Finder Not Responding OS 10.4

HELP! While dragging a bunch of photos from a file to the Trash, I accidently dropped them on the desktop. I now have over 4,000 photos copying to my iMac desktop--or trying to. Finder is not responding. I have relaunched and forced a restart. It has been more than an hour and my desktop appears to be frozen--or, at best, still "working".
Is there anything I can do to stop the copy process? Do you think it will eventually finish copying?

Keep an eye on disk space. If it ever flows over 85% full, most have found that to be the point of diminishing returns when it comes to filling up the hard drive. Burn to CD and DVD what you can beyond that until you can get another drive. See my backup FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
and my disk full FAQ
http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html
Hopefully that will help you in the future.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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Hello guy,
I ask this for help, yesterday i upgrade the OS X Maverick, after finish all the the installation,
now my finder not responding even i try to relaunch many times, or can say that can't open Finder right now.
So what can i do? can anyone tell me here?

If that doesn't fix it try starting in Safe Mode and see if the problem still occurs?
Restart holding the "shift" key.
(Expect it to take longer to start this way because it runs a directory check first.)
If this works look in System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login items and delete any third party login items (-), you can always add them back with the (+). Don’t just “hide” them by checkmark.

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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Enter the name of the crashed application or process (Finder) in the Filter text field. Post the messages from the time of the last crash, if any — the text, please, not a screenshot.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into a message.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out by search-and-replace in a text editor before posting.
Step 2
Still in the Console window, look under User Diagnostic Reports for crash reports related to the process. The report name starts with the name of the crashed process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report and post the entire contents — again, the text, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

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If you haven't already done so, reboot and try again.

Computer Freezes - Finder (not responding)

So I've tried as many fixes and solutions that I could find and nothing is correcting what's happening. Even after deleting my hard drive and doing a clean install of Mavericks from a usb drive. I can use the computer for maybe a 1/2 hour and then it completely freezes up and in Task Manager it says the Finder is not responding. I can work in Safe boot mode fine, which makes me thing its a hardware issue. But I've done a hardware test (restart, hold "D", do test) and it says there is no problems.
I heavily depend on my computer for work so this very frustrating. Any help would be appreciated. Here is my latest Etrecheck file:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
          1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          16 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:4:35
Disk Information:
          APPLE SSD SM512E disk0 : (500.28 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.42 GB (470 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          C-Media Electronics Inc.       USB PnP Sound Device
          Focusrite A.E. Ltd Impulse
          Newer Technology, Inc. miniStack v3 500.11 GB
                    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Newertech miniStack V3 (disk1s2) /Volumes/Newertech miniStack V3: 499.76 GB (181.6 GB free)
          iLok iLok
FireWire Information:
          Focusrite LIQUID_SAFFIRE_56 400mbit - 400mbit max
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
                    Belkin International, Inc. Express Dock
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [not loaded] tc.tctechnologies.Saffire.plist
Launch Agents:
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          None
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               5%          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
               1%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          fontd
               0%          hidd
               0%          coreservicesd
               0%          notifyd
               0%          opendirectoryd
               0%          Dock
               0%          imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
          213 MB             com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          197 MB             Safari
          138 MB             WindowServer
          131 MB             com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          98 MB              Finder
          82 MB              Dock
          66 MB              soagent
          66 MB              CalendarAgent
          49 MB              com.apple.dock.extra
          49 MB              ubd
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          12.76 GB           Free RAM
          1.94 GB            Active RAM
          362 MB             Inactive RAM
          971 MB             Wired RAM
          174 MB             Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs

tctechnologies.Saffire.plist
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It may be the Saffire hardware causing the problem not to mention the Saffire.plist.
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
/Library/LaunchDaemons
Click Go then move the Saffire.plist file to the Trash.
Then restart your Mac.

