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Q: Finder quit unexpectedly (Help!)

After an usual crash I had with Logic Pro X and after I rebooted my mac I got this error: Finder Quit Unexpectedly. No matter how many time I click "Reopen" or "Ok" it keep crashing every second.

I have seen tons of discussions on this. I have also tried using Disk Utility, Terminal and everything but can't find a solution for my problem. I even tried using Time Machine to do a Back Up but it doesn't work...

Hope you can help me!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), Finder Crashes.

Posted on Dec 27, 2013 4:26 AM

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  • by Michael Neale,

    Michael Neale Michael Neale Dec 31, 2013 3:19 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mac OS X
    Dec 31, 2013 3:19 PM in response to Linc Davis

    I have the same problem - Finder crashes when asked to go up to /Users directory, quite reliably.  I have run the commands

     

    rm -i Desktop/.DS_Store

     

    and

     

    rm -i L*/Pre*/{.Gl,com.apple.{rec,sid}}*.plist

     

    successfully but problem persists.  I had to do some unpleasant contortions to reinstall my files and applications, because time machine did not back up the applications (a Mavericks bug apparently).  The output of

     

    ls -@Oaen ~/L*/Preferences | pbcopy

     

    is pasted below:

     

    total 2688

    drwx------  107 501  0   -   3638 Dec 31 18:13 ./

    drwx------+  75 501  80  -   2550 Dec 31 14:42 ../

    0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny delete

    drwx------   25 501  20  -    850 Dec 31 18:09 ByHost/

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   2807 Dec 30 12:51 MobileMeAccounts.plist

    -rw-r--r--@   1 501  0   -   8819 Dec 29 15:23 QuickTime Preferences

              com.apple.quarantine              31

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1166 Dec 29 15:35 com.CircusPonies.NoteBook.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    403 Dec 31 17:57 com.alfredapp.Alfred.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    518 Dec 31 15:20 com.apple.AddressBook.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   4621 Dec 30 14:15 com.apple.Aperture.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    781 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    119 Dec 29 13:56 com.apple.BezelServices.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1217 Dec 31 17:59 com.apple.Console.LSSharedFileList.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    373 Dec 31 17:59 com.apple.Console.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    104 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.CoreGraphics.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    445 Dec 31 16:32 com.apple.DirectoryUtility.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    109 Dec 31 16:28 com.apple.DiskUtility.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1777 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.FontRegistry.user.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    274 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.InputMethodKit.UserDictionary.plist

    -rw-r--r--@   1 501  0   -  16384 Dec 31 18:01 com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV2

              com.apple.quarantine              21

    -rw-------    1 501  0   -    464 Dec 31 12:41 com.apple.LaunchServices.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     67 Dec 30 13:55 com.apple.MobileDeviceCrashCopy.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    119 Dec 30 13:55 com.apple.PTPCamera.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   5039 Dec 31 14:26 com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    118 Dec 30 00:45 com.apple.ProblemReporter.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     73 Dec 29 14:26 com.apple.PubSubAgent.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     92 Dec 31 12:49 com.apple.QuickLookDaemon.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    147 Dec 31 16:22 com.apple.Safari.Extensions.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   3689 Dec 31 18:13 com.apple.Safari.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -  18674 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -  15612 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.Terminal.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    447 Dec 29 13:56 com.apple.accountsd.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1217 Dec 30 00:54 com.apple.appstore.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    184 Dec 30 10:49 com.apple.archiveutility.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     69 Dec 30 01:25 com.apple.bookstoreagent.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    112 Dec 29 18:02 com.apple.dashboard.client.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1365 Dec 31 14:41 com.apple.dashboard.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  0   -   1024 Dec 29 16:03 com.apple.diskimages.fsck

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   6180 Dec 31 18:09 com.apple.dock.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    345 Dec 29 13:56 com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    781 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    199 Dec 29 13:56 com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    945 Dec 29 16:10 com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   6472 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.facetime.bag.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -  12492 Dec 31 18:09 com.apple.finder.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    184 Dec 31 14:54 com.apple.frameworks.diskimages.diuiagent.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    248 Dec 30 01:25 com.apple.help.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     80 Dec 30 12:50 com.apple.helpd.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    206 Dec 30 12:50 com.apple.helpviewer.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    483 Dec 30 01:25 com.apple.iApps.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1424 Dec 31 17:53 com.apple.iCal.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1668 Dec 30 12:51 com.apple.iChat.AIM.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    582 Dec 30 12:51 com.apple.iChat.Jabber.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     96 Dec 30 12:51 com.apple.iChat.Yahoo.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    659 Dec 30 18:21 com.apple.iPod.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -  14702 Dec 30 01:25 com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  - 575618 Dec 31 14:57 com.apple.iTunes.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1133 Dec 31 16:34 com.apple.iWork.Keynote.LSSharedFileList.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   6271 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.iWork.Pages.LSSharedFileList.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -  12220 Dec 30 12:51 com.apple.icbaccountsd.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     74 Dec 29 13:56 com.apple.identityservicesd.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     82 Dec 30 12:51 com.apple.imservice.ids.FaceTime.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     82 Dec 29 13:56 com.apple.imservice.ids.iMessage.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1246 Dec 30 14:33 com.apple.internetaccounts.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    447 Dec 31 14:59 com.apple.internetconfigpriv.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1018 Dec 30 01:25 com.apple.loginitems.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    141 Dec 31 16:23 com.apple.loginwindow.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     81 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    138 Dec 31 18:12 com.apple.quicklookconfig.plist

