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Q: Finder in Maverick not displaying files in Detail View

My finder has been erratic for the past days.  I was unable to view files, the view was distorted.  I then force quit the finder.  Now, when trying to view files in Detailed view, the view is distorted.  The finder works fine in the other views.  Any suggestions?

Thank you.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Aug 20, 2016 7:45 AM

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Q: Finder in Maverick not displaying files in Detail View

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 20, 2016 8:24 AM in response to MacUser HC
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    Aug 20, 2016 8:24 AM in response to MacUser HC

    Might be a corrupt .plist.

     

    Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

     

    Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist.  Move the .plist to your desktop.

     

    Re-launch Finder by restarting the computer and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.

     

    If the same, return the .plist to where you got it  from, overwriting the newer one.

     

    Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

     

    If that doesn't work, try a restart.

     

    Do a backup, using either Time Machine or a cloning program, to ensure files/data can be recovered. Two backups are better than one.

     

    Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.

     

    Isolating an issue by using another user account

     

    If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account.  Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.

                  

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  • by carramar30,

    carramar30 carramar30 Aug 20, 2016 6:44 PM in response to MacUser HC
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    Aug 20, 2016 6:44 PM in response to MacUser HC

    Are you running Google Drive ?

     

    An old bug appears to have been reintroduced in the last week ... more info here, you can unset a preference and reboot to workaround the problem and keep using Google Drive ...

     

    https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-google-drive-crashing-finder-in-mavericks/

     

    Chris.