Mac keeps switching to Finder

PerzecSquared wrote:

Ah yes, sorry. If I'm in Safari, Word, Steam, or any other app, my computer suddenly makes a switch over to the Finder. If I'm in full-screen mode, it slides over to the desktop where my Finder windows are. If I'm not in full-screen, it just changes from the app and puts the finder windows on top. This can happen in the middle of me typing (like it did when i posted this original post, several times).

I have been keeping on trying to pin the error down, and finally I reset my iPhone. So far, this has seemed to solve the problem. But I am still uncertain why this error would appear at all, just because my computer couldn't read the content of my iPhone. Shouldn't it just give up, instead of sending me over to Finder repeatedly without telling me anything once I'm there?

To trouble shoot further you can:

  Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

  Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache,  etc.  Login and test. Reboot and test will take a little longer as caches get rebuilt.

This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode. 

  Test issue in another user (or guest user) account  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443

  This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 

PerzecSquared wrote:

Ok, so I asked this question a while back but wasn't able to go back and reply to it fast enough, so the thread is locked.

I am having the trouble that sometimes (not all of the time) my Mac keeps switching over to Finder. It even seems to be a specific Finder window, because it can switch over from a different desktop to the "primary" one.

I think that related to this, it is refusing to connect to my iPhone. It says that it can't read the content of my iPhone and recommends me to perform a factory reset. Which of course I don't, because I haven't been able to backup the iPhone to the computer for a while now (I think the iCloud backups are fine though). It seems that when it tries to connect to my iPhone, the trouble appears. And I can't make it stop! Once I got it to show me a dialogue about not being able to connect to the iPhone, and when I clicked that it stopped. But most of the time I can't get that to appear. So, please advice...

I do not understand what is the exact issue?

Get to know the Finder on your Mac - Apple Support

See and organize your files in the Finder on Mac - Apple ...

Use Mission Control on your Mac - Apple Support

Work in multiple spaces on Mac - Apple Support

If this is a compatibility issue with your macOS and your iOS then you need to state :

—what macOS you are currently running, on what exact Mac??

—what iOS you are currently running and what exact iPhone??

This has been happening to me as well and it has been driving me crazy! I thought that it was some sort of virus or malware. But I've turned off my phone and it seems to have stopped. But how do I keep it from happening?

Ok, so I tested this. And when I boot in SafeBoot mode, I can't connect the iPhone at all.

There are many things that don't work in Safe Mode. It is not meant to be a substitute work environment; it is there to troubleshoot issues like yours. You are just trying to see if the problem still occurs in Safe Mode.

If it doesn't occur in Safe Mode, then you likely have some third-party system modification that is causing the problem.

This has been happening to me as well and it has been driving me crazy! I thought that it was some sort of virus or malware. But I've turned off my phone and it seems to have stopped. But how do I keep it from happening?

That sounds like the iPhone sync in the Finder may be causing the Finder to pop up. I connected my iPhone once to make the initial connection, but just use WiFi, now. I don't have the problem you describe.