Finder is lagging!

Hello,
I ran a Software Update today and now I can't use the Finder for anything! I get the infamous spinning ball and when I force quit the finder it relaunches and all is well. When I tried to empty the trash I got the same thing. Any suggestions?

I started having exactly the same problem about 12 hours ago, no light to shed, I guess I'll have to open a support case.

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Issue with query to find the lag data

Hello PL/SQL Gurus/Experts,
I am not able to extract the data with the following table structure -
drop table T2;
create table T2(Stream, Trade, Fees) as select
'MECHNICAL', 'Primary', '5534500' from dual union all select
'ELECTRICAL', 'Secondary', '5285500' from DUAL union all select
'MECHNICAL', 'Secondary', '2364535' from dual union all select
'ELECTRICAL', 'Primary', '1734540' from DUAL union all select
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'ELECTRONICS', 'Secondary', '4543200' from DUAL union all select
'COMPUTERS', 'Secondary', '5534500' from DUAL union all select
'CIVIL', 'Primary', '2345500' from DUAL union all select
'CIVIL', 'Secondary', '4456500' from DUAL union all select
'COMPUTERS', 'Primary', '9542500' from DUAL;I want to extract the data in following format -
Stream          Trade          Fees
MECHNICAL     Primary          5534500
          Secondary          2364535
ELECTRICAL     Primary          1734540
          Secondary      5285500
ELECTRONICS     Primary          5004567
          Secondary        4543200
CIVIL          Primary          2345500
          Secondary         4456500
MBE          Primary
          Secondary      3424500
Total                    34693342Now if if i am using the following query -
SELECT CASE WHEN LAG(Stream||Trade) OVER (ORDER BY Stream, Trade, Fees) = Stream||Trade THEN NULL ELSE Stream END Stream
     , CASE WHEN LAG(Stream||Trade) OVER (ORDER BY Stream, Trade, Fees) = Stream||Trade THEN NULL ELSE Trade END Trade
     , CASE WHEN LAG(Fees) OVER (partition by Stream||Trade ORDER BY Stream, Trade, Fees) = Fees THEN NULL ELSE Fees END Fees
FROM (     select distinct Stream, Trade, Fees from T2 ORDER BY Stream, Trade, Fees);
SELECT NVL2(LAG(Trade) OVER (PARTITION BY Stream, Trade ORDER BY Stream, Trade, Fees),Null,Trade) Trade,
     NVL2(LAG(Stream) OVER (PARTITION BY Stream, Trade ORDER BY Stream, Trade, Fees),Null,Stream) Stream,
     Fees
from (select distinct Stream, Trade, Fees from T2)Kindly help me ...
Thank you all for your time and effort in advance.

This way!!!
select a.stream2 stream, trade, sum(fees)
from (
        select case row_number() over(partition by stream order by trade)
        when 1 then stream
        else 'Unknown' end stream2,trade, fees
        from t2
        order by stream, trade
       ) a
where a.stream2 != 'Unknown'
group by a.stream2, trade;
STREAM      TRADE     SUM(FEES)
ELECTRICAL Primary   1734540
MECHNICAL   Primary   5534500
COMPUTERS   Primary   9542500
MBE         Primary
ELECTRONICS Primary   5004567
CIVIL       Primary   2345500PS:- Use instead of {CODE}
Also, use != instead of <> while pasting the code on Forum. <> is converted to NULL or probably ignored.

Screen Sharing display of Finder app lags & black patches

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Description of Problem:
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Message was edited by: Scott P.

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