My Finder seems to be Broken - OSX 10.10.1

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peetythefly Author

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My Finder seems to be Broken - OSX 10.10.1

Hi All,

My Finder seems to have been behaving strangely ever since the upgrade to Yosemite a few months ago. The facts so far:

I can't empty my trash.
I no longer see progress bars for copying items from one place to another
When I open Finder Preferences, the window opens but is 100% blank of content

I've already tried removing all Finder preferences via Terminal. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and Happy New Year.

Note: I tried to post to the Yosemite community but I received, "You are not allowed to create or update this content" so I've posted to Mavericks.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jan 2, 2015 11:01 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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Jan 3, 2015 10:20 AM in response to peetythefly

I've asked the hosts to move your post to Yosemite.

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iW00

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Jan 3, 2015 10:23 AM in response to peetythefly

Is this issue also appearing on new user account:

Isolating an issue by using another user account - Apple Support

Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue - Apple Support

Is this issue also appearing in safe mode: OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? - Apple Support

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peetythefly Author

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Jan 5, 2015 12:42 PM in response to Eric Root

Thanks Eric. I appreciate it. Will the link change if they move it?

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peetythefly Author

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Jan 5, 2015 12:44 PM in response to iW00

Hi iW00

No, it does not happen in safe mode or with another user. So that narrows it down to just my user.

Also, I can empty my trash if there are no locked items. However, I never get the alert/prompt on whether or not to remove locked items if I try to empty what I currently have in my trash. Somehow, this alert prompt never shows up.

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iW00

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Jan 7, 2015 2:52 PM in response to peetythefly

peetythefly wrote:

Hi iW00

No, it does not happen in safe mode or with another user.

If safe mode and another user works ok, then you might check first your login items and if any, remove them all:

OS X Yosemite: Open items automatically when you log in

You might also check what is sitting in your user library in folder called LaunchAgents - boot to safe mode, open Finder, press SHIFT+CMD+G and in Go To Folder window paste ~/Library/LaunchAgents

If anything there, move to trash.

It won't harm, if you will also refresh Finder plist file - - boot to safe mode, open Finder, press SHIFT+CMD+G and in Go To Folder window paste ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist and move to trash selected file.

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