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I have had an interesting week. Beginning on Tuesday, my computer began acting unstable. Tried to reinstall the operating system - caused me to replace the current disk with my weekly backup disk. Yet, when I operate the current system, I find that programs (except those requiring video such as DVD player or Quicktime) work well but the finder is not responding. Was able to run EtreCheck. According to the report, the only process was that highlighted in red was com.apple.iconServices Agent.
I have repaired permissions and cleaned the cache. Attached is the report from EtreCheck. Any ideas what is going wrong and how to correct it? TIA.
Steve
Hardware Information:
          Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
          Mac Pro - model: MacPro5,1
          1 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPU: 4 cores
          14 GB RAM
Video Information:
          ATI Radeon HD 5770 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 21:2:43
Disk Information:
          HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH80N disk8 : (7.43 GB)
          ST3000DM001-1CH166 disk2 : (3 TB)
                    EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh Initial HD (disk2s2) /Volumes/Macintosh Initial HD: 3 TB (2.51 TB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk2s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          ST3000DM001-9YN166 disk3 : (3 TB)
                    EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh (disk3s2) /Volumes/Macintosh: 3 TB (2.51 TB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk3s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          ST4000DM000-1F2168 disk0 : (4 TB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 4 TB (1.33 TB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 784.2 MB
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          Recovery HD (disk13s3) <not mounted>: 784.2 MB
          Seagate Backup Disk (disk5s1) /Volumes/Seagate Backup Disk: 4 TB (1.38 TB free)
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          disk4s1s1 (disk4s1s1) <not mounted>: 18 KB
          Citizen Watch (disk4s1s2) /Volumes/Citizen Watch: 187.9 MB (Zero KB free)
          LaCie File Storage (disk11s1) /Volumes/LaCie File Storage: 1.72 TB (798.34 GB free)
          LACIE SHARE (disk11s2) /Volumes/LACIE SHARE: 280.06 GB (279.21 GB free)
          TOSHIBA EXT (disk10s1) /Volumes/TOSHIBA EXT: 1 TB (773.59 GB free)
          Seagate Backup Plus Disk (disk14s1) /Volumes/Seagate Backup Plus Disk: 4 TB (3.88 TB free)
FireWire Information:
          LaCie d2 Quadra v2B 800mbit - 800mbit max
                    EFI (disk7s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    LaCie Backup (disk7s2) /Volumes/LaCie Backup: 3 TB (625.64 GB free)
          LaCie d2 Quadra v2B 800mbit - 800mbit max
                    EFI (disk6s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    LaCie (disk6s2) /Volumes/LaCie: 3 TB (201.15 GB free)
          Other World Computing OEM ATA Device 00 400mbit - 800mbit max
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [not loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
          [not loaded] com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
          [not loaded] com.dymo.pnpd.plist
          [loaded] com.fitbit.galileod.plist
          [not loaded] com.flipvideo.FlipShareServer.launchd.plist
          [not loaded] com.iospirit.candelair.daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.iospirit.candelair.sync.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist
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          [loaded] com.micromat.CheckmateIdleDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.micromat.CheckmateWorkerDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist
          [not loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.plist
          [not loaded] com.smithmicro.schedulerdaemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.sonycorporation.BloggieInstallerAgent.plist
          [not loaded] fi.polar.polard.plist
          [not loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [not loaded] com.bjango.istatlocal.plist
          [not loaded] com.docudesk.deskpdf.userdaemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist
          [not loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.maintain.PurgeInactiveMemory.plist
          [not loaded] com.maintain.Restart.plist
          [not loaded] com.maintain.ShutDown.plist
          [loaded] com.maintain.SystemEvents.plist
          [loaded] com.micromat.CheckmateAgent.plist
          [loaded] com.rosettastone.rosettastonedaemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.sony.BloggieSoftware.AutoRun.plist
          [loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
          [loaded] jp.co.canon.CUPSCMFP.BG.plist
          [loaded] jp.co.canon.CUPSFAX.BG.plist
          [loaded] jp.co.canon.ScanGearMF.appl.Canon-MF-Scan-Agent.plist
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          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.df0ab5bbe6f698196fcc21e3c1e66dcb758bd911f4d637272d9d8109.plist
          [loaded] com.ecamm.printopia.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist
          [not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist
          [not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist
          [loaded] com.macupdate.desktop5.scanner.plist
          [loaded] com.nero.HSMMonitor.plist
          [loaded] com.seagate.mediasync.plist
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          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
          [loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
          [loaded] de.writeitstudios.cookiestumbleragent.plist
User Login Items:
          Citations
          AirPort Base Station Agent
          ChronoSyncBackgrounder
          Jawbone Updater
          Alfred 2
          Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper
          TransmitMenu
          Dropbox
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          PenTablet
          BodyMedia SYNC
          EarthDesk
          F10 Launch Studio
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          GlimmerBlocker
          Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X
          Printopia
          TextExpander
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          Default Browser.plugin
          DYMO NPAPI Addin.plugin
          DYMO Safari Addin.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          GarminGpsControl.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          LogitechHarmony.plugin
          net.juniper.DSSafariExtensions.plugin
          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
          PDF Browser Plugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          WacomNetscape.plugin
          WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes by CPU:
              11%          Google Chrome
              10%          WindowServer
               1%          SystemUIServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          Carbon Copy Cloner
               0%          Dropbox
               0%          Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper
               0%          Canon FAX BackGrounder
               0%          Canon CMFP BackGrounder
               0%          fontd
Top Processes by Memory:
          631 MB             com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          318 MB             Google Chrome Helper
          301 MB             rsync
          301 MB             Google Chrome
          244 MB             Dock
          244 MB             WindowServer
          172 MB             mds_stores
          143 MB             softwareupdated
          143 MB             MacKeeper Helper
          115 MB             Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics
          4.94 GB            Free RAM
          6.29 GB            Active RAM
          1.51 GB            Inactive RAM
          1.24 GB            Wired RAM
          6.13 GB            Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs

