Intel Mac :: OS X 10.6.8 Finder Does Not Work
Jun 19, 2012I cannot use the finder, everytime I see the turning ball,the program folders can be opened. What can I do ?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I cannot use the finder, everytime I see the turning ball,the program folders can be opened. What can I do ?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
my finder does not work I ask it to find things and even when I see them on my desktop ...the finder tells me there are no items ....
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
My Finder stopped working; how can I get it back to normal?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
one day i open my mac, the right side of the screen where i use to have some folders the i create is gone and the applications or the finder is not open. the top of the screen have the apple sign, Finder, file, edit and view all of the thing on the top of the desktop, it appear something and disappear and like appear and disappear every ten sec. but all other stuff work from the dock, and i can see all the file or the folders the disappear on the parallels desktop, just not on the mac.
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I have Leopard on the system with the latest updates and have gone through the settings and can't find anything that is turned off.
(Running 10.4.6 on an eMac btw) As I type this in a Firefox window, I am unable to type ANYTHING in Finder. I created a new folder and tried to rename it - nothing's happening. Typing won't work in Finder Search, or Folder Info either. Nor folders i create on the Desktop. I tried closing Finder and re-opening. No luck. I can type in every other program.
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I've been searching Google for a solution to this - I like all my Finder windows to be the same size, no matter what folder it is. Keeps everything looking universal. Nothing annoys me more than having to keep resizing bloody windows, because the default size has horizontal and vertical scroll bars! I like my Finder window to accommodate 5 folders horizontally.
I've been looking into Terminal commands to see if there is anything in there that would allow me to change the default dimensions, but found nothing.
I cannot delete files from Finder with "Command-Delete". I know that my Command and Delete keys work fine separately. Do I need to change anything in my preferences?
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Can I prevent the finder from previewing large files?
finder is not working at all and im am trying not to lose my cool! ok see outta no where finder goes and decides not to work! all i did was install a new update and when my mac restarted and i logged back in and the menu bar at the top for finder was blinking! i noticed my files that i had on my desktop were not visible wen i click on the trash it wont pop up either! i clicked finder on the dock and it still dnt work! the menu bar at the top only blinks when i click on finder! i have tried restarting and shutting down many times! i seen a some people have had the same problem well yah nobody posted any comments that help them!
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
Option clicking a dock icon should minimize all windows of the given program. It works with all icons in the dock except Finder - its window(s) won't minimize. Is this behaviour normal? If so, why? Btw, if I right click the Finder icon in the dock, the menu item "Hide" is greyed out.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS 10.9.3. This morning the Finder keyboard shortcut Command-W stopped closing windows and instead opened a folder burried fairly deeply in my Home folder. I moved that folder and managed to get Command-W to stop opening it, but it will still NOT close a window in Finder. Nor will it close windows in applications. What does happne is that the frame of the window flashes (but it remains open).
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iMac, iOS 5.1, My IMac was made in late 2008
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iMac6,1
I have an imac 10.5.6 and since this morning finder keeps crashing and wont allow me to do anything. I was wondering if there is a way for me to backup my data and just restore the whole thing.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
When I open a new Finder Window I do not see the window. What gives?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
My cursor was moving over the flash drive icon in Finder. I clicked on the icon. I think Finder believed I was trying to move the icon elsewhere. The icon vanished in a puff of smoke. Now I cannot see it on Finder.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), logo vanished in a puff of smoke
Why do i keep switching back to finder
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.3.x)