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Finder has Stopped sorting by Name, Kind or anything. I'm current on the OS any suggestions?

Finder has Stopped sorting by Name, Kind or anything. I'm current on the OS any suggestions?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Oct 5, 2021 11:51 AM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2021 1:01 PM

Start with this...


Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...


Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.


Does it work in the new account?

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Oct 5, 2021 1:01 PM in response to sara22866

Start with this...


Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...


Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.


Does it work in the new account?

Finder has Stopped sorting by Name, Kind or anything. I'm current on the OS any suggestions?

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