When you next have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Scroll back in the log to the time you noted above. Select any messages timestamped from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first. Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Finder not responding, after upgrade to 10.6.4

Ever since i upgraded os x to 10.6.4, the finder has been not responding whatsoever.
My hard drive still has more than 100GB (out of total 250GB). and i have used Terminal to delete files in trash and nothing left in my desktop.
When i connect my Time Machine external backup drive, i cannot open Time Machine neither.
The even more serious problem is that I couldn't even save my files to another location or open files (e.g. using Pages - Files - Open...) from other locations.
I tried to verify and repair the disk using Disk Utility; it doesn't work neither. it says it cannot repair the disk.
I also tried to boot by Mac OS Installation Disk and then use the Disk Utility; nothing helps.
I hope my description has been enough for you to analyse what could have happened and give possible solutions.
Many thanks!

I tried to verify and repair the disk using Disk Utility; it doesn't work neither. it says it cannot repair the disk.
Well there's your problem! If you have unfixable disk damage on your boot drive, it's going to cause file corruption which can in turn cause many widely varying problems.
First thing you need to do is make sure you've got a good backup. If you don't have any backups, it could be too late... with disk damage, any of your files could be corrupt at this point. But do what you can. See my [Mac Backup Guide|http://www.reedcorner.net/thomas/guides/backups> for help with that.
Second, you can try to repair the drive using a different tool, such as [DiskWarrior|http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html] or [TechTool Pro|http://www.micromat.com>. However, IMHO this is unlikely to help if you're already experiencing symptoms of file corruption, which you are. But it's something to try. (I don't actually own either of those utilities, because I always make the assumption that if my hard drive is badly damaged, so might my system files be, so on the rare occasion this happens I just go straight to the step below.)
If nothing else works, you'll need to erase your hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch, then restore your data from backups. You'll want to restore as little as possible from the backup when it comes to settings files, as those could be damaged and could bring instability back into your squeaky clean new system.

Finder Not responding after result of moving all my music HELP

I am really panicing here and you probibly get this allot but....
i was moving some duplicate songs into the trash and selected the wrong files to delete and moved all my music to the trash so i thought no problem i will get it out of the trash and put it into a temporary file so that it does not clutter my desktop so i did that. then i moved all my files by accident and now they sit on my dekstop, the problem now is that my music is on my desktop but i cannot acess my finder as it is not responding and taking up all my cpu. i don't want to be drastic and replace my os to solve the problem becuase i really need my music back. and i don't want to lose any of my music as me being like everyone else have not backed it up.
is there a solution to this where i don't have to replace my os or lose any of my music. because my finder is not responding i cannot acess spotlight properly and get all my music back help please anyone i am realy panicing here :>

The exact string given will move the current desktop folder to a folder named OldDesktop which is located directly inside your home folder; this is the folder in the Finder's sidebar with the house icon. Once done, the Finder should become more responsive, and you can retrieve the items you want on your desktop from the OldDesktop folder. Nothing will be deleted from the computer.
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Finder not responding after accidentally copying loads of huge files onto desktop

I accidentally copied a whole folder of huge photos onto my desktop and now finder is not responding. I've tried force quitting it and relaunching it but it keeps crashing and not responding again. Anyone help??! Please and thank you
im on a iMac running OS x 10.8.5

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Finder "Not Responding" after start-up

I'm trying to help my family member solve a long-distance mac problem, so I'll share as much detail as I've been able to gather through screen sharing. For about 3 weeks his iMac has been running slow, to the point of almost being un-usable, so I set up a guest account for him and it runs fine. After checking out activity monitor with nothing running, it appears finder is the problem, using about 40-70% of the CPU and also marked in red as 'Not Responding'. Force quitting and relaunching finder only results in it immediately returning to "not responding" once its finished re-launching.
I've tried to research solutions, but everything I have found give suggestions like deleting .plist files and re-copying image files, all of which requires using the Finder, which as I said, is not responding. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

