Quicklook hanging Finder

Without any software update or indeed material change of any kind to one of my iMacs, I'm suddenly in a situation whereby QuickLook hangs Finder when it tries to provide a preview of any given file type. I'm temporarily turn off preview from the Finder/View Options to allow the Mac to carry on, but would like to solve the underlying problem.
Looking at the logs, I'm guessing this is the underlying problem as it repeats the same error log entry once per second.
10/12/2014 18:10:16.538 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[7943]) Service could not initialize: Unable to set current working directory. error=2, path=/tmp: 14B25: xpcproxy + 12907 [1227][1016C726-9ACF-3A24-9C51-A279F5C6B167]: 0x2
10/12/2014 18:14:25.322 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper[8482]) Service could not initialize: Unable to set current working directory. error=2, path=/tmp: 14B25: xpcproxy + 12907 [1227][1016C726-9ACF-3A24-9C51-A279F5C6B167]: 0x2
I've surfed through various other threads here and tried a few things, without success:
Terminal - "qlmanage -r" - this just hangs after saying "resetting quicklook d"
Remove Preferences plist entries
Found an alias Data folder within Containers/com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper that apparently should be a regular folder - renamed/created accordingly
Would very much appreciate any advice to resolve.
Thanks,
Andy

Alright. I found another post and it fixed everything instantly. As soon as I ran the command in Terminal all icon previews came back. It’s a problem with the /tmp folder. The original post is here. Such a feeling of relief.
Open Terminal and run:
sudo mkdir /private/tmp
followed by
sudo chmod 0777 /private/tmp

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Help! I've been trying all the solutions I can find in these and other boards and so far nothing has worked.
Yesterday, while I had several applications open, I right-clicked on an image file to open it with Photoshop and my whole system froze (although the audio for a YouTube video kept playing in the background, even though the picture hung.) Now my system is taking approximately 15 minutes to restart and the finder is hanging for up to 5 or 10 minutes at a time for most mouse clicks.
I'm running 10.6.8 on a Mac Mini. A few days an Excel file corrupted which I think might have been the first sign that something was wrong. Every time I tried to click on the file the whole system would hang.
Here's what I've tried to so far:
Trashed Google Drive (by dragging the application into the trash)
Trashed com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
Trashed com.apple.finder.plist
Repaired permissions multiple times
Booted in safe mode (in which the finder would still hang)
Ran several functions in Spring Cleaning 10 - file checker, launch services rebuilder, permissions fixer, system cache cleaner
Ran a couple of terminal commands that I found in a discussion about freezing finders
The restart sequence goes like this:
Choose restart from menu
The "Are you sure" window comes up but the one minute timer is stalled and it takes several minutes to be able to click on "Restart"
All of the desktop goes away except the background image, which hangs for about two minutes.
There is a chime
The apple screen appears for approximately 2.5 minutes
A blank white screen appears for approximately 2 minutes
A blank blue screen appears for approximately 3 minutes
A blank black screen appears for approximately 2.5 minutes
Another blank blue screen appears for about 1.5 minutes
The desktop background shows up without icons for approximately 1 minute
The desktop icons appear but are not function for another 1.5 minutes or so.
I've tried everything I can think of and desperately need help! I've got a backup from a couple days ago, but my Mac Mini shipped without installation discs, so it's going to be a couple days before I can get a friends in the event that I need to reformat. I'd really like to not have to do that if possible.
Thanks in advance!!!
Leah

leahrc wrote:
my Mac Mini shipped without installation discs, so it's going to be a couple days before I can get a friends in the event that I need to reformat.
The (gray) discs that come with a Mac will only boot that type of Mac, and those built around the same time:
Unless your friend has the same model and build period, you need either a Retail Install disc (you can get one from the online Apple Store for $19.99) at http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard:
Or call AppleCare, give them your Mac's serial number, and they can send a replacement set of original discs (including iLife apps and the Apple Hardware Test for your Mac) for a nominal fee.

