mac os x mountain lion finder freeze

I have the same problem with my 2007 iMac.

Wish Steve was still around to KICK SOME A*S.

Updates done, but the issue is still there ... :-(

Updated all 3rd party app's, even removed a lot of app's ... and issue is still there

Is there a way to revert to lion ? (re-install from app store does not work) For the moment this expensive mac is useless. Have to restart several time each hours :-( and losing to much time as restarts often hung on the gray screen.

By the way why does it take so long to get a solution for this issue ? seems there is enough evidence that's confirming the issue is impacted lots op people ...

I repaired the mac hd permissions as instructed of apple's phone support and now the finder doesn't freeze anymore.

I was also having issues with Messages (this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4146766?answerId=19217513022#19217513022&ac_cid=tw123456#19217513). Before I upgraded to ML, I upgraded Little Snitch from ver2 to 3 preview. I finally said to heck with it and uninstalled LS then reintalled LS 3 prev2. Messages now works and I'm 24 hours with any issues with finder now and with the user login screen freezing.

Similar problem with MBA 2012 upgraded to Mountain Lion... The finder sometimes stucks and even killing the Finder doesn't allow me to recover without a reboot. I often have this when using USB devices. I will try to downgrade unless a fix is available (very) quickly...

I have narrowed the finder freeze to an External 2GB Seagate drive and it's relationship to iTunes. I have moved the drive to a G5 tower, backed up the data, reformated the drive, corrected permissions, and reinstalled the data. It behaved well for about a day, the started to freeze when I added a movie file to iTunes. This drive is my iTunes default folder, and is quite new, just before Mountain Lion, but I had no previous problems. Using an older 1.5GB Seagate drive gives me similar results.

When finder freezes, I force quit it, and it does not recover unless I unplug the USB. The machine restarts slow and reports to Apple.

Similar problem with USB stick on iMac 2012 with ML bundled. Finder freezes after doing a search and clicking on one of the result. Unplugging the USB stick fixed the issue immediately.

Also experienced another freeze out of the blue (no USB stick around), fixed by itself after a couple of minutes.

I have solved my issue with Finder freeze and iTunes.

Go To...........

http://forums.seagate.com/t5/GoFlex-GoFlex-Desk-GoFlex-Pro/Goflex-3TB-hard-drive -freezing-finder-in-Mac-while-copying-data/m-p/145723.

My issue related to the 100MB freeze issue with later Seagate drives.

I did this...Open computer, go into the internal drive"Mac HD", select libraries, open launchagents, then delete SeagateStorageGauge.plist file.

And have had success since last night with large movements into iTunes etc.

I also have an instability wth Parrallels and Windows 8 Preview.

I trust this assists...

Installed 10.8.1 Beta Update, and it is not getting better !!!!! Same Finder freezes! I'm afraid Apple is ignoring our problem!

So i tried something. In Console i had the error message:

So in Terminal i created the missing file > touch com.apple.quicklook.satellite

and removed the other > sudo rm .GlobalPreferences.plist*

after reboot, the errors are gone, let's see what happens...

Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! no solution :-(

I've have similar problems. However, it only happens in a certain specific situation.

I have a 2010 MBP, with OSX Mountain Lion. I have a Linux based file server. I've had this setup for several months with no indication of any problems while still on OSX Lion. However, as soon as I upgraded to OSX Mountain Lion the finder started freezing regularly (pretty much every time) during file transfer between the two machines. When it happens it's only the finder and any other application that uses files on the system. Browsers and email do not seem to suffer the same symptoms. When it freezes I can't restart or shut the MBP down the regular way (through the menues). I have to force shutdown by pressing the power button.

I also have a 2011 Mac Mini (bought in june 2012) and it is still on OSX Lion. No such problems occur on the Mac Mini. It works fine with the file server, just as the MBP did prior to the OSX upgrade.

This is causing major problems for me and it's causing a serious dent in my confidence for the OSX "It just works" platform.