OSX freezes when open/save dialog windows are requested

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OSX freezes when open/save dialog windows are requested

It's the same problem as what is described here: How to fix unresponsive open and save dia… - Apple Community. In short, whenever an open or save dialog window is requested by an application, there is a long freeze, which often results in no dialog window being shown. Multiple attempts do not yield different results. This has happened in XCode, Edge, Teams, and many other applications. There is no dependency on disk space and I do not use any extensions in Finder.

I am having this problem with 15.0.1 and it was happening with 15.0.0 as well. I never had the issue in 14.x. Disabling iCloud does not help. The only thing that seems to temporarily help is restarting, but the problem reoccurs shortly thereafter. It is extremely disruptive.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

MacBook Pro 16″

Posted on Oct 20, 2024 5:55 AM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Oct 20, 2024 6:10 AM in response to bandtank

Have you run Disk Utility's Disk First Aid on all connected drives?

In Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.

Run Disk First Aid on all items in the left panel, from top down.

We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community

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. Give it Full Disk Access.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Give etrecheck Full Disk Access before running.

Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…

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Answer 2

BDAqua

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Nov 11, 2024 7:32 AM in response to lukmert

Delete these files & restart...

~/Library/LaunchAgents/krisp.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.jackett.plist

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.3dconnexion.helper.plist

~ tilde indicates your home folder

Apple hid the Users' Library folders...

Method 1:

1 From the Finder, select the Go menu at top of the screen, and choose Go to Folder.

2 In the window that opens, enter ~/Library, and click Go.

Or…

Use the Command-Shift-period

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Answer 3

bandtank Author

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Nov 11, 2024 6:23 AM in response to lukmert

I have found that opening and closing the program usually fixes the issue temporarily. Other than that, nothing has worked, and the problem always returns.

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Answer 4

lukmert

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Nov 11, 2024 2:53 AM in response to BDAqua

I am experiencing the exact same problem and was looking if others have the same problem.

I ran the first aid feature and it shows it didn't find any issues. Find the etrecheck report attached.

EtreCheck Report

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