pvillez@gmail.com

Sorry for this cross post. Finder almost unusable. Some important max

patches trapped inside. I have scoured the net for answers but cannot find

Symptom: When clicking on a local disk, window opens, but then immediatly

'Finder' blacks out and then returns to before click state. All disks except

one. This can be spread to networked disks. Started on Intel Imac now

Sophos and Norton detect nothing. Tried Onyx, Techtool, Diskutility. Still

Only solution so far; Can open one disk and then use (right click) "Open

Enclosing Folder" this allows disk to be opened

"You will never know what size worm is in your next byte"!

Sorry for this cross post. Finder almost unusable. Some important max
patches trapped inside. I have scoured the net for answers but cannot find
anything.

Symptom: When clicking on a local disk, window opens,  but then immediatly
'Finder' blacks out and then returns to before click state. All disks except
one. This can be spread to networked disks. Started on Intel Imac now
crossed to this  Macbook Pro.

Sophos and Norton detect nothing.  Tried Onyx, Techtool, Diskutility. Still
nothing
Activity monitor sees nothing.

Only solution so far; Can open one disk and then use (right click) "Open
Enclosing Folder" this allows disk to be opened

-- 
A Pereshaped definition of an Apple:
"You will never know what size worm is in your next byte"!

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Quote: pvillez@gmail.com wrote on Thu, 20 December 2007 13:17

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> Sorry for this cross post. Finder almost unusable. Some important max

> patches trapped inside. I have scoured the net for answers but cannot find

Maybe boot into target mode, copy all your important data, and then work on fixing this problem (OS re-install, at the worst.)

Quote: pvillez@gmail.com wrote on Thu, 20 December 2007 13:17
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> Sorry for this cross post. Finder almost unusable. Some important max
> patches trapped inside. I have scoured the net for answers but cannot find
> anything.
>
>

Finder is actually crashing. Is that really so bizarre?-)

I've had this happen once or twice. Thankfully it's rare, but disturbing when it happens. When Finder crashes it restarts, but with no open windows (or maybe only the windows open the last time it saved screen state, which was before you opened the offending window).

One thing you could do is to get a directory listing in Terminal and mv/cp/rm contents selectively until you can open the window without crashing Finder.

I think I found a less geeky solution when I had the problem, but I don't remember what it was.

Thanks all, working on this right now. I have traced its starting point to

the Imac Main drive with the OS and has spread to the "home" directory and

to a firewire LaCie but the two extra partitions bizzarely seem immune and

can access the other drives via `'open enclosed" from these. I bettter get

> Finder is actually crashing. Is that really so bizarre?-)

> I've had this happen once or twice. Thankfully it's rare, but disturbing

> when it happens. When Finder crashes it restarts, but with no open windows

> (or maybe only the windows open the last time it saved screen state, which

> was before you opened the offending window).

> One thing you could do is to get a directory listing in Terminal and

> mv/cp/rm contents selectively until you can open the window without crashing

> I think I found a less geeky solution when I had the problem, but I don't

> Peter is in dire need of a new Facebook tagline. Not to mention a new .sig

A Pereshaped definition of a rotten Apple:

"You will never know what size worm is in your next apple byte"!

Thanks all, working on this right now. I have traced its starting point to
the Imac Main drive with the OS and has spread to the "home" directory and
to a firewire LaCie but the two extra partitions bizzarely seem immune and
can access the other drives via `'open enclosed" from these. I bettter get
busy!

On 21/12/2007, Peter Castine  wrote:
>
>
> Finder is actually crashing. Is that really so bizarre?-)
>
> I've had this happen once or twice. Thankfully it's rare, but disturbing
> when it happens. When Finder crashes it restarts, but with no open windows
> (or maybe only the windows open the last time it saved screen state, which
> was before you opened the offending window).
>
> One thing you could do is to get a directory listing in Terminal and
> mv/cp/rm contents selectively until you can open the window without crashing
> Finder.
>
> I think I found a less geeky solution when I had the problem, but I don't
> remember what it was.
> --
> Peter Castine
> --
> Peter is in dire need of a new Facebook tagline. Not to mention a new .sig
>

-- 
A Pereshaped definition of a rotten Apple:
"You will never know what size worm is in your next apple byte"!

Peter, the less geeky answer I have just found is rename the drives from the

desktop using get info. Smooth as a.........

> Symptom: When clicking on a local disk, window opens, but then immediatly

> 'Finder' blacks out and then returns to before click state. All disks except

> one. This can be spread to networked disks. Started on Intel Imac now

> Sophos and Norton detect nothing. Tried Onyx, Techtool, Diskutility.

> Only solution so far; Can open one disk and then use (right click) "Open

> Enclosing Folder" this allows disk to be opened

> "You will never know what size worm is in your next byte"!

Peter, the less geeky answer I have just found is rename the drives from the
desktop using get info. Smooth as a.........

On 20/12/2007, Pere Josep Villez  wrote:
>
> Sorry for this cross post. Finder almost unusable. Some important max
> patches trapped inside. I have scoured the net for answers but cannot find
> anything.
>
> Symptom: When clicking on a local disk, window opens,  but then immediatly
> 'Finder' blacks out and then returns to before click state. All disks except
> one. This can be spread to networked disks. Started on Intel Imac now
> crossed to this  Macbook Pro.
>
> Sophos and Norton detect nothing.  Tried Onyx, Techtool, Diskutility.
> Still nothing
> Activity monitor sees nothing.
>
> Only solution so far; Can open one disk and then use (right click) "Open
> Enclosing Folder" this allows disk to be opened
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> P
>
> --
> A Pereshaped definition of an Apple:
> "You will never know what size worm is in your next byte"!

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