Q: finder problems in 10.9.5

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Other people have reported that Google Drive affects Finder.

Hi. I am having a similar problem. Since updating to 10.9.5 finder does not work. it starts, displays whatever directory it happens to be in, and will display the first directory you click. then it is done. You can't close it, can't display a different directory, and the display window picks up whatever is on top of it (if you happen to open a window over it) and never refreshes. I do use google drive and a 3rd party add on called insync but i've been using them for a long time and only on this update did finder become an issue.  Below is the system data fromt eh program mentioned above. thanks.

EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)

Report generated September 25, 2014 at 4:07:43 PM CDT

Hardware Information: ?

  MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) (Verified)

  MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1

  1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores

  16 GB RAM

Video Information: ?

  Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)

  NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB

  Color LCD 2880 x 1800

  S27D390 spdisplays_1080p

  LCD TV spdisplays_1080p

System Software: ?

  OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 6:54:30

Disk Information: ?

  APPLE SSD SD512E disk0 : (500.28 GB)

  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

  EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.42 GB (421.8 GB free)

  Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

USB Information: ?

  PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1 TB

  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

  EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

  Chris Doerfler Back Up Drive (disk1s2) /Volumes/Chris Doerfler Back Up Drive: 999.86 GB (17.63 GB free)

  Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

  Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

  Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

  Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

  Burr-Brown from TI USB audio CODEC

  Brother HL-5370DW series

Thunderbolt Information: ?

  Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

  Elgato Systems Thunderbolt Dock

Gatekeeper: ?

  Mac App Store and identified developers

Launch Daemons: ?

  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

  [running] com.insynchq.insync.daemon.plist Support

  [running] com.lobotomo.IPSecuritasDaemon.plist Support

  [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ?

  [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

User Login Items: ?

  iTunesHelper

  Google Drive

  ScanSnap Manager

  Insync

Internet Plug-ins: ?

  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  SlingPlayer: Version: (null) - SDK 10.8 Support

  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version

Audio Plug-ins: ?

  BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

  AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

  AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

  iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins: ?

  Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

3rd Party Preference Panes: ?

  Flash Player  Support

Time Machine: ?

  Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ?

      2% WindowServer

      1% Google Chrome

      1% fontd

      0% coreaudiod

      0% coreservicesd

Top Processes by Memory: ?

  262 MB WindowServer

  164 MB Dock

  164 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent

  147 MB Google Chrome

  147 MB Mail

Virtual Memory Information: ?

  44 MB Free RAM

  3.80 GB Active RAM

  11.03 GB Inactive RAM

  1.12 GB Wired RAM

  2.32 GB Page-ins

  7 MB Page-outs

I had this issue too. Found disconnecting from the LAN (pulling lead, switching off WIFI) fixed this.

The other way of fixing it was to connect to our network drive.

I think in my case at least the finder was trying to do some network resolution in the background, but failing, hence the beachball etc...

After a couple weeks, the problem spontaneously resolved, so don't know if a bug patch found its way to me or what, but it isn't a problem anymore.

Did you manage to find a solution

I am having the exact same problem. The only way to get it working is to reboot or restart. I'm having to do it about 10 times per day. It's driving me nuts. Does anybody have a solution yet? It only started after I installed mavericks 10.95

Having the same problem. Just happened this morning. EXTREMELY frustrated. Any answers to this issue?

The only way to get to my files outside of programs now is to open Force Quit dialog box and relaunch finder every time. WTH Apple?

Yes I've fixed it. Having looked around the web for suggestions, I turned off dropbox and Google Drive so they didn't launch when I booted up. I've had no problems since. Before I did that, I was having to reboot about 10 times a day to get Finder working again. So it looks like it's one of those two that causes it to happen.

Good luck

I have had a similar problem with my new MBP with 10.9.5. Finder crashes several times a day (about once an hour) and the only thing that works is to do a forced shut down (5 secs pressing the power button) before rebooting. I turned off dropbox at startup, but the problem persists. It might be related to my use of a network disk at my workplace, but I am not sure. Anyway, any OS should deal with networked disks, be it Drive, Dropbox or anything else. FRUSTATION!!!!

I took my MacBook Air into the Apple Genius Bar. They insisted it was a hardware problem and did some fixes.

Initially when I brought it home the problem continued, but suddenly it went away and I'm now having no problems. I assumed that they identified the bug in Mavericks and fixed it, but I'm not sure.

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.

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