Thanks, Ronni! That did the trick. I had done a search for the plist when I was in Lion, but no entries were found. It didn't occur to me that it was in my home folder. Now that Finder is back, I tried the search again, and still no hits. It seems strange to me that search is not able to find it.
Whew, BIG sign of relief. Thank you very much! Pat On 07/07/2012, at 5:37 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Pat, > > Not /Library... but your Home/Library/Preferences - trash the > com.apple.finder.plist file and restart your computer. > If that doesn't solve the Finder crashing > > Have you tried starting up in Safe Mode? > > To start up into Safe Mode (to "Safe Boot"), do this: > > 1. Be sure the computer is shut down. > > 2. Press the power button. > > 3. Immediately after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the > Shift key. > Tip: The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the > startup tone but not before. > > 4. Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple and progress > indicator (looks like a spinning gear). > > It takes much longer to startup in Safe Mode. > You will see "Safe Boot" on the login window, which appears even if > you normally log in automatically. > If you startup in Safe Mode ok, and Finder does not quit, just > restart the computer normally, without holding any keys during > startup. > > If you need to run Apple Hardware Test post back and I'll give you > instructions how to. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 07/07/2012, at 3:13 PM, pat wrote: > >>> My Mac is sick again. Hope someone can help. >>> >>> The patient: Mac Pro, 4 years old (the first 64 bit model), 3 hard >>> disks, 16 GB RAM, OS 10.6.8. >>> >>> The symptoms: It was working OK last night when I closed it down. >>> This morning, when booted, the Finder repeatedly quits every few >>> seconds (very obvious because the screensaver keeps changing). Up in >>> the top left-hand corner some of the usual icons on the Finder menu >>> bar are semi-visible but non-functional. Otherwise, a blank screen. >>> >>> What I have done so far: >>> 1. Rebuilt the directories with DiskWarrior. Problem not fixed. >>> >>> 2. Ran TechTool Deluxe. No change. >>> >>> 3. Put the Snow Leopard disk in and verified and repaired all 3 >>> disks, repaired permissions. Disk Utility says all the disks appear >>> to be OK. Problem still exists. >> >> I have tried a few more things to try to solve this problem. >> >> Tried to use Apple Hardware test. The instructions said to boot with >> the SL install disk while holding down the 'D' key, but nothing >> happened. >> >> Searched on the internet on the words 'mac Finder crashing'. There >> were a few items on this topic, but none seemed to help me. One >> suggestion was to throw out the com.apple.Finder.plist, but there was >> no such item in the Library preference folder. A clue, perhaps? >> Another suggestion was that there might be a corrupted .DS_Store >> file, and to use Terminal to eliminate it, however, I don't know how >> to get Terminal going in these conditions. >> >> I have Lion on one of the other disks, and that loaded (almost) >> properly. 'Almost' because the icon of the third disk didn't appear >> on the desktop. This third disk is purely storage for many files. >> Disk Utility and Disk Warrior both recognised the presence and good >> condition of this disk. >> >> There are 2 other user accounts on this machine, one administrative >> and the other non-administrative. The non-administrative one loaded >> almost properly - again, that one icon was absent. >> The administrative account showed only a blue screen. >> >> I'm guessing that it is a software problem, and I will most likely >> have to reinstall SL. >> I will be grateful for ideas and suggestions, >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/ >> wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/ > wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
