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Finder freezes after access windows SMB folder.The finder freezes after I access the network after 4 to 6 times. The Finder shows the spinning beach ball and it shows as “Not Responding”. I can access any other app that was already running. I have fo

The finder freezes after I access the network after 4 to 6 times.

The Finder shows the spinning beach ball and it shows as “Not Responding”. I can access any other app that was already running. I have force quitting Finder (sometimes when trying to access the Apple menu, it will freeze) .

I have to hold the power button until the iMac switches off, I then reboot the the iMac to get to work again.

The network files are on a Windows 10 machine. I am connecting via smb://192.168.1.102.

This only occurred after upgrading to macOS 10.13.2 (17C88).

Model Name:iMac
Model Identifier:iMac17,1
Processor Name:Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:4 GHz
Number of Processors:1
Total Number of Cores:4
L2 Cache (per Core):256 KB
L3 Cache:8 MB
Memory:16 GB
Boot ROM Version:IM171.0110.B00
SMC Version (system):2.33f10
Serial Number (system):C02QR0BLGQ18
Hardware UUID:ECA49B78-3CB8-50E3-B4E6-79DE1BF9B983


System Software Overview:

System Version:macOS 10.13.2 (17C88)
Kernel Version:Darwin 17.3.0

Model Name: iMac

IMAC (RETINA 5K, 27-INCH, LATE 2015), macOS High Sierra (10.13.2)

Posted on Dec 12, 2017 10:34 PM

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Posted on Dec 23, 2017 7:14 AM

Same situation here. I always seem to noticed it right after I rename a file. The file name is not updated in finder but on the Windows side all shows fine. I close the finder window and when I reopen it the first few times either nothing is shown for any of the smb drives or everything freezes and the ball starts spinning. This problem only started happening a few weeks ago. I have not noticed the problem when I'm just accessing or deleting files.

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Finder freezes after access windows SMB folder.The finder freezes after I access the network after 4 to 6 times. The Finder shows the spinning beach ball and it shows as “Not Responding”. I can access any other app that was already running. I have fo

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