Dig out your OS X install DVD and do an Archive and Install. Might be a bit of overkill, but it'll work, and will be minimally disruptive to your installed documents/applications.

My Help Viewer does that intermittently. I just checked it by launching Mac Help in the Finder's Help menu and, sure enough, blank window. I clicked over to Safari and launched its…

Apple's Knowledge Base has an article on this. You need to trash the cache, basically. Do a search over there and you'll find it. Tom

By help viewer, do you mean the application-specific help files? (Say, for example, if I go under "help" in the menu bar, I'd get "safari help" right now, b/c I'm in safari.) I ha…

The link the OP posted lists that fix as one of the suggestions so evidently it hasn't worked in this instance (and fwiw, yes, it is far too common an issue, grrr).

I've tried all the methods describe in the link above but nothing seems to work. The main OS help viewer doesn't show anything, nor do any of the applications. I don't use it that …

If you need something prior to the archive and install, don't forget that Help Viewer is essentially a browser. All help files are html and if you look in your /Library/Documentati…

I just tried opening the individual help files in the /library/documentation folder and can't do it with Safari. Nothing comes up and the Safari window is empty too, just like the …

Oops, my bad - those .help files are actually packages - you have to Show Package Contents and locate the index pages in the Resources folder.

So I did that and found that I when I tried to open macHelp.html I got a blank page, while opening the individual html documents in the other folders work. I'd assume the machelp.h…

I extracted the help files from the install DVD and just replaced them on my powerbook and it worked! So strange given that I used Pacifist's option to install before and it didn't…

Similar in what sense? You might look at the GIMP or something. There really is no substitute for Photoshop if you really need Photoshop, though.

im just looking for a program that works like it. Doesnt have to be the same. I'm just using it for web design mostly and for photos. I have a Macbook. I may be making logos and su…

90% logo design should be made in illustrator.

Quote: Originally Posted by iREZ 90% logo design should be made in illustrator. Worth repeating. If you are doing logo design or layout in Photoshop, you don't have a clue…

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin Worth repeating. If you are doing logo design or layout in Photoshop, you don't have a clue. What happens is, a person spends all of his or…

Quote: Originally Posted by iREZ 90% logo design should be made in illustrator. dare i rise that to 99% ?

Logos = Illustrator Layout = QuarkXPress/InDesign

Quote: Originally Posted by production_coordinator Logos = Illustrator Layout = QuarkXPress/InDesign

Fireworks also works well if you need both bitmap and vector editing, though it’s not as feature-rich as either PS or Illustrator (but it does what I need it to do very well ).

freehand is ok too..i hate it, but it's ok.

There's also Photoshop Elements, if the original OP can't afford Photoshop, but needs a raster-based program like it. Chuckit already mentioned GIMP, which people like to cite as a…

Apfhex: I've never used GIMP but have heard many good reports. Sounds like you have experience with the program. What are the key differences between it and PShop?

On the cheap: http://www.inkscape.org/

The GIMP isn't as full-featured or well-integrated as Photoshop. And its interface is very clunky. Mainly, it's chief advantage is price. That and its geek cred. That said, it IS a…