Hanging finder, software freezes, lack of console clues, Genius befuddled

For several weeks I have been experiencing the following problem:
- A given program will freeze -- generally, this appears to be a browser or an SSB like Fluid or Prism.
- At first, I will continue to be able to navigate around to other programs, and usually can even save documents and shut programs down. At some point, however, the entire system will freeze up.
- This usually occurs when I try to close down the program that initially froze up. For instance: Let's say I have 2 Firefox windows open, each with 2 tabs, and one of those tabs freezes. After a period of still being able to navigate between tabs and windows, the whole program will freeze. I'll then try to do a force quit, either via the dock or the Apple menu icon. This invariably fails.
- It has also occurred several times when I've put the computer to sleep by closing the display -- upon re-opening, this entire process begins.
- Shortly after that the Finder freezes up and I need to manually force the computer to shut down. This is especially problematic when I have an external drive connected.
- When this occurs I'm unable to launch Terminal to kill any troublesome programs by the kill [PID #] command.
+(Similar problems have come up in a number of different Discussion forums -- a complete list is at the end of this post.)+
In at least one forum -- which I now am having trouble finding -- there was a reference to difficulties with USB connections. I have been experiencing intermittent problems with USB connections to external mice and keyboards. This is generally solved by disconnected and reconnected several times.
_I've taken a wide range of steps to try and solve this, including_:
Totally reinstalling Snow Leopard from disk.
Trashing all my Fluid apps (through AppDelete, so I know everything is gone from preference panes, etc)
Trashing Fluid
Trashing Chrome
Trashing Google Quick Search Box
Trashing and reinstalling Quicksilver
Turning off GeekTool
Removing the FireFound extension in FF and updated the Adobe plugin in FF.
Trashing the Launch Services preference file
Removing GrowlHelperApp, WeatherDock, MagiCal, and Precipitate from Login items.
Running Disk Utility (nothing showed up as being a problem).
Cleaning User Cache.
Cleaning System Cache.
Removing temporary files.
Flushing DNS cache.
I've also tried running Activity Monitor fulltime -- and didn't notice anything odd there.
_Other pertinent details_:
The following continues to run as Login Items:
ShoveBox
WashingMachineHelper
+Spanning Sync Notifier+
+Logitech Control Center Daemon+
Dropbox
GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent
IntegoStatusItemHelper
I've been running SN since August 09; this only began in the last several weeks.
I run 1Password 3.
I have plenty of memory and plenty of free space on the HD (90GB).
That's all I can think of at the moment -- but obviously am willing to consider anything and provide any relevant info.
+Obligatory Genius Bar rant+
After going through much of the above I made a Genius Bar appt. The Genius knew far, far less than I did about Macs, and I don't know much -- all I've done is poke around the Interweb. He didn't know what an SSB was, hadn't ever heard of Fluid or Quicksilver, didn't know it was possible to run scripts on the desktop via Geektool, etc. He essentially told me to run Disk Utility and if that didn't work to hope everything turned out alright. That was infuriating enough; what was even more frustrating was that he clearly hadn't spent any time whatsoever poking around Apple discussion forums so he could keep up on any ongoing issues. It was like when I brought in my iPhone because the update to iTunes 3 killed off its ability to pick up WiFi signals and drained its battery.
+(Obligatory rant over.)+
_Console details_
When this occurs, nothing shows up in the Console CrashReporter. In the regular log, one message usually displays over and over. A sampling:
1/5/10 1:10:04 PM [0x0-0x25025].com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.GMailish[268] Tue Jan 5 13:10:04 sethmnookins-macbook.local FluidInstance[268] <Error>: CGWindowContextCreate: failed to create context delegate.
1/5/10 1:10:04 PM [0x0-0x25025].com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.GMailish[268] Tue Jan 5 13:10:04 sethmnookins-macbook.local FluidInstance[268] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetWindowBounds: NULL window
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1/5/10 6:45:05 PM com.apple.Dock.agent[171] Tue Jan 5 18:45:05 sethmnookins-macbook.local Dock[171] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Failed
1/5/10 6:45:05 PM com.apple.Dock.agent[171] Tue Jan 5 18:45:05 sethmnookins-macbook.local Dock[171] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/5/10 6:45:05 PM com.apple.Dock.agent[171] Tue Jan 5 18:45:05 sethmnookins-macbook.local Dock[171] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Failed
1/5/10 6:43:38 PM BetterZip[230] * WARNING: Method selectRow:byExtendingSelection: in class ZipOutlineView is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release and should no longer be used.
1/5/10 6:43:38 PM BetterZip[230] * WARNING: Method selectedRowEnumerator in class ZipOutlineView is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release and should no longer be used.
1/7/10 4:05:32 PM FluidInstance[302] _initWithWindowNumber: error creating graphics ctxt object for ctxt:0xe313, window:0xffffffff
1/7/10 4:05:32 PM [0x0-0x2b02b].com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.GReader[302] Thu Jan 7 16:05:32 sethmnookins-macbook.local FluidInstance[302] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID -1
1/7/10 4:05:32 PM [0x0-0x2b02b].com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.GReader[302] Thu Jan 7 16:05:32 sethmnookins-macbook.local FluidInstance[302] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSDeviceCreate: Invalid window
1/7/10 4:05:32 PM [0x0-0x2b02b].com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.GReader[302] Thu Jan 7 16:05:32 sethmnookins-macbook.local FluidInstance[302] <Error>: Failed to create window context device
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1/13/10 9:23:01 PM System Events[244] ### Error:18446744073709551566 File:/SourceCache/AccountsPref/AccountsPref-150/LoginItem.m Line:280
1/13/10 9:23:01 PM [0x0-0x19019].org.tynsoe.geektool3[229] invalid option or syntax: -FR
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1/14/10 2:46:00 PM Quicksilver[217] Prevented load of unidentified action from bundle Core Support.qsplugin because the action's featureLevel (set from its Info.plist) is higher than NSApp's current featureLevel. This is not neccessarily an error. Sometimes this mechanism is used to prevent unstable actions from loading.
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1/14/10 2:48:16 PM [0x0-0x24024].org.mozilla.firefox 2010-01-14 14:48:16.552 firefox-bin[517:903] * __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x14a43f60 of class NSPathStore2 autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
1/14/10 2:48:16 PM firefox-bin[517] * __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x14a3d170 of class NSPathStore2 autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
1/14/10 2:48:16 PM [0x0-0x24024].org.mozilla.firefox 2010-01-14 14:48:16.553 firefox-bin[517:903] * __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x14a3d170 of class NSPathStore2 autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
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Hi,
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after having absorbed about every single suggestion wrt this issue.
Hopes it helps for you!

