You're welcome Pat. Rest easy now :-) Cheers, Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad On 07/07/2012, at 4:44 PM, pat <clamsh...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > 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>
