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mac os x mountain lion finder freeze

Ever since I installed Mountain Lion on my late 2008 Macbook Pro, I've had several episodes where the Finder became unresponsive after doing certain tasks like emptying the trash. Force quitting the Finder or relaunching it results in the Finder and any external drives disappearing from my Desktop, so I am forced to power down my Macbook Pro then restarting. I've tried using Disk Utility to repair permissions, but that hasn't alleviated the problem. Should I try to do a clean install of Mountain Lion then?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 2:09 PM

102 replies

BigHum

Level 1

5 points

Aug 3, 2012 4:30 PM in response to cozar

Index Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) <Linked Against>

55 0 0xffffff7f80dd2000 0x3000 0x3000 com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn (6.0.1) <5 4 3 1>

77 0 0xffffff7f81684000 0x7000 0x7000 com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (7.0 15104.778994) <33 7 5 4 3 1>

109 0 0xffffff7f81a93000 0x4000 0x4000 com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7) <108 5 4 3>

117 0 0xffffff7f81c48000 0x6000 0x6000 com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3) <75 5 4 3>

121 0 0xffffff7f81c5a000 0x22000 0x22000 com.rogueamoeba.InstantOnCore (6.0.1) <108 5 4 3 1>

125 0 0xffffff7f81c94000 0x5000 0x5000 com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.3) <108 5 4 3>

127 1 0xffffff7f81c9e000 0x5c000 0x5c000 com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (7.0 15104.778994) <10 9 7 5 4 3 1>

128 0 0xffffff7f81cfa000 0x4000 0x4000 com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (7.0 15104.778994) <7 5 4 3 1>

129 0 0xffffff7f81cfe000 0xc000 0xc000 com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (7.0 15104.778994) <127 5 4 3 1>

130 0 0xffffff7f81d0a000 0x4000 0x4000 com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (7.0 15104.778994) <93 5 4 3 1>

cozar

Level 2

347 points

Aug 3, 2012 4:44 PM in response to BigHum

Did you update the Rogueamoeba-software and Paralells?

http://tinyurl.com/cnzk7lc

http://www.parallels.com

AirParrot works ok on Macs, I think.

BigHum

Level 1

5 points

Aug 3, 2012 5:24 PM in response to cozar

yes I've had all updated

Javiter

Level 1

0 points

Aug 4, 2012 12:38 PM in response to Richard Tamesis

Same here. Upgraded to ML and now my late 2011 MBP is stuck on loading screen. It's been 10 minutes and no progress. Anyone knows if Apple doing anything?

R1cha7d

Level 1

12 points

Aug 5, 2012 12:57 AM in response to cozar

I input the command kextstat | grep -v com.apple

My terminal replied:

Index Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) <Linked Against>

The system replied empty string. And somtimes I still encounter the freeze problem without knowing which application caused the problem.

First freeze happened when I use Safari browser, and the page was freeze at msn.com.

Other freeze happened on application like MS Words but this application prompt with error and does not affect the whole system unlike the first freeze I encountered.

By the way I am using Macbook Air 13 inch (2011) edition.

checkIt

Level 1

1 points

Aug 5, 2012 1:15 AM in response to checkIt

It has something to do with the network-environment. It happens less often, if Mail, Firefox, Adium etc. are not running in the background.

Uninstalling Virtualbox and Little Snitch did not change anything. Parallels Desktop 7 is already most current version. I have to trust their statement, PD7 is fully Montain Lion compatible.

Now I am going to remove the entire ruleset for Little Snitch 3 and OS X Firewall to see if there is the trigger.

cozar

Level 2

347 points

Aug 5, 2012 4:01 AM in response to R1cha7d

Test the machine in Safe mode (startup holding Shift key down) where third party drivers are excluded.

checkIt

Level 1

1 points

Aug 6, 2012 10:47 AM in response to cozar

Yesterday I was removing and rebuilding the existing RuleSet from LittleSnitch and use MacBook heavly. Sinc ethen I was not experiencing any freezes again. More likely the Issue is resolved on my Mac.

Aug 6, 2012 12:48 PM in response to Richard Tamesis

Yesterday I removed the Finder rule from OS X firewall rules. No problems since then. Maybe maybe...