That sounds pretty bad. You can modify PLIST files without Finder, though, using Textedit. You'd have to start it in sudo mode though, if you are modifying system files, which you do in Terminal using the command
"sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit". TextEdit will open, and you can choose a file (file>open) then modify and save it without permission troubles.
You will need an admin password. And of course, with some difficulty, Terminal can do ANYTHING that Finder can do as long as you know how (you can just Google stuff). I don't know what other people told you to do, but you can do it without Finder given the proper research.
You might also want to do a permissions check in Disk Utility. That sometimes fixes the problem or helps you locate it.
If all fails, you can reinstall the OS, of course.
Message was edited by: Mac OS 9000

Hi! new to imac, just updated to mac os x 10.7.3 and it changed my language to greek (same as my location). original set up in English. Finder not responding and i want to change it back to en. please help!!!

hi! new to imac, just updated to mac os x 10.7.3 and it changed my language to greek (same as my location). original set up was in English. Finder is not responding - i have tried to change it from system preferences but to no avail. I really want to change it back to en. please help!!! Thanks

It sounds like you might need to reinstall.
If you can open Terminal, this note might be worth a try:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4102

Finder not responding and missing desktop

When shutting down this computer all of the icons on the desk top
started flashing and a window opened for a few seconds then closed on
it's own. This happened for several minutes. I pushed the reset button
to restart and when it came back up all of the desk top icons were gone
and the "finder" icon on the toolbar would not respond....holding the
cursor over the icon and right clicking will bring up the "open" command
but clicking on it does nothing.
The other applications on the toolbar seem to work fine but it seems
like the hard drive (and the external drive) have been shut down or
maybe erased. Have you any idea where to start looking to fix this?
After poking around last night, I came across the logs in "about this computer". I don't understand all of the lists, but one at the end shows
Computer npcdaemon[109]: Can't Launch Kernel Extension (-2).\n
This particular entry is from this morning when I started up the system.
I will take your advice and go to the apple store. We have the disks for a re-install and for "restore" but I don't want to run those until we can back up some of the stuff from various applications.

Might try this, Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

Finder not responding - solved

I had an issue with Finder not responsing after 10.8.1 upgrade. Rigth clikcing finder in dock would show it as "application not responding", with "relaunch" as the only option. Relaunch did not relaunch, and did not correct the issue. If the finder menu was up, cursor would spin with color wheel, and no response. Retsart did not solve the issue.
I tracked the issue to permissions. Rather than edit the plist, I used the Permissions Repair utility, which may be accessed via launch control, given that finder is not working.
Ran the "repair permissions" option and restarted. All now working fine.

Hi, see if you can do this..
First, Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, test if things work OK in Safe Mode.
Then move these files to the Desktop for now...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
Reboot & test.
Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.

After installing maverick, finder not responding!

Hi everyone,
Yesterday I installed Maverick on my Macbook Air and then i lost my desktop! I use Lion 10.9.1. Now the finder is not working. When I right click on it on dock, it doesn't allow me to open it. at the top of list it says ''application not responding''. The only way for me to access the top bar is by opening other app such as safari. The fans are also making a lot of noise. I tried to log in as guest and nothing has changed! I need help.. thank you!

Start with the steps below. They may or may not solve the problem.
Uninstall SIMBL as follows. Back up all data before making any changes.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
/Library
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V), and press return. A folder will open. From that folder, delete the items listed below (some may be absent.) You may be prompted for your administrator login password.
Application Support/SIMBL
InputManagers/SIMBL
LaunchAgents/net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
ScriptingAdditions/SIMBL.osax
Log out and log back in.
Make sure you never reinstall SIMBL. It’s likely to come bundled with another third-party system modfication that depends on it. If you want trouble-free computing, avoid software that makes miraculous changes to other software, especially built-in applications. The only real exception to that rule is Safari extensions, which are mostly safe, and are easy to get rid of when they don’t work. SIMBL and its dependents are not Safari extensions.
Launch the Font Book application and validate all fonts. You must select the fonts in order to validate them. See the built-in help and this support article for instructions. If Font Book finds any issues, resolve them.
From the application's menu bar, select
File ▹ Restore Standard Fonts...
You'll be prompted to confirm, and then to enter your administrator login password.
Boot in safe mode to rebuild the font caches. Boot again as usual and test.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode. In that case, ask for instructions.
Also note that if you deactivate or remove any built-in fonts, for instance by using a third-party font manager, the system may become unstable.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box marked Allow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Enter the following command in the Terminal window in the same way as before (triple-click, copy, and paste):
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -R $UID:staff ~ $_ ; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ ; } 2>&-
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1 or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Boot into Recovery. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.

Finder not responding for uploads

When trying to upload files Finder pop-up does appear but does not respond. The little round circle appears and unable to select any files. Must do a force quite of Finder .

Try a simple step first. Log out or restart the computer. Test. If there's no change, see below.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take the action that isn't working. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name or email address, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

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