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SVG files in Quicklook crash Finder

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greetings,
Jesse//

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Mac OS X update to 10.6.7 hangs finder - error message 10810

Every time I apply the Combined update 10.6.7 my mac mini's finder hangs and I get an error message 10810. I've followed a few suggestions, repaired the disk, pram test, re-built the launch services and followed the suggestions in this article http:/http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10365239-263.html. Nothing works
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Moving files from USB drive (iPod in disk mode) stops and hangs Finder

I’m having trouble trying to copy a load of music files from my iPod to my new MacBook. The iPod is in disk mode so I’m just using it to move a load of MP3 files from my old PC to my MacBook. They copied from the PC fine and are sat in a fold on the iPod (which I boot into disk mode and connect to my MacBook running Leopard 10.5.5).
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I have to force quit the finder, but this then hangs the finder unless I disconnect my iPod and then the finder starts back up but warns me that I have removed a driver without first ejecting it.
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Also, none of the files have any DRM protection.
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Get Info window hangs Finder

Hi,
when opening the Info window on one particular file, the Finder hangs:
• The Info window is opened normally,
• After one or two seconds the Info window starts flickering, as if being redrawn (with changing contents) very rapidly,
• At this point, the Finder gets unresponsive and must be restarted.
This - so far - only happens with one file; this file is an OmniOutliner document with an .oo3 extension.
Any ideas?
TIA, Klaus