Ashzilla

Level 1

0 points

Aug 7, 2012 5:48 PM in response to R1cha7d

Terminal comes back with the same message for me, and i dont have virtualbox installed.

I have an iMac 2011

DaleSum

Level 1

0 points

Aug 7, 2012 7:57 PM in response to Richard Tamesis

same problem here..

mvbalkom

Level 1

0 points

Aug 8, 2012 1:57 AM in response to Richard Tamesis

mmmm, same issue here ...

80	0 0xffffff7f8225b000 0x4000	0x4000	com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7) <79 5 4 3>
88	0 0xffffff7f8091f000 0x7000	0x7000	com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (7.0 15104.778994) <32 7 5 4 3 1>
103	0 0xffffff7f82245000 0x6000	0x6000	com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3) <74 5 4 3>
104	1 0xffffff7f81414000 0xa000	0xa000	com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.6.4) <74 5 4 3>
107	0 0xffffff7f812ca000 0xd000	0xd000	com.eltima.SyncMate.kext (0.2.5b15) <106 37 32 4 3 1>
113	0 0xffffff7f8141e000 0x5000	0x5000	com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.6.4) <104 74 5 4 3>
125	0 0xffffff7f82275000 0x12f000 0x12f000 com.intego.kext.VirusBarrierKPI (10.6.17) <5 4 1>
126	1 0xffffff7f823a4000 0x5c000	0x5c000	com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (7.0 15104.778994) <10 9 7 5 4 3 1>
127	0 0xffffff7f82400000 0x3000	0x3000	com.intego.kext.VirusBarrier.AppBarrierKPI (10.6.17) <5 4 1>
128	0 0xffffff7f82403000 0x4000	0x4000	com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (7.0 15104.778994) <7 5 4 3 1>
129	0 0xffffff7f82407000 0xc000	0xc000	com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (7.0 15104.778994) <126 5 4 3 1>
133	0 0xffffff7f82413000 0x4000	0x4000	com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (7.0 15104.778994) <37 5 4 3 1>
137	0 0xffffff7f82417000 0x3000	0x3000	com.intego.iokit.BehavioralKext (1) <5 4 3 1>
138	0 0xffffff7f8241a000 0x8000	0x8000	com.intego.iokit.VBX6NKE (1) <37 5 4 3 1>
139	0 0xffffff7f82422000 0x6000	0x6000	com.intego.iokit.VirusBarrierX6Service (10.6.17) <5 4 3 1>
140	0 0xffffff7f82428000 0x3000	0x3000	com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (7.0) <5 4 3>
141	0 0xffffff7f8242b000 0x6000	0x6000	foo.tap (1.0) <7 5 4 1>

Could it be related to airparrot, after installing this app the issue started ? as i found it's more or less related to machines for which the airplay is not activated by default ?

cozar

Level 2

347 points

Aug 8, 2012 9:26 AM in response to mvbalkom

I would start with uninstalling the eltima app. Then check Air Display site, and lastly update all other third-parties.

Aug 9, 2012 4:56 AM in response to cozar

Here's mine:

Index Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) <Linked Against>

52 1 0xffffff7f809b5000 0xe000 0xe000 com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 (1.28.7) <51 48 13 4 3>

53 0 0xffffff7f810f1000 0x2000 0x2000 com.lacie.driver.LaCie_RemoteComms (1.0.1) <52 51 48 13 4 3>

117 0 0xffffff7f824f9000 0x5000 0x5000 xxx.qnation.PeerGuardian (1.1.10) <5 4 3 1>

119 0 0xffffff7f824fe000 0x7000 0x7000 com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (7.0 15106.786747) <33 7 5 4 3 1>

120 1 0xffffff7f82505000 0x5c000 0x5c000 com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (7.0 15106.786747) <10 9 7 5 4 3 1>

121 0 0xffffff7f82561000 0x4000 0x4000 com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (7.0 15106.786747) <7 5 4 3 1>

122 0 0xffffff7f82565000 0xc000 0xc000 com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (7.0 15106.786747) <120 5 4 3 1>

123 0 0xffffff7f82571000 0x4000 0x4000 com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (7.0 15106.786747) <37 5 4 3 1>

djai51

Level 1

0 points

Aug 9, 2012 8:08 AM in response to Richard Tamesis

I do have the same problem - iMac 20 early 2008

mac os x mountain lion finder freeze