Finder Relaunch Loop

WOW this is maddening!
My primary machine is a new Mac Pro. I've been using it for a few months now, no problems. I was closing a file in Illustrator CS2 this afternoon and all of a sudden the Finder went crazy! Just relaunching itself every 5 or 6 seconds...my desktop icons are only visible for less than a second so I can not click on my hard drive or anything except an application in my dock. I'm the only user of the machine, there is no other user name in it. I'm typing this from my secondary machine.
I have a few live project files on the desktop, in Word, iMovie, Illustrator, etc...none of which I can access....AAAHHH!!!
ANY help is GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks.
Mike
macpro 2ghz dual core, 2gb ram Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 super drives, 160gb hard drive, 500gb hard drive

If you can use your Finder at all, navigate to ~(yourhome)/library/preferences and trash these two files:
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
Then log out and back in again. Or restart.
(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)
If not try starting in "Safe Mode". Then try deleting the same 2 files.
-mj
[email protected]

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Finder Crash and Relaunch Loop

Firstly, let me state that I have read the other threads regarding this issue and followed them to the point where I feel this is almost fixed; I do have more information and perhaps my problem is unique so please bear with me and forgive me for starting a new thread...I just don't want this to get buried under another solved issue for someone else.
The issue: After shutting down my computer normally and starting up again, I'm presented with the issues everyone else describes as the Finder crash/relaunch loop. It comes up witha message for restoring the windows or not. The standard error all the other threads describe.
Troubleshooting it:
Removed the com.apple.finder.plist first; this got rid of the "restore windows" dialog but the issue remained with Finder restarting over and over and no items on my Desktop were showing.
After booting into Recovery mode and using the Disk Utility to verify/repair the permissions I restarted. This did not do anything toward solving the issue and the "restore windows" dialog was back; presumably the preferences file only fixed this temporarily or something until a restart.
Created a new user account; this account works great! I have no issues with it whatsoever, leading me to believe that the OS is actually fine...it's just some file on my user account that's corrupted or something like that.
Following yet another thread I moved ALL my files from my desktop to another folder (Documents but it really doesn't matter where as long as it's not the Desktop). I did this via the terminal using the move command -- see http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060308010111601
After moving the files, I wento ~/Library/Preferences again and removed com.apple.finder.plist and HOORAY IT WORKED! Temporarily, that is.
Now I'm stuck because if I don't have anything on my Desktop it works. I thought maybe it was because I was moving the corrupted file (maybe due to a font like some threads suggest) back to the Desktop but this happens even if I simply create a new folder on the Desktop from scratch.
So now the issue is: what is going on with my Desktop and why whenever I have a folder/file on it does it cause Finder to go into a crash/relaunch loop?
Thanks for reading and hopefully someone can help with this strange issue. Thanks!

As with what ususally happens when I post a detailed forum question I've figured the issue out myself right afterwards.
After doing the above steps I then removed the .DS_Store file on the Desktop. I suppose that's what was corrupted because now I can move files to the Desktop and create new folder, etc. without any issues.
Hopefully this helps someone but if it's redundant feel free to delete it; I'm not seeing the option to do so here.

