Q: Security update 2016-004 causing the finder to relaunch frequently?
Yesterday I installed Security update 2016-004 on my office iMac. It seemed to have installed properly however the finder now relaunches randomly when I try to navigate/access files. Sometimes it hangs and the files don't load in the finder windows. If I relaunch the finder manually they become available again, but the problem is happening every few minutes of use. There don't seem to be any subsequent updates and I am not sure if it is possible to rollback? I have a clone and a time machine backup but i'm not sure how I would rollback a security update with time machine. I've tried restarting but the problem is still happening. I tried updating to El Capitan months ago but had to restore the system to Yosemite as the system was seemingly unable to handle the processing. I have the max 8 gb ram installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is my office computer and I need to restore function asap.
iMac, OS X 10.9.5, iMac 20" Early 2009
Posted on Aug 23, 2016 11:04 AM
Do you have Google Drive installed?
Finder – Fix Google Drive Problem
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.
Posted on Aug 24, 2016 11:24 AM
