User profile for user: gran_kabuto
gran_kabuto Author
User level: Level 1
8 points

Finder gets frozen

Hi, this is my first post and I am not a native english speaker, so please forgive me if I make some mistakes.

The problem I have is with my wife's iMac. After a month her iMac was well packed in his box because we have moved to a new house. When we installed it again a strange problem came.

The Finder gets frozen within a minute after opening the window. Many things can happen here:


  • The files are not shown.
  • The files are shown but cannot be selected
  • The Finder window the Finder becomes a mess when I pass floating other windows above the Finder. Dragging a windows over the Finder a trail image or dragged window is created


Killing the Finder process just works for a minute, then everything said before starts again. OSX is still running MAVERICKS 10.9.5 because lack of time. Maybe is time to upgrade?


Please find attached some photos showing the problem.

Best regards

Pablo


User uploaded file

User uploaded file

User uploaded file

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on May 17, 2016 2:35 AM

Reply
2 replies
User profile for user: Eric Root
Eric Root
User level: Level 10
685,293 points

May 17, 2016 8:47 AM in response to gran_kabuto

Might be a corrupt .plist.


Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.


Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.


Re-launch Finder by restarting the computer and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.


If the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.


Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

Reply

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Finder gets frozen

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.
Learn more Sign up