Finder in crash-relaunch-loop after installing Quicktime 7.1.5

hi,
after installing Quicktime 7.1.5 (using all the prescribed precautions!) and restarting, Finder keeps hanging in a in crash-relaunch-loop.
I tried everything: Replace Finder.app with a backed-up version; delete com.apple.finder.plist: Finder keeps crashing!
I attach the crash-report.
Greetings
Thomas_U
finder-crash-log:
Date/Time: 2007-03-06 15:11:31.688 +0100
OS Version: 10.4.8 (Build 8L127)
Report Version: 4
Command: Finder
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Parent: WindowServer [115]
Version: 10.4.6 (10.4.6)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: Finder_FE
Source Version: 5292800
PID: 908
Thread: Unknown
Exception: EXCBADINSTRUCTION (0x0002)
Code[0]: 0x00000002
Code[1]: 0x9f73b21c
Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000ab48 machmsgtrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000aa9c mach_msg + 60
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x902b0b78 __CFRunLoopRun + 832
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x902b047c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9201e740 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92053270 AnimateBar(void*, unsigned char, unsigned char) + 416
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9203f7d0 ShowBar(unsigned char, unsigned char) + 412
7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9203f5e0 SetMenuBarObscured + 200
8 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9209b89c HIApplication::HandleActivated(OpaqueEventRef*, unsigned char, OpaqueWindowPtr*) + 212
9 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92020824 HIApplication::EventObserver(unsigned long, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 208
10 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9201d060 _NotifyEventLoopObservers + 196
11 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92020374 AcquireEventFromQueue + 288
12 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9201dd6c ReceiveNextEventCommon + 276
13 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92062ee4 AcquireNextEventInMode + 72
14 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92062cd4 RunApplicationEventLoop + 132
15 com.apple.finder 0x00008960 0x1000 + 31072
16 com.apple.finder 0x00004f18 0x1000 + 16152
17 com.apple.finder 0x00069ff0 0x1000 + 430064
18 com.apple.finder 0x00069e98 0x1000 + 429720
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002e88c kevent + 12
1 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x909f9eb0 TFSNotificationTask::FSNotificationTaskProc(void*) + 56
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9f7868c4 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 76
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002b508 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bbc8 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900306ac pthreadcondwait + 480
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9f786ab4 MPWaitOnQueue + 224
3 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x909fa52c TNodeSyncTask::SyncTaskProc(void*) + 116
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9f7868c4 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 76
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002b508 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000ab48 machmsgtrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000aa9c mach_msg + 60
2 com.unsanity.ape 0xc0001b54 _apeagent + 296
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002b508 pthreadbody + 96
Unknown thread crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x000000009f73b21c srr1: 0x000000000008d030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x24000002 xer: 0x0000000020000000 lr: 0x000000000077f374 ctr: 0x000000009f73b214
r0: 0x000000007f5fbeef r1: 0x0000000000000000 r2: 0x0000000000625c50 r3: 0x00000000bf01ffe0
r4: 0x000000004afff002 r5: 0x000000009247a30c r6: 0x0000000000000002 r7: 0x0000000060000000
r8: 0x000000006000beef r9: 0x000000007c0903a6 r10: 0x0000000090000cf0 r11: 0x0000000000780070
r12: 0x000000009f73b214 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
r16: 0x0000000000000000 r17: 0x0000000000000000 r18: 0x0000000000000000 r19: 0x0000000000000000
r20: 0x0000000000000000 r21: 0x0000000000000000 r22: 0x0000000000000000 r23: 0x0000000000000000
r24: 0x0000000000000000 r25: 0x000000004afff002 r26: 0x000000000077f014 r27: 0x00000000007800c8
r28: 0x00000000bf01ffe0 r29: 0x0000000000000000 r30: 0x0000000000000000 r31: 0x000000000077f214
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I am having the exact same problem despite our Macs being different.
Replied to your post: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=879140&tstart=0
I downloaded QT 7.1.3 but can not install it back...come on Apple!

Can Not Find Apple Loops files that came with Logic 7

I recently reinstalled my system and upgraded to leopard but am still running Logic 7.
My problem is that all of the apple loops that came with the application are no longer accessable for some reason.
I can view all of the loops in the loop browser, but any time I click on one to preview, it comes up with this error message: "Club Dance Beat 038.caf" - what kind of file is this?" It seems like all of the files are .caf.
When I search my system to try and find the loops, I cant find any loops that seem to go with logic. There are apple loops for garage band and soundtrack pro but not logic.
Can anyone help me in accessing my apple loops for logic? Shouldnt these things just come with the application when I install it? That does not seem to be the case here for whatever reason.
thanks much
Jesse

Jesse C. wrote:
I recently reinstalled my system and upgraded to leopard but am still running Logic 7.
My problem is that all of the apple loops that came with the application are no longer accessable for some reason.
I can view all of the loops in the loop browser, but any time I click on one to preview, it comes up with this error message: "Club Dance Beat 038.caf" - what kind of file is this?" It seems like all of the files are .caf.
When I search my system to try and find the loops, I cant find any loops that seem to go with logic. There are apple loops for garage band and soundtrack pro but not logic.
Can anyone help me in accessing my apple loops for logic? Shouldnt these things just come with the application when I install it? That does not seem to be the case here for whatever reason.
thanks much
Jesse
Your "problem" is that you now own the Garageband Loops, which are in the new .caf format.
Your version of Logic cannot open these files.
These .caf files were introduced with Logic 8. You would do good to upgrade Logic, if you really need to use those files.
Cheers

Finder relaunches when viewing M2V file info ...

