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Q: after force quitting finder it will not relaunch finder without having to restart the computer.  Why?

can anybody help me with this. I find it extremely annoying that I have to restart the computer as the finder will not relaunch without doing so.  I am new to Mac and have just purchased one last month and am having a few issues with it I would like to resolve.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Oct 4, 2012 7:00 PM

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Q: after force quitting finder it will not relaunch finder without having to restart the computer.  Why?

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  • by Ty Ford1,

    Ty Ford1 Ty Ford1 Apr 19, 2013 6:58 AM in response to bek76
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    Apr 19, 2013 6:58 AM in response to bek76

    I have run into the same problem with a G-tech 500GB mini drive. Carbon Copy CLoner times out while trying to use it as a backup drive. No daisy chaining, all connected to teh Mac running 10.7.5.

     

    Tony at G-tech wasn't much help, "We have thousands of those drives out there and no one yet has had this problem."

     

    Well Tony, you do now. I tried as different cable last night, same problem, same solution.

     

    Weirdly, the thing worked fine for the first few backups.

     

    The folks at CCC are trying to help.

     

    Regards,

     

    Ty Ford

  • by new_spaceship,

    new_spaceship new_spaceship Aug 12, 2016 7:07 AM in response to bek76
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    Aug 12, 2016 7:07 AM in response to bek76

    I also had this problem after awaking my iMac from a sleep.
    It still showed my external drive on the desktop and within the finder sidebar but in force quit and right clicking on the finder icon in the dock, both saying it was not responding, I restarted finder to no avail.
    I found that the external hard drive had disconnected (the cable had come out slightly) which finder didn't seem to be aware of, after a couple attempts reconnecting the hard drive finder relaunched itself.
    This may or may not work for you but i've had this a couple times and it seemed to work.

  • by mydesigns,

    mydesigns mydesigns Aug 19, 2016 9:58 AM in response to roam
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    Aug 19, 2016 9:58 AM in response to roam

    I had the same problem. Using the safe mode, fixed the issue.

    Thank you

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