Finder freezes, no icons on desktop

After I ran the update for office 2004 and tried to download the latest 'trial' version of Photoshop from Adobe's website, I cannot open finder and all the other programs that I can open are very slow (when I restart my computer, I'm lucky if I can get it to open...but then it sits there with the color wheel spinning and I cannot open the Applications folder or anything else in finder). Also, the icons that I had on my desktop have disappeared, so I can't even get into my hard drive. I don't know if this is a problem with photoshop or the update to office or what it is...PLEASE HELP. Thank you.

Very Important, how much Free Space is on your Hard Drive first of all? Click on the Macintosh HD on the Desktop, then do a Get Info on it.
Could be many things, but it's best to start with these two steps, which may fix it also...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Tiger Mac OS X Install disc , then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, *you must select your language first.)*
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
Then Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it finishes.
Safe Boot... holding Shift key down at bootup. Safe Boot is a special way to start Mac OS X 10.2 or later when troubleshooting.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392

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The title sums it up.
When ever my mac decides to go into spinning wheel mode and I have to force quit/relaunch finder, when I relaunch finder every desktop file & icon disappear.
At that point I'm forced to push the shutdown button on the tower and reboot, then all is well until the next time.
And the next time could be a day or a few days or a week. No rhyme or reason why.
Please help me solve this frustrating problem.
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Cloud backup plans can slow your Mac down, and if used simultaneously with your Mac's networking, or you have an unreliable internet connection, could be the cause of your freezes. You may be better off seeing if turning off iCloud temporarily helps. This can especially be a problem with non-Apple routers whose firmware may not be up to date. Multitasking with backups can lead to corruption of your backups. Time Machine should only backup to hard drives twice the capacity of the original, otherwise it spends a lot of time trying to discover which archives to eraes to maintain room. Here are some other options:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1992
Energy Saver can also create problems for backups, as it takes a moment for the Mac to recognize the connection. Use screen saver instead of Energy Saver when backing up. System Preferences lets you control both. Putting hard drives to sleep when backing up is ill advised.

