finder not working

Problem eventually starts again. I right click on a file, try selecting open with, the menu briefly appears and then disappears.

Here's the EtreCheck output I got from the EtreCheck on the app store...

I don't see any ofd the usual suspects in the report but notices that you haven't rebooted in 5 days. I'm of the school of rebooting frequently to clear out caches, temp and swap files.

Remove the files listed in the Clean Up section of the report.

Boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and see if the apps crash there. Reboot normally and try again.

Problem is back. Only thing that I know is different is I installed parallels. Here's the EtreCheck info. Eventually the right clicked started working (while I was posting this - about five-ten minutes) Its almost as if its delay searching for the all the applications.

Download and run Etrecheck.  Copy and paste the results into your reply. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support  to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.

Use the Add Text button to include the report in your reply:

Also assign Full Disk Access to Etrecheck so that it can get more information for the report:

Create a new user user account and test. If it works as expected there, then it's probably some wonky Finder preferences in your main account. If that's so, then rebuild your Finder preferences:

From your Finder "Go" menu > "Go to folder" then copy & paste this file path:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

Click Go.

Delete the plist file.

Then, restart, or log out and in again.

(You may have to reset some Finder preferences the way you like them)

I have updated to Mojave and my whole computer is super slow and Finder is a complete freezing mess.

I have searched for ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist but it is not in my computer.

I was so excited to come across this fix only to not be able to find it.

HELP it's driving me nuts

Having finder problems here as well. A few different issues :

1) right clicking the finder icon in the dock shows every tab listed, instead of the tab you are on in a particular finder window with multiple tabs.

2) on restart, the existing multitab windows somethings break apart, and can become one window with two or three of the tabs, and another window with one of the tabs that were previously together.

No luck fixing this yet. Problem is getting worse over time.

Having finder problems also. Specifically trying to get to right click (double finger on pad) menus and access launch with.

Restarting finder fixes but it comes back. Don't have a com.apple.Applefinder.plist file.

Removed all files in the Clean up section and restarted finder. I understand your comment around booting. I use it too when nothing else helps. But saying that I should boot at least every 5 days is not a solution. Apple should be better than that.

Regardless, I haven't had the problem for 3 days, so it does seem that somehow the files which were revenants of applications I had long removed from my mac may have been the problem. I'll post again if the problem reoccurs.

You should reboot frequently to clear out old caches and temp files which will speed up the iMac. The following is from this article from the Mac Observer: The Benefits of a 32GB Mac For Average Users

If I were to reboot my Mac every morning I have no doubt I could live with 16GB or even 8GB without experiencing most of the aforementioned symptoms

Read the article and the info relating too the quote above is near the end of the article.

I had this problem too. I have just re-launched Finder and it seems to have fixed it.

AppleMenu -> Force Quit -> Finder [Relaunch]

Hi,

the issue with finder after update to OS Mojave coming up so often. I use the re-launch solutions all time long. But is there any other solution available yet?

Regards

Youre probably not in the right Library folder. Hold the option key, and in the GO menu, Library will show up. (Youll see it disappear if you let go of the option key.)

Don't have a com.apple.Applefinder.plist file.

the file is com.apple.finder.plist.

Check, typo, don't have that file. Problems has returned after a day.