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but I imagine I'm most likely to find an answer here. So, here it goes:
As the topic states, the Finder relaunches itself whenever I try to view the file info of a M2V file. This happens when I'm attempting to "Get Info" or simply scrolling the window to the right. More specifically, this occurs when I reach the "Kind" column (removing "Kind" from the window disables the problem). While I wouldn't mind simply excluding "Kind" from my windows, I am still unable to "Get Info" on any M2V files. Any ideas why this may be occuring?
The Files:
- compressed with Compressor 2.0.1, via Final Cut Pro 5.0.2 (source media uses "Animation" codec)
- MPEG-2 compression
- 1-pass, 7.5 Mbs CBR, 29.97fps progressive, 720x 480
The System:
- Dual 1.8GHz PowerPC G5
- 2.5 GB RAM
- 372.62 GB SATA RAID (96.11 GB available)
- OS 10.3.9 (all "Software Updates" installed)
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
take care & God bless,
Steve Cole

I suspect you are seeing a variation of the problem discussed in the following link:
Waymen, "quicktime 7.0.2. and m2v" #4, 11:35pm Sep 8, 2005 CDT
However, since you experience a crash in the Finder when you try to access the Get Info you will have to use a different technique to reset the file association. Select one of the .m2v files that is giving you a problem and then do a control-click (or right click) to show the Finder's contextual menu, then go to the Open With item and select Other... and click the Always Open With checkbox and then navigate to your QuickTime Player and select it as the application to open. This will change the file association for the .m2v file kind and it should fix the problem. You may want to do a system reboot after you do the above fix.
Summary: control-click or right click on the problem .m2v file then:
Open With -> Other... -> (select "Always Open With" checkbox) -> Open (choose) QuickTime Player.
If this suggestion helps in any way, a confirmation or acknowledgment would be appreciated, since that would also help others who may be having the same difficulty. Do for others as you would have them help you.

Luxadm probe / Could not find the loop address for the device at physical path

Using EMC FibreChannel Disks on a Solaris 10
# luxadm probe
No Network Array enclosures found in /dev/es
Error: Could not find the loop address for the device at physical path.
# echo $?
255
Any ideas how to fix?
Thank,
Marcel

Hi Marcel,
Which Solaris 10 release is this?
I found a very old bug that says this problem is already fixed in Solaris 10 although the bug description says
its mostly seen on Solaris 8 and 9.
https://bug.oraclecorp.com/pls/bug/webbug_print.showbug?c_rptno=15123550
The bug says that these errors are displayed when StorADE 2.1 is running its rasagent cron job, which executes a luxadm display.
This process runs in the background so the user is not aware that another luxadm display process is running.
Work-around: Do not run Storade rasagent cron job at same time as another luxadm display process.
I hope this might help to debug this problem but I puzzled why this might be happening if its already fixed.
Let me know if the workaround helps or so I can follow-up with the right support team.
Thanks, Cindy

Persistent repetitive Finder relaunch

Every 90 seconds, my Finder spontaneously quits and relaunches.
Finder window changes made between relaunches aren't saved. (This started after installation of latest version of Quicktime via Software Update.) . . . DiskWarrior v.4 directory replacement does not fix the problem. Applejack aborts in mid-process. (The later has been the case for much longer than the Finder relaunch problem. And Mail stopped being able to Reply or Send a long time ago. . . . But I can live with these for now; I can't live with a Finder relaunch interrupting my work constantly.)

