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Oct 8, 2016 12:02 PM in response to KubeSharkby Ferd II,KubeShark wrote:
This shows up. I've tried restarting, and don't have a backup.
In your first post, you said: "I recently copied a large number of files from my desktop to a folder..." Where did you place the folder?
If it is in one of the locations listed, i.e. Documents etc, you should be able to expand the location and find the files.
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Oct 8, 2016 12:48 PM in response to Ferd IIby KubeShark,The folder is on my desktop, but when I select desktop and go to the folder, if I click on the file I'm looking for, it turns that file into a folder than contains the same things as the original folder has. If I click on that again, it crashes finder.
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Oct 8, 2016 12:55 PM in response to KubeSharkby Ferd II,KubeShark wrote:
The folder is on my desktop, but when I select desktop and go to the folder, if I click on the file I'm looking for, it turns that file into a folder than contains the same things as the original folder has. If I click on that again, it crashes finder.
Open the folder on your Desktop. Can you drag one of those files back to the Desktop?
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Oct 8, 2016 1:23 PM in response to Ferd IIby KubeShark,Yes, but when I try to open the file after dragging it to the desktop, the same error appears.
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Oct 8, 2016 1:52 PM in response to KubeSharkby Ferd II,KubeShark wrote:
Yes, but when I try to open the file after dragging it to the desktop, the same error appears.
Are these files displaying the "Alias" arrow icon as depicted in this image?
If so, Select the alias, then choose File > Show Original, or press Command-R. (macOS Sierra: Create and use aliases)
Did you move these files to/from any external drive?
Here are a couple other posts which discuss alias problems:
1. The alias can't be opened because the original item can't be found
Another possibility is a corrupt Finder .plist file. The post by Eric Root in Finder won't relaunch even after force quit outlines how to refresh the Finder.plist file, but requires a backup.


