I open a Finder window, open a file in Preview, VLC or some other program. The file opens ok. But then Finder locks, no response in the window. Activity monitor says "Finder does not respond". I have to force a close of Finder.
Does not matter which disk I try.
All disks are checked ok.
Imac 27 late 2009 with OS 10.8
What should I do?
Kjell Pettersen
Norway
Imac 27, Mac OS X (10.3.x)
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Hi.
The problem seems to be solved by itself. Did'nt do anything. After a while Finder behaved normal.
Maybe the OS did some housekeeping, I don't know.
Anyway, thanks for the tip about looking at the output from Console.
Kp
Finder does not respons after opening one file
