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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 5, 2014 10:36 AM in response to pdxmicah

On this new imac I had dropbox installed but was not syncing or using it. I had not even logged in to it. No to google drive.


On my previous imac (2007) I had upgraded to Yosemite and had Dropbox and other programs installed and running with no finder trouble.


I've had some bizarre behavior caused by a program called "Bar Tunes" that puts itunes controls in the menu bar. It won't let me quit itunes while it is running. That started after an update to that program but I don't think it's finder


Do you have Cisco or Remote Desktop Connection? Parallels?


I don't have that many third party apps so I may do a one by one intro.

Nov 6, 2014 2:21 AM in response to Tomasz Kasperek

Same for me too. MBP Late 2013. I'm a developer, I haven't tested if the new Yosemite build that was released a few days ago fixes it - but it wasn't mentioned in the release notes.


Can't make a test case as it isn't reliably repeatable.


I've tried many things to resolve this, I believe its a bug. When in the finder window, icon view only, occasionally the icons do not render. Switching to list view is fine.


Resizing the finder window when the finder window is in this state leaves artifacting. Seems to be a graphic driver issue, I could test if switching to the other internal graphics card makes the issue go away.


Would capture a screenshot but it doesn't capture!

Nov 7, 2014 6:20 AM in response to Tomasz Kasperek

Hey guys, I tried the 'rebuild DS_store file' option in Onyx and my Finder has been displaying folder icons properly since.


I unchecked all other options except the 'Appearance of folders' content' and executed it under automation (so that it includes all folders).


Not sure if it's a fix, but if someone else could reproduce this with the same results, that'll be great. User uploaded file

Nov 7, 2014 9:41 AM in response to Tomasz Kasperek

For what's is worth: I have the same problem on my trustworthy iMac from 2010... The Finder window can be moved around, but for about half of the time, I cannot click on anything / scroll it / interact at all. The other half, all actions like clicking, scrolling have a huge time delay of several seconds between me initiating the action and the action actually registered. Restarting the Finder helps a while, but the problem always comes back.

Yosemite Finder bug, folders get unresponsive in icon view

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