finder corrupted after running disk utility in High Sierra

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finder corrupted after running disk utility in High Sierra

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015), High Sierra 10.13 upgrade.

The HS install seemed to go fine. Afterwards I ran Disk Utility, which also seemed to complete with no errors.

HOWEVER after installing HS, FINDER cannot 'find' any files and all desktop aliases are 'corrupt'.

By this I mean clicking the Finder system tray icon opens Finder as normal, but all the Favourites Folders are empty. All folders on my desktop are empty, all aliases to programmes and files produce the 'Alias is corrupt, click to correct' error box. It is as though Finder cannot find anything, but the HDD shows as correctly full.

A restart fixes the problem, but it recurs as soon as I run Disk Utility again. This is 24hrs after HS install.

Booting from the restore disk (Cmd-R) and trying to run Disk Utility from there does not allow me to run First Aid on my HD.

Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), macOS High Sierra (10.13), Finder Problem

Posted on Sep 30, 2017 4:21 AM

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Answer 1

micqo

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Oct 6, 2017 2:33 AM in response to theroth1234

I have similar issue and haven’t find solution for this. I clean installed HS twice. FileVault is enabled. I have 2016 MacBook Pro.

Every time when runned first aid it’s hiding my files. Sometimes there is empty folders. Reboot will “fix” the issue.

Would be great to hear if someone have solution for this!

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Answer 2

micqo

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Oct 10, 2017 11:10 AM in response to theroth1234

Yep! The issue is around disk utility and/or FileVault. Today, I tested that I disabled FileVault, reseting com.apple.diskutility.plist, and restart, running first aid - issue was fixed! No missing data etc. BUT, after I re-enabled FileVault back and running first aid - the issue game back! There were missing files on Finder !! 😠

So…lets wait for the new updates from Apple. I really hope that the next will repair this one!!

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theroth1234 Author

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Oct 31, 2017 12:17 PM in response to micqo

Well I've just installed the OSX 10.13.1 update and the problem(s) with Disk Utility remain:- empty folders and broken aliases after running Disk Utility.

Makes me very nervous about running Disk Utility and what might happen if I actually had a serious disk problem.

What now, wait for the next OS update?

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Answer 4

micqo

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Oct 31, 2017 12:28 PM in response to theroth1234

Same thing! I'm so angry 😤 😡

I have clean installed now 5 times. I have run hardware test. I have booted command + r and runned DU from there - nothing help, the bug has decided to stay.

I don't think my disk is corrupted because disabling FV will "fix" the issue. Its only showing when FV is enabled. Maybe FV is corrupted… blaah!

Hope someone can help us!

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