Finder not working after login on my User

Hi,


Recently a noticed after I logging in at my user account that icons on Desktop did not appear. If I try to launch Finder, it does not work either. Trying to relaunch Finder does not work as well.

At Activity Monitor, Finder appears as "not working" e trying to relaunch from there did not work. I checked another user account on the machine and everything is working well.

I did some google searching trying to figure out what could solve this, and tried the following (without success):

  • Run Disk Utility from MacBook recovery menu and use the "First Aid" on disk;
  • Logout, Shutdown mac, wait 5 minutes, power on and login back
  • Delete Finder related files on home folder. (basically ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist)


I tried to find in this forum something similar, but without success either. Doing further investigation, I noticed that when I try to access my Apple Id settings on System Preferences for this account, The System Preferences app stops working. I don't know if this problem is related, but i can think so.

I think my solution will be to create a fresh new user account in the machine and try to move files to this new account.

Someone could help me?

My machine is a MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) with MacOs Catalina 10.15.7

Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jan 3, 2021 7:18 PM

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Jan 5, 2021 6:41 PM in response to malgomes

Do you have iCloud syncing enabled on your user account? That may be the difference between the original user account and the new one. Perhaps try signing out and/or turning off iCloud syncing. I don't use iCloud so I may not have a correct understanding here.


Edit: If you cannot modify these settings due to the System Preferences freezing up, then delete the .plist files associated with iCloud or AppleID. I have no experience with either of these as I don't use them on my Mac.

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