Command F freezes window, but Spotlight/mouse click in search box works?
Finder core cracked?
I cannot use Command F to do a file search but I can open a new window while in the Desktop, manually click in the search box in the Window Toolbar area, and check that way, also Spotlight works fine.
If I do Command F in any open window, that window freezes and cant be moved around the screen, does not respond, cannot be closed with the mouse click or Command W. Is useless at that point and have to open another window with Command N or menu selection and just leave it frozen in the background.
As well, if using the manual mouse click in searchbox method, and then want to be more specific and narrow things down with search parameters by clicking the plus sign, nothing shows up just a blank area where options like Kind, Last Opened and whatnot used to appear. It then freezes up and has to be ignored into the background as well.
Both windows can EVENTUALLY be mouse clicked to close after a good few minutes, rather than leaving the background full of frozen, uncloseable windows.
Logging into the clean, untouched Admin account on the same OS same HD shows there is no problem there, so it must be individual to the particular log in account. Switching this account to Admin access makes no difference, so I switched it back to Standard so nothing wierd happens without my permission.
I did a complete Onyx, Applejack, Disk Utility, PRAM reset run through, then downloaded the 10.5.8 Combo Updater from Apple and reapplied that; no joy, still broke.
There once was a tool recommended by Macworld magazine that would one-click (on the green 'go light' in any window) to maximize any window bar to fit the screen, since Apple sees fit not to implement that in 10.5.x, and it worked fine...but when I started having this problem I assumed it was hacking the Finder to pieces and took it off, but the problem remains. I dont know if it was the cause now.
At any rate, looking in Console in a variety of logs doesnt show anything problematic but only two odd entries roughly the time I attempt the keyboard command. as follows:
"30/11/10 11:36:08 AM com.apple.coreservicesd[50] Notice NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
Nov 30 11:38:39 S01060014510733de Finder[499]: [QL ERROR] Can't access server port for <QLClient com.apple.quicklook> - creating service as an helper using '/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Conten ts/MacOS/quicklookd'"
From the syslog and All Messages console windows... otherwise I cant find any entries timed to my keyboard stroke other than these two that look remotely suspicious.... any ideas?
I cannot use Command F to do a file search but I can open a new window while in the Desktop, manually click in the search box in the Window Toolbar area, and check that way, also Spotlight works fine.
If I do Command F in any open window, that window freezes and cant be moved around the screen, does not respond, cannot be closed with the mouse click or Command W. Is useless at that point and have to open another window with Command N or menu selection and just leave it frozen in the background.
As well, if using the manual mouse click in searchbox method, and then want to be more specific and narrow things down with search parameters by clicking the plus sign, nothing shows up just a blank area where options like Kind, Last Opened and whatnot used to appear. It then freezes up and has to be ignored into the background as well.
Both windows can EVENTUALLY be mouse clicked to close after a good few minutes, rather than leaving the background full of frozen, uncloseable windows.
Logging into the clean, untouched Admin account on the same OS same HD shows there is no problem there, so it must be individual to the particular log in account. Switching this account to Admin access makes no difference, so I switched it back to Standard so nothing wierd happens without my permission.
I did a complete Onyx, Applejack, Disk Utility, PRAM reset run through, then downloaded the 10.5.8 Combo Updater from Apple and reapplied that; no joy, still broke.
There once was a tool recommended by Macworld magazine that would one-click (on the green 'go light' in any window) to maximize any window bar to fit the screen, since Apple sees fit not to implement that in 10.5.x, and it worked fine...but when I started having this problem I assumed it was hacking the Finder to pieces and took it off, but the problem remains. I dont know if it was the cause now.
At any rate, looking in Console in a variety of logs doesnt show anything problematic but only two odd entries roughly the time I attempt the keyboard command. as follows:
"30/11/10 11:36:08 AM com.apple.coreservicesd[50] Notice NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
Nov 30 11:38:39 S01060014510733de Finder[499]: [QL ERROR] Can't access server port for <QLClient com.apple.quicklook> - creating service as an helper using '/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Conten ts/MacOS/quicklookd'"
From the syslog and All Messages console windows... otherwise I cant find any entries timed to my keyboard stroke other than these two that look remotely suspicious.... any ideas?
dual 2.7Ghz PPc w/2.5G Ram, 3 HDs, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
