Q: Another case of finder crashing whilst trying to access Downloads folder
Have researched the Community and tried as many of the suggestions posted on this issue, without any progress thus far. Have run DU (both to Repair and for Permissions) from Recovery and no issues arise there apart from a whole slew of iTunes permissions being wrong every time it's checked.
Interestingly can only access Recovery by starting with the SHIFT key. If I use Command R it tries to go to Internet Recovery - which it fails as won't recognise my router wirelessly!
The problem = Clicking on any item in the Downloads folder causes a crash, as does clicking the folder icon in the dock.
Also, whole system running very slow after restarts (this was the case BEFORE the Downloads crash issue) Lots of rainbow wheel, also in Safe Boot, also using a different log in account
Unable to post ertecheck results as any downloads will crash the finder!
Mac Mini (October 2010), 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2, 4GB 1067MHz DDR3, OSX 10.8.5
Any diagnostic advice would be most welcome. Thanks in advance
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on Oct 29, 2014 1:34 AM