2008-06-10 12:26:48 -0700: Installed "QuickTime" (7.5)
2008-06-10 12:29:59 -0700: Installed "Security Update 2008-003 (PowerPC)" (1.0)
After installing the above Software Update, repairing permissions and restarting, Firefox quit unexpectedly. I rebooted Firefox 3 times and it quit unexpectedly each time. The final unexpected quit left my mouse and keyboard unresponsive on-screen. This has happened occasionally before but would not respond after unplugging the USB and re-plugging in another USB port (usual work-around).
I restarted the computer and since that restart, the Finder relaunches anytime I try to open the Applications Folder on my startup drive. Not only does the Finder relaunch, but it opens the 2 exact same Finder windows as were open when it first crashed.
Things I have tried without success.
1) Started the computer in Target Mode from my G4 PowerBook. Viewed all my Quicksilver's Preferences folders (in Library, System>Library and User>Me>Library) organized by date and compared them with my PowerBook Preferences Folders.
I dragged to the Trash, the Quicksilver User>Me>Library>Preferences that were dated at the time of the original crash, and replaced them with identical Preference files from the same location on my PowerBook. Restarted the Quicksilver logged in to Me. Problem persists.
2) I restarted Quicksilver from Admin User Account (Me User Account is Standard). The problem with the Finder does NOT occur in Admin User Account. Next, I archived Me User Account files to Users>Deleted Users. I restarted in Admin Account and and created a new Me User Account with the same name and password as old Standard Me User Account. Copied Mail and Mail Downloads to Users>Shared folder. (My Quicksilver failed to Sync with dotMac back in March, knew I should have sorted it out, only recent copy of AddressBook and iCal are in deleted Me User Account, ARRRGH!!) Problem persisted in NEW Me User Account both before and after copying Mail etc over. Tried this step 2 more times without copying any old Me User Acount files over. No dice.
3) Downloaded CharlesSoft 'Pacifist' and 10.4.11 Combo disk image. Tried verifying my System Files vs the Disk Image. Didn't understand how, which files and whatnot to repair. There were long logs of files that were suspect in Pacifist's opinion. Significantly exceeds my comfort level. What do Finder files look like in OSX 10.4 and where do they live? I have used Find to find Finder and it doesn't exist as an app?
4) Reset PRAM per another post. Nothing.
On occasion I can use Find to locate an application, drag it to the Dock and launch it. Applications will quit unexpectedly if I try to access the Applications Folder from the internal Application Finder (found this out trying to reload my FONTS in Linotype FontExplorerX had to Force Quit). Spotlight quits when trying to find anything in Applications folder. Find is dicey. Firefox works now. Been to preoccupied with this issue to try working on anything, afraid that the problem is progressive and I'm worried about not being able to BackUp.
MY problem. BackUps 3.1.2 has failed for the last couple weeks. I cannot get it to work. Also, I need my current calendar and address book from my original Me User Account.
Sorry for the long post, I've been living with this for a couple days. Any ideas short of re-installing the System and losing my calendar, address book, keychain etc?

Finder relaunches after opening Apps folder

I've seen other Finder relaunch posts, but the problem I've been having is a bit different.
So, I recently decided to install the beta of Photoshop CS3 to see what it looked like. The installation went fine, and I was able to open the application. After opening it several times, I decided to open my Applications folder.
But for some reason, it was taking longer that it usually does. I could see the spinning wheel in the bottom-right corner of my Finder window, and suddenly, the Finder just relaunched. This has been happening every time I try to open my Applications folder.
So, I deleted the files that seemed to relate to PS CS3, restarted, and it's still happening. I then decided to run my machine in FW Target Drive mode on my second machine. When I tried to open the Applications folder from there, the Finder on my secondary machine restarted.
Can anybody help me out with this? I've already tried deleting my com.apple.finder.plist and that didn't work. I'd really like to be able to access this folder, even though Quicksilver could hold me over until it's fixed. I won't be able to see a Genius until next week, and this is really getting on my nerves
Thanks
-Powerbook 17" 1.33 Ghz, 10.4.8

It sounds to me like there is something inside the Applications folder with an illegal character in the name or some other sort of serious corruption, and when Finder tries to list the contents, it hits the bad file and then crashes.
You could try rebooting from your install disk, dismiss the installer and go to the menu, select Disk Utility and run the Repair Disk and Repair Permissions functions, then restart.
If that doesn't do it, well, no super easy and fast solution occurs to me. I would launch Terminal and see if it will list the contents of the Applications folder. It it will, then I think you would need to create a new folder, call it NewAppsFolder or something, then use Terminal to move everything you want from the old Applications folder to the new one. After you finish that rename Applications to OldApplications, the folder you created to Applications and see if it works. Then try to trash OldApplications. If that seems like a lot of bother, well, it is. Maybe just wait and see if the genius can sort it out.
Francine
Francine
Schwieder

Mac pro finder relaunch by itself when running CS2

Hi, I got my Mac Pro running on Leopard Jan this year. Not long it starts to have issues.
When I am in the midst of doing work cs2, the program suddenly shuts down abruptly, leaving a blue screen for abt ten secs and the other programs (eg. itunes and msn messenger) also shuts down as well. It is as if the finder relaunch automatically but suddenly.
I called applecare but they are not sure whether there's a problem with my OS or hardware.
Anyone can please advise me, I'm exasperated

First of all, I finally figured out that when you write
"com", you mean
computer. :/
Second, I told you in post #1:
CS2 is not supported by Adobe under Leopard. There will be no patches or updates for any version earlier than CS3.
I guess you didn't believe me. :/
Third, you are right. You cannot revert to Tiger because your
"com" won't support it.
In order for an application to run in the native Mac-Intel environment, it has to be written for that CPU. CS2 cannot run natively on a Mac-Intel machine because it was written for PPC Macintosh computers so it needs to run in a software emulation mode called Rosetta. That's the difference between running natively and running in an emulation mode that emulates a pre-Intel PowerMac chip (PPC).

