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Yosemite Finder bug, folders get unresponsive in icon view

I recently bought mid 2014 Retina Macbook Pro (13 inch) and immediately installed OS X Yosemite. I've noticed that, when I sometimes open Finder, I can't see i.e. my Applications in Applications folder in icon view. It shows me empty directory but when I switch to the list view it's all working.

Sometimes sleep/wake operation helps to repair that problem but not always. Just Finder gets unresponsive.

Is there any solution for this problem?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 27, 2014 6:02 AM

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Nov 4, 2014 10:30 PM in response to Tomasz Kasperek

I took my MBP 15" 2012 in for this EXACT issue a couple days ago.

After replacing my screen, logic board and hard drive - the problem persists.


This is DEFINITELY an issue with Yosemite, and will hopefully get taken care of in the next update.


Workarounds:

- Switch to list view

- Force Quit (relaunch) finder


Don't bother bringing your gear in, there is literally nothing they can do.

Nov 5, 2014 10:02 AM in response to pdxmicah

I don't have that program installed and it's happening to me.


I did create a test profile on my system and used it for about an hour without any extra software added and the finder problem did not happen once. My wife's macbook (running different software but was upgraded to yosemite) does not have this problem. It is not a Retina and I suspect Retinas have this problem for some reason.


I have another phone call scheduled with Apple tonight but I think it will be info gathering for them.


I may start one by one introducing programs on my test profile I created tonight to see when it starts. Then again, it could just be a bug buried in Yosemite but it seems odd by test profile hasn't done it. Also, it would not do it when I booted into safe mode including in my "bad" profile.

Yosemite Finder bug, folders get unresponsive in icon view

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