OS X V10.7 Lion :: Finder Preferences Don't Stay
Apr 14, 2012
It's just that simple: I set the Finder preferences to always open a new window to a partition, it works, but after I restart, it opens to my home folder, and the preferences window has a blank space for "New Finder windows show".Â
Things I tried:
-- Trashing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
-- Repairing disk permissions
-- Repairing the drive
-- Created a new user account.Â
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Mar 20, 2012
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Sometimes I simply cannot open a new finder window. If I use Command-N or if I choose New Finder Window in the Finder menu, nothing happens. If I am using Command-N, I can see the File heading in the Finder menu bar highlighting, and then after a few seconds the highlight goes, but no window opens. Also, clicking on my Downloads icon in the dock, the dialog opens showing all the files, but if I then click on Open in Finder, the dialog closes but nothing happens. Now that I am writing this message, it all works again! That's what I mean by 'sometimes'. This issue can last for tens of minutes. Secndly, and this is still a problem, my finder Preferences do not stick. So for instance, I don't want to see an icon for my hard disk on the desktop, so I untick this in Finder preferences. The icon disappears. If I now re-start, then it comes back. The same happens for removing the empty trash warning and all of the other Finder Preference tick boxes.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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I opened a new Finder window to find out that all the icons in the sidebar are gone, and going to finder --> preferences doesn't help. They're still ticked, but don't show up. I tried unticking them all, closing preferences, then opening preferences and ticking them again. No luck. I tried restarting the computer, no luck. I've heard that dragging the file com.apple.finder.plist onto the desktop and restarting helps, but I can't find it. It's not in Library/Preferences and a search doesn't show it. I can see a veriety of other com.apple.----- files but not the finder one.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Just upgraded
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I've been having troubles with my finder the past few weeks. The trash would not empty unless I would "relaunch" the finder. Sometimes, even after a relaunch, the trash would still not empty. After a restart, however, I could usually empty the trash. Until todayÂ
So, I tried repairing permissions using disk utility. After permissions were fixed, I still had the problem.Â
I then deleted the following files:
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist.lockfile
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
com.apple.finder.plist.lockfile
com.apple.finder.plist
(Actually, I didn't truly delete them, I just put them in a temp folder on my desktop.)Â
The trash seems to empty just fine now, but now the preferences pane for my Finder is completely blank -- and doesn't open immediately. It looks like this:
Here is some system info:Â
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
2.4 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
version 10.10.1 (14B25)
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), MacBook Air | iPad Wi-Fi | iPhone3G
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MacBook (Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.3)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), MBP Early 2011
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To set any of these, go to terminal and enter in the code for whichever preference you want to set. Remember, to reset the setting to its default value, just change the "1" at the end to a "0" (or vice versa). Enable "X-Raying" Folders with QuickLook This one is pretty cool. It lets you show the contents of folders when QuickLooking them.
Code:
defaults write com.apple.Finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1
Disable "X-Raying" Folders With Custom Icons
Code:.......................
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OS X Lion Server, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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