Finder Relaunches Constantly ... Can't Check Crash Logs

I know, I know....
The primary user on this eMac is having serious troubles because Finder relaunches immediately after login then continues to do so, so fast that we can't even start the console to check the logs ... not that this would help anyway because I think one of the problems is that I just used Onyx to clean and delete a bunch of things that I didn't know what were, including logs I think.... I know, I know....
Anyway it's just this one user and we could delete it and start fresh but for reasons I won't go into we'd still be implementing damage control two months from now. What we did is commonly referred to as "Putting all your eggs in one basket."
I just reset PRAM and removed all apps from the login thing. Repaired permissions, etc. I'm still reading threads here about this but the usual thing seems to be checking crash logs and like I said I think that's moot now.

I'm still trying to figure out some other stuff as far as logs but if this helps here are system log entries from the last crashes:
Dec 1 11:35:04 localhost kernel: FWOHCI handleSelfIDInt - nodeID not valid (reset bus and retry 1)
Dec 1 11:35:04 localhost kernel: FWOHCI handleSelfIDInt - nodeID not valid (reset bus and retry 1)
Dec 1 11:43:02 localhost automount[300]: logout notification received.
Dec 1 11:43:02 localhost automount[300]: requesting logout processing.
Dec 1 11:43:02 localhost automount[291]: logout notification received.
Dec 1 11:43:02 localhost automount[291]: requesting logout processing.
Dec 1 11:43:02 localhost automount[300]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
Dec 1 11:43:02 localhost automount[291]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
Dec 1 11:43:09 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/ARD Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARD Agent: ******Launched Agent******
Dec 1 11:43:27 localhost crashdump: Started writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:30 localhost crashdump: Finished writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:32 localhost crashdump: Started writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:34 localhost crashdump: Finished writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:38 localhost crashdump: Started writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:40 localhost crashdump: Finished writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:44 localhost crashdump: Started writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:46 localhost crashdump: Finished writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:49 localhost crashdump: Started writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:53 localhost crashdump: Finished writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:55 localhost crashdump: Started writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:43:57 localhost crashdump: Finished writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:44:01 localhost /usr/libexec/crashreporterd: mach_msg() reply failed: (ipc/send) invalid destination port
Dec 1 11:44:01 localhost crashdump: SampleAllThreads() returned no stacks for pid: 706 name: Finder Unable to determine CPSProcessSerNum pid: 706 name: Finder
Dec 1 11:44:01 localhost crashdump: Started writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:44:01 localhost loginwindow[674]: sendQuitEventToApp (Database Daemon): AESendWithMach returned error -1712
Dec 1 11:44:02 localhost crashdump: Finished writing crash report to: /Users/ml/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
Dec 1 11:44:06 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/ARD Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARD Agent: ******Launched Agent******
Dec 1 11:44:13 localhost automount[291]: logout notification received.
Dec 1 11:44:13 localhost automount[291]: requesting logout processing.
Dec 1 11:44:13 localhost automount[291]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
Dec 1 11:44:13 localhost automount[300]: logout notification received.
Dec 1 11:44:13 localhost automount[300]: requesting logout processing.
Dec 1 11:44:13 localhost automount[300]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
Dec 1 11:44:14 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/ARD Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARD Agent: ******Launched Agent******

Maverick : finder relaunch

Hello everyone
Since I've upgraded my MacBook Pro to OSX Maverick, my finder relaunches every 30 seconds.
I didn't not install any new apps since Maverick
I'm getting crazy, so please someone could help me?
Thx.
Ricky

If you are using Google Dive on Mavericks and your Finder is crashing once a minute,
here is a solution to continue using Google Drive without disabling Google Drive.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23673468#23673468