Sudden finder freezing. menu icons not loading. slow performance

Please help. My Powerbook has suddenly started acting strangely. After restarting the menu bar icons take around 5 minutes to load up. The airport cannot pick up any signals. The compiuter has no startup sound. The computer tends to freeze from the finder forcing a hard restart. I would like to re-install the system or run a diagnostic but am overseas without the disks. Have zapped PRAM and fixed privelages, trashed pref files. nothing.
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hey guys,
I need help to a topic which was often discussed here. On my blackberry bold 9700 I have installed the world app ( can see it in software) but I Cant find the icon on my phone. I try a lot of solutions which are suggest/discussed in forums, but nothing works.
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Ok. Do a backup first.
Use the BlackBerry Desktop Software. Reset the BlackBerry to factory defaults. http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB31291 Afterward, use the desktop software to add and remove applications. http://helpblog.blackberry.com/2011/02/add-and-remove-blackberry-apps/ Look for BlackBerry World. If it is not installed, install it.
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Problem is with the Finder freezing when opening folders. It can happen with any folder, but it's inconsistent. Computer is used by a photographer so most images are image files (jpeg, tiff, Canon raw). I suspect the issue is with icon drawing and/or some cache related to that. I have, however, seen this happen with folders that contain nothing but other folders.
Specifically, the user will open a folder. The Finder will begin to draw its icon previews. Most of the time no problem. Some of the time the Finder will freeze midway through the drawing (some icons remain as generic icons at time of freeze). Activity Monitor says Finder is at 2400%, which is a bit startling unto itself. Only way out is to restart the Finder.
To test, I wrote an AppleScript which opens and closes a large series of folders (roughly 50 different folders). I'm able to duplicate the problem using this script. It's a different folder each time, and one interesting thing is if the script makes it through all 50 folders fine once, it'll do it fine forever until the next reboot (I stopped it at 2000 runs on two occasions). I can post the script if anyone is curious.
The system is pretty clean, Photoshop and a few other regular apps, nothing tricky. I cleaned all the caches with Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner. I repeated the test with a freshly created user on the same system, with the same results. Repaired permissions, ran DiskWarrior, etc. Ran the extended hardware test from the OS DVD, no trouble.
I thought it might be a Quicklook think, but I don't see any third-party plugins at all.
I have not done an OS reinstall, as I'd like to actually solve this problem. If I run out of ideas I'll do that.
Looking for any thoughts or suggestions.
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I believe I've solved this problem. Disabling the processor's hyperthreading was the solution.
To do this, I issued this command in the Terminal:
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Finder hasn't frozen since. I've rebooted and run my test script several times.
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Hi there,
I don't have too much time to spend on this, but I want to make sure my comp is in good health (6 years and two HDD later). Whenever I turn off my computer, the desktop loads but no icons load and finder freezes (beach ball). I've read some stories but none seem to fit mine. I ran Console, and here is my report:
6/4/13 7:34:15 PM
com.apple.launchd[1]
*** launchd[1] has started up. ***
6/4/13 7:34:46 PM
com.apple.SystemStarter[23]
Starting HP IO Monitor
6/4/13 7:34:46 PM
com.apple.SystemStarter[23]
Starting HP Trap Monitor
6/4/13 7:34:51 PM
com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[178]
launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init_per_user.d/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist
6/4/13 7:34:51 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[176]
(com.spotify.webhelper) Unknown key: SpotifyPath
6/4/13 7:34:51 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[176]
(com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
6/4/13 7:35:00 PM
com.apple.WindowServer[107]
Tue Jun 4 19:35:00 localhost WindowServer[107] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
6/4/13 7:35:00 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[176]
(com.hp.help.tocgenerator[206]) posix_spawn("/Library/Documentation/Help/Hewlett-Packard/TOCGenerator.app/Conte nts/MacOS/TOCGenerator", ...): No such file or directory
