My finder download folder is freeze! The problem begAn after dowloading BigSur. Help please

Report was attached in correspondence above. I have 3,000+ files in the Downloads folder, with such on 11.3.1 you can't scroll in list view and Finder crashes. If you change to column view it works, if you have less files in the folder as now I've done with only 400 it scrolls, so.... Apple bug! nothing to do with anything in my report, this is their bug with Finder. No issue with 11.3, only occurred after the 11.3.1 update as mentioned.

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At this point suggest downloading Directly from Trusted Developers of Etrecheck - Free or paid for additional features. Run with Full Disk Access >> Security & Privacy - full disk access. It will check the hardware and software without releasing any personal Info. The report can be copy and paste to the Additional Text icon 3rd from last in the reply.

No reasonable limit.

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…

https://pastebin.com/

Whew, they've changed pastebin & made it harder, but after pasting in, click Create new paste button, then Embed button, then copy the URL...

<script src="https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA"></script>

The important part of the above is...

https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA

Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

User wrote " Yes this also occurs with safe boot, just tried again.. :-/ " @ BDAqua - would appear systemic and a Wipe and Reinstall from USB Installer might resolve this ?

Try doing a Safe Mode and run it this way for 10 - 15 minutes. and Test. Does this occur in this mode ?

Hey there, and welcome to Apple Support Communities, LolaValls!

From our understanding, your folder app is not responding in the download section. We can certainly understand your concern and can help provide some insight.

We recommend checking out this link for more information on troubleshooting Mac applications:

If an app freezes or quits unexpectedly on Mac - Apple Support

Kindest regards!

Security updates disabled - Security updates are disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection.

Apple security disabled - Apple security software is disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection.

No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

System modifications - There are a large number of system modifications running in the background.

Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future.

Security Updates: Disabled

[Not Loaded] Little Snitch Endpoint Security - version 5.1.2 (Objective Development Software GmbH - 2021-03-30)

Application: /Applications/Little Snitch.app - version 5.1.2 (Objective Development Software GmbH - 2021-03-30)

Description: Little Snitch Endpoint Security

[Running] Turbo Boost Switcher Pro (Ruben Garcia Perez - installed 2020-12-19)

Application

/Applications/Turbo Boost Switcher Pro.app

One Last Stab to solve your issue.

Either a Reinstall over the existing OS ( via Full Installer from Apple Apps Store

OR

The Atomic method - that Create a Bootable Installer of Big Sur and boot from it and Wipe the Entire Drive ( no way to recover files ) and reinstall Big Sur from Scratch

Apple doc says that the HFS Plus file system has a theoretical limit of a 2 billion files per folder all Mac OS X versions.

 I should add that I never ever have the problem of 2000-3000 on the Local drive. But only across a network drive

Seems that around 10,000 is safe. However, I've found that if you go a lot higher like 50,000 Finder will never even list the files in the directory when you try to browse it.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/113785/how-many-files-in-a-folder-is-too-many

So, it seems a bug or maybe a corrupt install, or a conflict with 3rd party SW?

Thanks for the stackexchange post, so obviously (7+ years on from when the OP posted that) this is still an Apple issue. However again strange that it is an issue only in List view. That puts it to bed that it's not me, an Apple bug! Apple are you listening, I filed a bug report with you but no follow up!? :-/

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Was that the 1st download, because a reinstall fixes 90% of these problems.

I have the same issue.... My "Downloads" folder in the Finder window is frozen, not an app, the Finder window! Files in this folder won't scroll. This has happened since updating 11.3 to 11.3.1. I have reinstalled 11.3.1, deleted finder's plist, reset NVRAM and tried everything I know... please help!

Unable to restart without force quitting/relaunching Finder. When a Finder window is open the finder menu freezes also, and gives a beach ball SWOD. The sidebar menu items also do not work when clicked, the Finder window does not update to show elected contents.

I can't even open the zip file of that app in downloads, double clicking it does not launch Archive Utility to extract. Right click to open gives a beach ball SWOD. The Downloads folder has read and write access... I don't know what's up! :-/

I relaunch Finder, drag and drop the zip to the desktop in the sidebar, click desktop in the sidebar and nothing! Keyboard shortcuts no longer work either for accessing those folders (i.e. shift+cmd+d for desktop and option+cmd+L for downloads).

Yes... No issues with any of those things. I check for updates for the Mac, no need for time machine backup, the kernels are validated, Little Snitch is up to date, and Turbo Boost Switcher is an authorised app to give better battery life. As said again, 11.3 worked fine, 11.3.1 update has caused this issue!