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Q: time machine starts at home folder

In Mavericks when I enter Time Machine, the interface disregards the folder I have open and in front in the Finder and always goes to my Home folder instead. It use to always start in the front most Finder window. Anyone know how to fix this?

Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Jul 30, 2014 9:54 PM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jul 30, 2014 10:37 PM in response to lande pictures
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    Jul 30, 2014 10:37 PM in response to lande pictures

    Back up all data.

    Open the Library folder in your home folder by holding down the option key and selecting

              Go Library

    from the Finder menu bar. From the Library folder, move the following folder to the Trash, then relaunch the Finder and empty the Trash

              Caches/com.apple.finder

    Test. If there's no improvement, move this file to the Desktop:

              Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

    Log out, log back in, and test. If there's no change, put each file you moved back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place, and log out again. Otherwise, delete the files you moved.

  • by PengyTX,

    PengyTX PengyTX Aug 23, 2014 12:46 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Aug 23, 2014 12:46 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Neither fix helped.  Not a critical problem, just annoying.

     

    Any other ideas?

     

    By the way, I only moved the preference you listed, but noticed two more similar named preferences:

           com.apple.finder.plist.kS13zCg

           com.apple.finder.plist.lockfile

     

    Also, I noticed that the "Caches/com.apple.finder" did not regenerate itself after reboot, so I put it back myself.

     

     

    iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4) updated from regular Lion.

  • by Fabrizio Ferrari,

    Fabrizio Ferrari Fabrizio Ferrari Oct 15, 2014 6:54 AM in response to PengyTX
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    Oct 15, 2014 6:54 AM in response to PengyTX

    I have the exact same issue, and it is very annoying! Tried what suggested above, no difference. Any more suggestions? Are we the only ones experiencing this issue?

  • by Fabrizio Ferrari,

    Fabrizio Ferrari Fabrizio Ferrari Dec 15, 2014 4:11 PM in response to Fabrizio Ferrari
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    Dec 15, 2014 4:11 PM in response to Fabrizio Ferrari

    Problem solved with upgrading to Yosemite... despite now I have to deal with a lot more of issues with this last version of the OS! Quite disappointed...

  • by Fabrizio Ferrari,

    Fabrizio Ferrari Fabrizio Ferrari Oct 9, 2015 9:31 AM in response to Fabrizio Ferrari
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    Oct 9, 2015 9:31 AM in response to Fabrizio Ferrari

    Just updated to El Capitain, and the problem is back again!!! Any ideas???