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
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.
Posted on Mar 23, 2016 9:47 AM