My Mac is getting into a state in which I go to open or save a file and the file panel does not display. Instead, I get an empty panel. The problem will sometimes go away after a minute or two, or sometimes it goes away when I terminate some other applications running on my Mac.
I'm running El Capitan version 10.11.4.
Any thoughts on what I might do about this, or what might be wrong?
Thanks.
OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Try starting in Safe Mode and see if the problem still occurs?
Restart holding the "shift" key.
(Expect it to take longer to start this way because it runs a directory check first.)
If this works look in System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login items and delete any third party login items.
Also look in /Library/Startup Items. Nothing is put in that folder by default, so anything in there is yours. Then log out and back in or restart and test.
Please launch the Console application in any one of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
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File panel does not display