6/4/13 7:35:00 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[176]
(com.hp.help.tocgenerator[206]) Exited with exit code: 1
6/4/13 7:35:01 PM
com.apple.launchd[1]
(com.apple.xprotectupdater[20]) Exited with exit code: 252
6/4/13 7:35:02 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[176]
(com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[203]) Exited with exit code: 1
6/4/13 7:35:03 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[176]
(com.apple.mrt.uiagent[202]) Exited with exit code: 255
6/4/13 7:35:03 PM
com.avast.helper[209]
Error connecting to master socket: connect(): Connection refused
6/4/13 7:35:04 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[176]
(0x100200870.mach_init.switchboard.sh) Failed to check-in!
6/4/13 7:35:13 PM
com.avast.helper[209]
Error connecting to master socket: connect(): Connection refused
6/4/13 7:46:17 PM
com.apple.launchd[1]
*** launchd[1] has started up. ***
6/4/13 7:46:48 PM
com.apple.SystemStarter[23]
Starting HP IO Monitor
6/4/13 7:46:49 PM
com.apple.SystemStarter[23]
Starting HP Trap Monitor
6/4/13 7:46:50 PM
com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[182]
launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init_per_user.d/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist
6/4/13 7:46:50 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]
(com.spotify.webhelper) Unknown key: SpotifyPath
6/4/13 7:46:50 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]
(com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
6/4/13 7:46:56 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]
(com.hp.help.tocgenerator[209]) posix_spawn("/Library/Documentation/Help/Hewlett-Packard/TOCGenerator.app/Conte nts/MacOS/TOCGenerator", ...): No such file or directory
6/4/13 7:46:56 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]
(com.hp.help.tocgenerator[209]) Exited with exit code: 1
6/4/13 7:46:57 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]
(com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[206]) Exited with exit code: 1
6/4/13 7:47:00 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]
(com.apple.mrt.uiagent[205]) Exited with exit code: 255
6/4/13 7:47:00 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]
(0x100202e50.mach_init.switchboard.sh) Failed to check-in!
6/4/13 7:49:07 PM
com.apple.launchd[1]
*** launchd[1] has started up. ***
6/4/13 7:49:34 PM
com.apple.SystemStarter[23]
Starting HP IO Monitor
6/4/13 7:49:35 PM
com.apple.SystemStarter[23]
Starting HP Trap Monitor
6/4/13 7:49:37 PM
com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[183]
launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init_per_user.d/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist
6/4/13 7:49:37 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[181]
(com.spotify.webhelper) Unknown key: SpotifyPath
6/4/13 7:49:37 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[181]
(com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
6/4/13 7:49:38 PM
com.apple.launchd[1]
(com.apple.xprotectupdater[20]) Exited with exit code: 252
6/4/13 7:49:41 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[181]
(com.hp.help.tocgenerator[208]) posix_spawn("/Library/Documentation/Help/Hewlett-Packard/TOCGenerator.app/Conte nts/MacOS/TOCGenerator", ...): No such file or directory
6/4/13 7:49:41 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[181]
(com.hp.help.tocgenerator[208]) Exited with exit code: 1
6/4/13 7:49:41 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[181]
(com.apple.mrt.uiagent[204]) Exited with exit code: 255
6/4/13 7:49:41 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[181]
(com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[205]) Exited with exit code: 1
6/4/13 7:49:49 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[181]
(0x100103280.mach_init.switchboard.sh) Failed to check-in!
6/4/13 7:50:06 PM
defaults[333]
The domain/default pair of (/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Info, KSBrandID) does not exist
6/4/13 7:50:35 PM
defaults[2576]
The domain/default pair of (/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Info, KSChannelID) does not exist
6/4/13 7:54:09 PM
[0x0-0x19019].com.google.Chrome[2618]
[2618:51203:0604/195409:ERROR:rlz.cc(41)] Not implemented reached in bool GoogleUpdateSettings::GetLanguage(string16 *)
6/4/13 8:00:17 PM
com.apple.launchd[1]
(com.apple.suhelperd[2763]) Exited with exit code: 2
6/4/13 8:03:03 PM
com.apple.WindowServer[110]
Tue Jun 4 20:03:03 localhost WindowServer[110] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
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Back up all data, then remove "Avast" according to the developer's instructions:
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Reboot.
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Finder Freezing for many reasons

