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Finder Not Working In Catalina 10.15.6

All of a sudden, my finder icon has stopped working. When I click on the icon in my dock, nothing happens. I have to hold down the "Control" button and then click on it to access a menu that offers to open a "New Finder Window." Then it seems to work okay. However, when I click on the "Recents" folder in Finder, there is nothing there, even if I just took a screenshot or downloaded a photo or opened a pages document. I don't know if the two problems are related, but both have only started happening since the 10.15.6 update. Any idea what's happened or how to fix it?


I have a mid-2015 MacBook Pro, Retina, 15-inch running (as stated above) Catalina 10.15.6

Thank you in advance for any help!

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 18, 2020 12:11 PM

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User profile for user: Old Toad
Old Toad
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Posted on Sep 18, 2020 1:24 PM

Boot into Safe Mode (How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support) by booting with the Shift key held down and check there to see if the problem persists.  Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing. 


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Old Toad
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Sep 18, 2020 1:24 PM in response to Herstorygirl

Boot into Safe Mode (How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support) by booting with the Shift key held down and check there to see if the problem persists.  Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing. 


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Finder Not Working In Catalina 10.15.6

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