShMcK]

Good question. Yes, it fails for all html pages.

[ShMcK]

The key to the problem may be related to one strange phenomena.

Occasionally, after several minutes of pressing live view my Chrome browser will try to load this:
file:///Applications/Brackets%20Sprint%2026.app/Contents/www/LiveDevelopment/launch.html

However, the page never loads and has the tab title "Waiting..."

[gruehle]

Reviewed. Medium priority to @redmunds. Please re-assign to jason if you dont' have time to resolve before your sabbatical.

[ShMcK]

Additionally, Live Re-load on Google Chrome won't work with the following warning:

"Could not connect to LiveReload server. Please make sure that LiveReload 2.3 (or later) or another compatible server is running."

[redmunds]

Maybe the LiveReload plugin is conflicting with Brackets Live Preview. The purpose of Live Preview is to provide the same functionality, so I don't know why you would also need LiveReload. Does Live Preview work if you disable/uninstall Live Reload?

[ShMcK]

I downloaded Live Re-load at a later date. I had to switch to Sublime Text 2 due to this issue with Brackets.

[gruehle]

@shmckay - do you have anti-virus software installed? If so, which one?