Hello,
For 2 days now my finder has begun to freeze whenever i try to:
-Select a file from it, whether to open the file or attach it to an e-mail. (There may be more but these are the ones i know of for sure).
-Get info, whenever i press get info it freezes
These are what i have noticed to cause it to freeze so far, although there may be more. I have no idea why this began to happen and i can't link anything to it that i can think of. By freezing i mean that i get the never ending spinning rainbow/ loading icon.
Going down to the task bar at the bottom of the screen i can right click on finder and select "relaunch" and it will start working again, however it still won't have opened the get info window, attached the file to the e-mail or opened the file (although on occasion the file will open prior to the finder freezing).
Does anyone else have this problem or have had it happen and know how to fix it? It is basically stopping me from doing anything and i really need this computer for school.
Oh, and opening files from the desktop does not cause any problems or opening programs does not seem to cause it to freeze.

Still might pay to do this...
Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), off the HD & use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, reboot once more.

Finder freezes every 10min or so, necessitating Relaunch to continue working

I have a MacBook Air (purchased Aug 2013) and am using OSX version 10.9.5.
Processor = 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory = 4GB 1600MHz DDR3
Storage = 8.75GB available out of 120.47GB
At the moment I am sorting through photo files (.jpg) on an external portable hard-drive (Seagate Backup Plus 2TB), and am simply copying files and moving files between folders. Every so often (say every 10min or so), when I am copying a file, or dragging and dropping a file from one folder to another on the external drive, my mouse freezes and turns into a spinning ball.
The only way to continue is to hit Command-Option-Esc (Force Quit); I am told that "Finder is not responding" and I am then given the option to "Relaunch" the Finder. My screen then goes blank for a second or two, but then all the icons on my desktop re-appear and I can re-open my external drive and continue "normally" for another 10min or so until Finder freezes again.
Can anyone tell me what is going on / what I should do to find out more about what is going on / what I can do to fix it?
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Hi ..
Might be corrupted Finder preferences.
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
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Similar thing happens when I click on a different folder.
Seems pretty odd given that I have a recent system with an SSD, and I didn't have the problem before.
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2/27/14 2:13:13.369 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[239]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServic es/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/
2/27/14 2:13:13.399 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[239]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/Frameworks/QTKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.ap ple.qtkitserver.xpc/
2/27/14 2:13:13.404 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[239]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServic es/com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc/
2/27/14 2:13:13.413 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[239]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServi ces/com.apple.ShareKitHelper.xpc/
2/27/14 2:13:14.420 PM WindowServer[115]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 20.24 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
2/27/14 2:13:14.597 PM Finder[399]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: conn 0x1770f: spurious update.
2/27/14 2:13:33.273 PM WindowServer[115]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
2/27/14 2:13:47.273 PM WindowServer[115]: disable_update_likely_unbalanced: UI updates still disabled by application "Finder" after 15.00 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds). Likely an unbalanced disableUpdate call.
2/27/14 2:14:00.407 PM WindowServer[115]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 28.13 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
2/27/14 2:14:00.542 PM Finder[399]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: conn 0x1770f: spurious update.
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2/27/14 2:25:31.936 PM WindowServer[115]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
2/27/14 2:25:45.935 PM WindowServer[115]: disable_update_likely_unbalanced: UI updates still disabled by application "Finder" after 15.00 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds). Likely an unbalanced disableUpdate call.
2/27/14 2:25:50.959 PM Console[3347]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
2/27/14 2:25:57.046 PM WindowServer[115]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 26.11 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
2/27/14 2:25:57.182 PM Finder[399]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: conn 0x1770f: spurious update.

How can I put a hard drive icon on desktop?

how can I put a hard drive icon on desktop?

Click on the Desktop. Select Preferences from the Finder's menu. Click on the General icon in the toolbar. Check the appropriate boxes.

Finder freezes when trying to move files to external hard drive

Whenever I try to move files from internal hard drive to my external finder freezes it. I have over 5 TBs of free space on my external, so I know it's not a space issue. This happens no matter the size of the file. It starts the copy and then will freeze before it finishes. If I try to force quit and select relaunch it acts like it is relaunching but my icons never re-appear and the command bar at the top never returns. So I end up having to hard boot.
I just reinstalled the 10.5.8 combo update and verified both hard disks, if any repairs came up I repaired and then did the same with disk permissions....it's still freezing on me. I am frustrated because there are some files I'd really like to move to my external raid hard drive but I'm not able to.
The freezing happens if I'm trying to transfer files from a disc or an additional external HD. My internal HD is only so big and the external Raid drive is for my capture scratch on Final Cut Pro and I'm even having issues capturing to that drive. Everything wants to be on my internal HD and that doesn't work for me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sean Dale1 wrote:
Do you get any error messages and if so what are they? Do you have any problems copying files off the problem drive back to your Mac or do the freezes only occur when copying to the external?
No I don't get any error messages, the finder just freezes and when I try to relaunch finder it doesn't relaunch properly..all icons are missing and I'm not able to access the the task bar to properly shut down so I have to hard boot.
It happens only when trying to save files to the external, whether through drag and drop or within programs. I am able to access files on the external and copy files from there to my internal without problems.
Have you tried attaching this drive to another Mac and if so do you get the same issues?
I don't have another Mac to attach the drive to.
How is this RAID attached, SCSI, FireWire, SATA or what? How was the RAID created, Disk Utility or third party software and have you verified the integrity of the RAID?
The RAID is attached via SCSI. In an attempt to solve this finder issue I re-installed the drivers to the most current drivers available and in doing so updated any firmware....and there was no change. I was not the one who set up the RAID so I don't know how it was created. It's an Enhance UltraStore R16 and I've been using it without issues since January 2007 and this freezing thing has been intermittent for a few months now but now it's constant and annoying. I've verified the disk through disk utility but I don't have any software to check the integrity otherwise. Do you have any recommendations as to what software I could use to do this?
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