Q: Finder constantly needs relaunching, is freezing (Macbook pro running with Mavericks)
I have a macbook pro running on 10.9.5 Mavericks. I've had it for a couple years? Pretty smooth sailing, knock on wood, except that for the past few days whenever I try to use finder it freezes and the screen gets corrupted-looking (like so; this is an image of me trying to access my applications folder).
If I use force quit to make finder relaunch, it will work for the first couple items i try to find, then do this again. I've tried deleting the finder plist and restarting, but no dice. Is there anything I can do?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Posted on Mar 16, 2016 10:45 AM
If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
Posted on Mar 17, 2016 9:54 AM