Hi macjack,
thanks again. Here are the results to what you suggested: Opened the file in question, saved it in a different format (OPML); OPML file displays Info window fine. Then opened the OPML file, saved it in the original format to a different location - Finder hangs again.
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Systematic deletion hangs Finder

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My (stupid) impatient solution was to delete the application, and three files it created in /Library/StartupItems/
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Accessing WebDAV volume from 10.4 hangs finder

I am trying to access a WebDAV volume on a 2003 server on my 10.4.4 iMac G5. If I connect to the server, I am asked to authenticate, at which point the volume mounts on the desktop, but the Finder hangs. If I look at the running processes using "top", I see that mount_webdav is taking up approx. 30% of my CPU. I can browse the volume from the command line without a problem.
Suggestions?

OK, let's go with this. Several others are reporting the same problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=428639&tstart=0
and
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=409444&tstart=0
And I've seen it, too. I originally reported this bug to Apple several months ago when 10.4.2 was released and here's my original posting: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=647624
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1. The error message is not related to permissions being set incorrectly. As you've found out (or seen in the previous postings), you can use POSIX permissions or Tiger's Effective Permissions model, which incorporates ACLs.
2. The problem is specific to the Mac OS X 10.4.x Finder. Earlier Finders do not exhibit this problem. Attempting a copy (move or rename) via Terminal with cp, ditto, or mv is always successful.
3. I believe that the problem is related to the client's checking of permissions against stored directory information (checking for masked AFP permissions). You're more likely to get this error with a client that's bound to the server's Open Directory domain than one that's not.
4. I'm quite surprised that it's taken almost a year for this bug to really become discovered. I've noticed it right away and I think Apple has known about it for some time. I do think that the problem has gotten a little bit better with Mac OS X 10.4.4 and 10.4.5, but your mileage may vary.
I encourage you to keep posting details and filing Mac OS X Feedback reports (http://www.apple.com/feedback/server.html). Maybe we can find a solution or Apple will take notice.
--Gerrit

USB transfer hangs, Finder freezes - cannot relaunch Finder

Is there a way to FORCE a relaunch of the Finder when it hangs during a USB transfer (to a mobile phone) ?
I use Relaunch Finder, Actitivity Monitor, etc, to no avail. The Finder will not re-launch.
Everything else works (such as this Safari use of Apple Forums).
Restarting the Mac is a drag.

Eric,
I really thank you for your quick response. Before I try that, I need to explain something I just did- My time machine backup external hard drive is actually a guardian maximus 2 slot raid 1 setup to mirror so I have 2 disks. Before I do anything to reset time machine, I took that Guardian Maximus and tried to connect direct to my computer to read it. It would not recognize it. then I took out BOTH hard drives and tried to read them individually. Disk Utility said BOTH needed repair. The odd thing is that the Guardian lights did not turn red on either one- both lights green. Which is what its supposed to do. Any suggestions based on this information?
I really do appreciate all you in the forum provide.
Skip

VPN unreliable, hangs Finder

Hello,
I have a Mac Mini running Snow Leopard Server 10.6.4 with VPN set up. I can connect to the server remotely over VPN just fine, mount a share and open/modify documents, but the connection seems unreliable. Usually 5-10 minutes into working on a document (Office 2008) the Finder will hang as it tries unsuccessfully to access the share. The status of the VPN will not say disconnected or connection lost--it just seems like it silently gets stuck trying to access what isn't there.
The Mac making the VPN connection is a MacBook running 10.6.4. For testing purposes, I connect via built-in ethernet instead of airport. It works for a little while, but if I have a file open then inevitably I will end up with the pinwheel and have to relaunch the finder.
I've made absolutely sure DNS is properly configured. I connect to the server by IP address. The server is in a small office with an Airport Extreme Base Station for the router, and the router is set up to handle VPN connections. I can provide more information if asked, but I don't want this to get too long. Thanks.

