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After I update to new MAX OS X Mavericks ,I get the problem. But when I booting into safe mode , It be OK.
what problem with my finder?
I have try many way to fix it , such as delete all .DS_store, But it did not work.
Please help.
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Finder
Apparently, there's a conflict between the finder's preferences and some 3rd-party one. Step one is to log into a newly created admin user account and see if the problem persists.
Try relaunching the Finder > Relaunch Finder… from the Mac OS X Finder
Why? It's already doing that on its own! 👿
It ok now, I did nothing on it! I think may be you are right. this is the only reason I can believe. May be the 3rd-party application which crach the Finder has crached. But I not find witch one it is.
Now I afraid to restart my mac. If I do it, maybe the problem come out again.
and sorry about my english 🙂. Thank you.
Create the new admin user account and log into it normally. Tell us what transpires.
I have try it. When I log into with the new admin user account, it be worse, I had to press the power button to restart my mac pro.
And saddly, now, my finder keeps restart again .....
So, what's the problem with my max os.
Then, the problem's system-wide. That implies booting into recovery mode and reinstalling the OS.
Hi, sorry I have the same problem on my Mac Pro, I will loose my DATA?
Reinstalling only replaces OS components and basic Apple apps such as TextEdit, Mail, and Safari.
OK, but I have tried to reinstalling the OS in AppStore. What the different with reinstalling in recovery mode.
I'm experiencing the same thing. Finder is bombing out about every 2 minutes.
OS is completely unstable. Must be some 3rd party app causing it, but who has time to track this stuff down.. its a Mac, shouldn't it just work? 😐
Edit: found in another thread.. its Google Drive causing this. I closed it out and it stopped crashing the finder.
Silly do no evil Google.
Same problem here, Google Drive was the culprit...
Did you uninstall Google Drive, or just shut it down?
Thanks! This has been driving me nuts all day.
Thank you for figuring this out! Same problem here. Killing Google Drive stablized Finder.
Just quitting works...
Mavericks finder keeps relaunching over and over again
