antor49

Q: Finder freezing in list mode

My finder is freezing in list view. I can return to icon view with no problem but list view doesn't work in any folder. I think it may be related to google drive. I made a change in google drive earlier and that seems to be when the problem started. I changed the google drive setting back, but the finder problem is still happening.  I'm runing OS X mavericks 10.9.5. 27" 3.2 ghz Intel iMac (2013). 

Posted on Mar 22, 2016 11:27 AM

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Q: Finder freezing in list mode

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  • by Eric Root,Apple recommended

    Eric Root Eric Root Mar 23, 2016 9:47 AM in response to antor49
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    Mar 23, 2016 9:47 AM in response to antor49

    Try quitting Google Drive as a test.

     

    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.

  • by JanfromBerchem,

    JanfromBerchem JanfromBerchem Mar 26, 2016 2:45 AM in response to antor49
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    Mar 26, 2016 2:45 AM in response to antor49

    Just forcing the .plist to rebuild worked only temporarily. As soon as I launch the google drive app again, the problem starts again. This worked fine for over a year, till 2 weeks ago.

    Any clue about what I could do from the google drive app side?

  • by JanfromBerchem,

    JanfromBerchem JanfromBerchem Mar 26, 2016 5:54 AM in response to JanfromBerchem
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    Mar 26, 2016 5:54 AM in response to JanfromBerchem

    This post on the google drive help forum describes perfectly the issue as I experience it: Google Groups

    The fixes here help me to solve the problem after stopping to use the google drive app.

    Let's hope google fixes it at their end.

  • by Tom Stazer,

    Tom Stazer Tom Stazer Aug 24, 2016 7:40 AM in response to antor49
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    Aug 24, 2016 7:40 AM in response to antor49

    Had this problem, the answer is here -- under Drive preferences, advanced, disable “Show file sync status icons and right click menu”

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

  • by kjaus99,

    kjaus99 kjaus99 Sep 2, 2016 11:01 PM in response to Tom Stazer
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    Sep 2, 2016 11:01 PM in response to Tom Stazer

    Brilliant, thank you. This worked for me.