Finder keeps "Not Responding" - am having to do hard shutdowns to reboot
I keep getting Apps and the Finder freezing and going into "Not Responding" mode.
I then have to reboot the machine by hold the power button down.
I've tried using the Disk Utilities app to repair the disks and fix the permissions, but no luck.
What else might be causing this?
Does the machine make
Any type of hardware failure could be the issue, or it could be the system on the disk is damaged or corrupted in some way.
It sound like you need to isolate the fault by eliminating the variables.
Start by unplugging all non essential devices (like extra USB, Firewire disks, use a wired mouse, an Apple keyboard if possible etc) see if the freeze still happens.
Try booting to safe mode http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564 (hold shift after the startup chime - the login window should say 'Safe Mode').
Do you have the grey software install disks that came with the Mac? They have 'Apple Hardware Test' that is designed to scan the system for memory faults & common hardware problems.
The grey disk will have the instructions printed on the disk I think it involves holding H at boot with the disk inserted. It takes a while to load from disk, then you run the test & see what the report says.
The best way to isolate the system (and it's disk) is to install a clean OS on another disk & see if it still happens when booted from that disk. If it still happens make sure the only connected disk is the 'new test' disk (to rule out hardware faults on the current disk). You can use an iPod or large USB stick for this but it will run really slowly due to the disk read/write speed (some older models don't support USB booting).
It could be file system corruption on the boot disk or on any other internal external disks, so make sure they check out with Disk Utilities verify/ repair disk feature.
/Applications/Utilities/Console will help you read log files, there may be a pattern that appears at the point of each lock up, make a note the time of freezes if you plan to look at logs - they are most confusing though
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To cut a long story short, I got a video ipod and needed to upgrade my OSX to 10.3.4, I did so and all my applications work, I didn't lose anything and everything appears to be fine, however, my finder will not respond. If I right-click it in the dock it just displays "Finder not responding" and in the top tool bar nothing appears apart from the relevant menus to any application (but not the finder menus).
If I go into Word and try to save something, I can see my Hard disk and desktop folders, but they don't appear on the desktop itself.
I'm quite frustrated, please help if you have any ideas.
Thank you.
G3 Laptop Mac OS X (10.3.4)Hello again Colin
Sounds like time for plan B.
1. Put your OS 10.3.4 startup disk in the machine.
2. Turn the machine off using the power button.
3. Wait a few seconds.
4. Turn the machine on whilst holding down the 'c' key. It will take longer than usual to start up but should start using the operating system on the disk.
5. Once up and running take your finger off the 'c' key (you cn take it off earlier than this but as this is your first time keep it there).
6. In the finder open applications/utilities/disk utility.
7. Select the hard drive icon that appears in the top of the left hand directory window.
8. Click on repair permissions.
9. Go and make a cup of tea (if this is the first time you have done this it will take some time).
10. If you get any red messages once permissions have been repaired, unlikely, run disk permissions again until all appears OK (no redness!)
11. Restart your machine using the apple menue comand in the normal way (touch no keys).
This is the maintenance/repair permissions process we are talking about. It is best to do this (from your hard drive when not having problems) before and after any software installations, including software update, and on a monthly/6 wekly basis in any case.
If this does not work we will need to resort to you getting hold of a copy of disk warrior. But post back if the above process does not help. The recent Itunes update has presented a few challenges (whith an unlikely solution!) but we need your finder to be at least available to fix that problem if you have it.
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How do you shut down a computer safely when Finder is not responding?
I've been having some problem with my Mac OS X lately where Aperture has been "not responding". Stupidly, I used forced shutdown of that program until I learned how bad this is. So today I'm working on my mac (trying to learn what's wrong with Aperture) and the beachball for Finder starts spinning and the program is not responding. How do I restart or shut down without damaging anything? I could "force quit" but don't know if this is bad for Finder, as it is bad for Aperture. Help!
Hi suzyfromks,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
If a single application is unresponsive, you don't have any other option but to Force Quit.
Then I would suggest quitting your other open applications normally, and starting the computer in Safe Mode as explained in this article.
Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1199
Regarding Aperture, I would suggest making sure you have a Time Machine backup of your computer, and follow these troubleshooting steps:
Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3805
I hope this information helps ....
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Finder is not responding....its fully blank
when i was trashing the files ..at that time my mac book pro hang up for a minute and i just shut down it,while i opening my mac the finder was not responding
its fully blank..... now it dosent show its version too .Option-Click on Finder in the Dock, and select Relaunch.
Alternatively or if relaunching doesn't clear this, reboot. -
Greetings
I am a new Mac user and I have a new Macbook Air.
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Screwed around another 1/2 hour and THEEEENNNN, all 3 systems started working OK. Cannot recreate the problem and I don't have a clue as to what I did to correct the problem!
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