Finder Crashes and Relaunches Every Few Minutes

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tehsnyderers Author

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Finder Crashes and Relaunches Every Few Minutes

As the title states, every few minutes, or sometimes less than a minute, Finder crashes and relaunches.

Here is the info from Console, but I don't know what it means.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Process: Finder [2825]

Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

Identifier: com.apple.finder

Version: 10.8.3 (10.8.3)

Build Info: Finder_FE-808003001000000~4

Code Type: X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process: launchd [234]

User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2013-10-13 08:45:52.487 -0500

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)

Report Version: 10

Interval Since Last Report: 9646 sec

Crashes Since Last Report: 159

Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 9632 sec

Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 159

Anonymous UUID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Crashed Thread: 4

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000001015c3cf2

External Modification Warnings:

Thread creation by external task.

VM Regions Near 0x1015c3cf2:

-->

__TEXT 0000000102f4b000-0000000103406000 [ 4844K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 15, 2013 6:14 PM

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Answer 1

macjack

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111,242 points

Oct 15, 2013 6:39 PM in response to tehsnyderers

Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library. Then go to Preferences folder and trash these files:

com.apple.finder.plist

com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Then, restart, or log out and in again.

(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)

If you can't do that because of Finder problems try starting in Safe Mode and doing the same.

If neither of these options works then boot up holding command-r keys into your Recovery Volumeand re-install OS X

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Answer 2

tehsnyderers Author

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Oct 15, 2013 7:03 PM in response to macjack

I don't see either of those in there.

Just com.apple.FindMyMac.plist in the F's.

Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences?

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Answer 3

macjack

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111,242 points

Oct 15, 2013 7:07 PM in response to tehsnyderers

No, that's the wrong Library. Your User Library is hidden you need to use the directions I gave you to get to it.

Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library

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Answer 4

Linc Davis

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Oct 15, 2013 9:55 PM in response to tehsnyderers

That kind of crash is often caused by "Google Drive." If it's installed, I suggest you remove it according to the developer's instructions. You may need to boot in safe mode to do so. Back up all data before making any changes.

If you use Google Drive and don't want to remove it, then try deselecting the option in its preferences to show a status icon. According to a report I've seen, that may be enough to stop the Finder from crashing. I can't confirm.

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