Unable to Open Image from Messages

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Buadhai
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Unable to Open Image from Messages

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If I try to open a photo that someone has sent me with Messages I get the following error:

"The system error -1 occured while processing file IMG_3435.JPG."

However, if I drag the photo to a directory on the hard drive I can then open it just fine.

When I search for that error code, I get this:

MrMuscle:arch mnewman$ macerror -1
Mac OS error -1 (dsNoExtsMacsBug): not a SysErr, just a placeholder"

What do I have to do to be able to open a photo directly from Messages?

Here's how I try to open the image:
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Re: Unable to Open Image from Messages

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Hmm, just works here.

Wich macOS do you use?
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Re: Unable to Open Image from Messages

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10.14.5

Here's another oddity. If I open it from the Services submenu, it opens just fine:
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Re: Unable to Open Image from Messages

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So, that looks more like a local issue.
Did you check the permissions with the Apple Disk Tool?

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Re: Unable to Open Image from Messages

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There's no more Repair Permissions, but I did boot from an external clone and run Disk Utility's First Aid on my boot volume. No errors found.

If I change the default application for JPEGs to Preview, JPEGs embedded in Messages open just fine. But, if I change it back to Graphic Converter 11 I get the following error:
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It must be something here since you don't see this error and no one else is reporting it, but I have no idea how to figure it out.

I should note that I started seeing this with GC10, but didn't report it hoping that it would be fixed in GC11.

Here's the same JPEG opened in Preview via contextual menu from within Messages:
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Re: Unable to Open Image from Messages

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Do you use the normal or the Mac App Store version of GraphicConverter?
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Re: Unable to Open Image from Messages

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The normal version.
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