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Finder crashing when browsing devices or network shares

Hi there,


I'm currently having a problem with Finder crashing whenever I try to browse to a network share or a device.


If, for example, I open a new Finder window, then click on "Erik's MacBook Pro" under Devices on the left-hand side, Finder instantly crashes and then restarts, with no error message given. This also happens if I connect to a server using Go > Connect to Server and then browse to that server, again by clicking on it under "Shared" in the left-hand panel of FInder.


It is also worth noting that browsing for a file using the same method when in a file choosing dialog in Safari also crashes Safari.


Is there any easy fix to this or a way to start diagnosing what is going on?


Thanks.


EDIT: I deleted com.apple.finder.plist and restarted. This seems to have fixed it... for now.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 20, 2012 4:42 PM

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Finder crashing when browsing devices or network shares

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