    -rw-r--r--@   1 501  0   -  12401 Dec 29 15:23 com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist

              com.apple.quarantine              31

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     94 Dec 31 16:38 com.apple.screensaver.plist

    -rw-r--r--    1 501  0   -    508 Dec 30 12:51 com.apple.security.KCN.plist

    -rw-r--r--    1 501  0   -    827 Dec 31 17:15 com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3.keysToRegister.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    813 Dec 31 18:09 com.apple.spaces.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    348 Dec 29 16:03 com.apple.spotlight.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    786 Dec 31 17:55 com.apple.storeagent.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    394 Dec 30 12:03 com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1030 Dec 31 16:38 com.apple.systempreferences.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    617 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.systemuiserver.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     84 Dec 31 16:25 com.apple.universalaccess.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     56 Dec 29 13:56 com.apple.wifi.keychain-format.plist

    -rw-r--r--    1 501  0   -    866 Dec 29 15:34 com.apple.xeprefs.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    378 Dec 31 18:11 com.apple.xpc.activity.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1187 Dec 30 00:27 com.e-academy.SDM.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   2992 Dec 31 15:00 com.macromates.TextMate.preview.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1216 Dec 31 16:20 com.macromates.textmate.LSSharedFileList.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    832 Dec 31 16:25 com.macromates.textmate.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     81 Dec 29 17:43 com.microsoft.Excel.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -  12139 Dec 31 14:59 com.microsoft.Word.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    709 Dec 30 00:44 com.microsoft.autoupdate2.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     92 Dec 30 00:33 com.microsoft.error_reporting.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  - 252792 Dec 31 14:59 com.microsoft.office.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     81 Dec 30 00:32 com.microsoft.office.setupassistant.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     59 Dec 30 00:32 com.microsoft.outlook.office_reminders.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   3005 Dec 29 15:35 com.omnigroup.OmniGrafflePro.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   6697 Dec 29 16:08 com.trolltech.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    491 Dec 29 16:01 com.wolfram.Mathematica.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    195 Dec 29 13:56 loginwindow.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   2920 Dec 31 14:59 org.R-project.R.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     70 Dec 30 13:23 org.cups.PrintingPrefs.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -   1493 Dec 30 10:45 org.tempel.findanyfile.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     91 Dec 29 18:02 widget-com.apple.widget.calendar.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    241 Dec 30 11:14 widget-com.apple.widget.dictionary.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    219 Dec 30 12:15 widget-com.apple.widget.stocks.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    331 Dec 31 16:26 widget-com.apple.widget.weather.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    125 Dec 30 11:10 widget-com.iSlayer.iStatpro4.widget.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -    784 Dec 31 14:57 ws.agile.1Password.plist

    -rw-------    1 501  20  -     73 Dec 31 07:01 ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist

     

     

    If you can suggest anything other than reinstall OS X Mavericks (which I spent time doing a couple of days ago) that would be great, thank you for your help!

  • by vikceo,

    vikceo vikceo Apr 9, 2014 12:31 AM in response to jesusfromswe
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    Apr 9, 2014 12:31 AM in response to jesusfromswe

    thanks this helped me as well

  • by Spoiler_999,

    Spoiler_999 Spoiler_999 Sep 20, 2014 7:33 AM in response to vikceo
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    Sep 20, 2014 7:33 AM in response to vikceo

    I have the same problem. Is anything else besides reinstalling OS?

  • by kevinfromsarasota,

    kevinfromsarasota kevinfromsarasota Mar 19, 2016 2:18 PM in response to Spoiler_999
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Mar 19, 2016 2:18 PM in response to Spoiler_999

    I know my response is a little late, but I ran into this issue today too.  It happened after upgrading my MacBook's RAM from 4 to 8 GB.  Upon reboot, finder wouldn't open, and gave an endless 'quit unexpectedly' loop.  When I would try to open files manually from other programs, they would crash while loading the finder window.

     

    I put the Mac into target disk mode then connected it to another Mac with Firewire.  Then I noticed the hard drive was named something really weird - it was a pi symbol π followed by hundreds of numbers and slashes.  Really weird. So I renamed it to Mac HD, repaired the disk and partition using disk utility, then finally rebuilt it using DiskWarrior 5.  I rebooted the MacBook and it was working great again!  Not sure which one of those three steps fixed it, but doesn't hurt to try all of them if anyone else has this issue.

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