Finder Relaunching

Hi all. I read through some older threads with similar problems, but I can't get rid of this bug. My system runs fine, but if I open my startup drive, there's a 5 sec. pause then the Finder relaunches. If I open my external drive, then I can access my startup from there. It still relaunches sometimes even there.
As you can see below, Thread 0 crashed, but there isn't any info as to what crashed. I've run the lates Disk Warrior, rebuilt the directories (with a few issues), but at the prompt that says to Save in the final step, it crashes. Not sure if the directories were actually replaced or not.
Booted in safe mode, trashed the finder.plist. Nothing.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Host Name: tccallcntr9
Date/Time: 2006-09-12 15:24:31 -0400
OS Version: 10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
Report Version: 2
Command: Finder
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Version: 10.3.3 (10.3.3)
PID: 423
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xffffc1d5
Thread 0 Crashed:
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900078b8 machmsgtrap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90007438 mach_msg + 0x38
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9004eac8 thread_suspend + 0x5c
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90018e78 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000ea14 pthread_condwait + 0x268
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x962fba50 MPWaitOnQueue + 0xe0
3 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x90948e7c _ZN13TNodeSyncTask12SyncTaskProcEPv + 0x70
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9632cb90 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 0x4c
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 pthreadbody + 0x28
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90018e78 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000ea14 pthread_condwait + 0x268
2 com.apple.finder 0x00073630 0x1000 + 0x72630
3 com.apple.finder 0x0021f40c 0x1000 + 0x21e40c
4 com.apple.finder 0x000733b0 0x1000 + 0x723b0
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 pthreadbody + 0x28
Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90010ccc getattrlist + 0xc
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x962eb6fc getattrlist_retry + 0x6c
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x962ea920 _Z18GetVolFSAttributesP10VolumeInfomPKcmmP15FSAttributeInfommP18FSVolAttributeI nfoPh + 0x198
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x962f1afc ZN10VolFSMount9getattrsEmPKcmmP15FSAttributeInfomPh + 0x34
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x962ee470 _ZN7FSMount8getattrsEmPKcmmP15FSAttributeInfomPh + 0xe0
5 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x962f1644 _Z18GetFSRefAttributesP7FSMountPK12FSRefPrivatemP15FSAttributeInfomPc + 0x68
6 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x962f8630 PBOpenIteratorSync + 0xc8
7 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9630a840 FSOpenIterator + 0x24
8 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9094b3f0 _ZN11TFSIterator5FirstER7TFSInfo + 0x50
9 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x909450e4 _ZN11TFSIterator4NextER7TFSInfo + 0x2c
10 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x90945010 ZN15TDeepFSIterator4NextER7TFSInfoRlS2 + 0x54
11 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x90946350 _ZN15TDeepFSIterator4NextER7TFSInfo + 0x18
12 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9094487c _ZN13THFSPlusSizer6SizingERK7TFSInfo + 0x60
13 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x909635c0 _ZN13THFSPlusSizer4SizeEv + 0x38
14 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x909594d4 _ZN15TFolderSizeTask18FolderSizeTaskProcEPv + 0xd8
15 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9632cb90 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 0x4c
16 libSystem.B.dylib

Alex Campuzano1...
"Command: Finder
Path:/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Version: 10.3.3 (10.3.3)"
That had to happen sometime back in August-2006 or perhaps under another earlier Security Update.
My Finder was Version 10.3.2 for some time prior to the Security Update 2006-004 that shows;
Article ID: 304063
Date Created: July 14, 2006
Date Modified: August 08, 2006
My fix then required me to reformat and start all over.
From what I now know is that I should have just Repaired Permissions and rerun the above mentioned updater. I feel something got messed up with that update because my permissions went wacky.
...Ron
Message was edited by: Ron JACKLE
Perhaps you can see a few items that Updater installs by my picture at the below link.
http://home.insightbb.com/~emac700/AugUpdate.jpg

I just upated to IOS 6 and I cannot find the loop option when I play music

I just upated to IOS 6 and I cannot find the loop option when I play music. Does anyone know where I can turn off loop?

The problem is with facebook, go to settings / facebook / your user name and delete your account, the do a hard reset (home+power for some seconds).
dont need to delete the facebook app! just delete your integrate account from settings
cheers!

Does your finder relaunch every time ?

Since i installed Mavericks the Finder relaunches itself every time (three or more times by minute).
And i also notice that when i open an application in full screen, i can't stay on this wondow's application.
Is it the same for you ?

There have been hints to GoogleDrive being the culprit. See if quitting it remedies the situation.
If you want to further use it: unchecking the "Show file syn status icons" in GoogleDrive's references helped with my installation.

Finder Relaunch when connecting to server

Hello. I was wondering if anyone had some insight to why my finder relaunches when I GO>>>Connect to Server. I am connecting to an external network drive that is working fine with all other workstations. Thanks

Hi there,
That's a strange one I've not seen before, but try dragging this file to the Desktop, Then Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), off the HD & use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, reboot once more....
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

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