adelphiconsult,
My name is Ismael. Iam with Small Business Support Center. Even though this is a limitation on the RV082 i would like to explain why your VPN will never fail over. WAN failover is there and it will work fine, but it different when there's a VPN tunnel established.This is why logs are indicating that phase 2 never sees a phase 1 connection. Phase 1 times out because it's unable to find the correct WAN ip.
When the connection fails from one public ip and establishes another connection with a different public ip the pfsense VPN will not now of the new public. The one way it will know is by having the tunnel backup feature on both ends of the tunnel.
First you need 2 devices on both ends that support VPN failover. The one device i can recall that has this feature is the RV320. With two RV320 on both ends would be able do VPN failover with no issues.

Applications Sometimes Hang Finder

I relatively recently upgraded from a G3 IMac with 10.3 to a G4 IMac with 10.5.
I've noticed one or two discrepancies in performance quality which I initially ignored, but they've persisted long enough that they've become annoying and I really do want to resolve them. All issues occur only sometimes, but if I switch between a couple running applications enough I can sometimes cause them to happen.
1.) The first issue is that Finder hangs when I switch to it from a running application. I don't know why, or what sequence of actions causes it, but most often it will occur immediately after trying to click my desktop from Firefox or VLC.
I'll usually habitually click my desktop to shift out of the current application and to Finder. It won't and I only really end up noticing it when I start selecting or renaming files. When I try to select files, I can never deselect them, so I end up selecting more than I want in attempt to shake the issue. Also when I want to rename a file, the name text simply vanishes until I click away, and it returns to normal. I just can't rename files when this issue arises. All the while during whatever application I was leaving still appears in the menu bar even if I'm specifically selecting files in Finder.
I can only seem to shake the issue if I open a Finder window and click the window's menu bar area, when my menu switches back to Finder and I deselect and rename files again.
This is the biggest issue as it happens the most often.
2.) The second issue is a problem I encounter when I'm in the middle of renaming a file. Out of nowhere the name change text box will close when I type in a letter, and reopening it just leads to the problem repeating itself. A bit of fidgeting with windows and selections stifles the problem, but it's quite irritating when it comes up. Doesn't happen very often.
3.) And seems to have started happening. My third issue is that I'll quit an application like Firefox, Quicktime, or VLC, and then move to something else while it quits. I soon notice that it hasn't quit. The window's still open, the icon's still in the dock, and it's still "on". I don't get the "application is not responding" from the control-click or force-quit menus, and it immediately disappears if I click the still-open window, like it had already quit, but just forgot to leave my screen until I poked it.
So for the most part, it's just a bunch of issues with applications, selections, and renaming, and that ends up hurting when you're organizing lots of files.
Is this expected from a "top-heavy" computer? Is this an unresolved Leopard problem, or does my computer have the hiccups? I'm hoping it's the latter, cause I'd really like to fix it.
Message was edited by: MasterDogma

Hi James
It sounds like you might have moved all your applications into the folder that's on your desktop, for one thing. First, close all your open applications (except for Finder). If any of them are still in the trash, get them out, and move them all back to the correct location. While many applications will work fine wherever they are, it's a good idea to keep them in the main Applications folder at the top of the hard drive.
Once the apps are back where they should be (and the desktop folder is empty), trash the desktop folder. Then, open a new Finder window, and click on the Macintosh HD icon in the sidebar. You should see your Applications folder on the right, which you can now pull into the sidebar to create a shortcut.
Matt

Connect to Server freezes AFP client and hangs Finder

I have a brand new iMac core2duo (2GB RAM) and an older G4 iMac. Machines are running 10.4.8 (all updates applied) and 10.4.7 respectively. They're connected via Ethernet on my home network through a router.
When I first set up the Intel Mac I had no problems connecting to the G4 via Connect to Server. I could log in and mount remote volumes, etc. Now, after about a week of use, the Intel Mac AFP client hung after I logged in to the G4 and selected the remote volume to mount. The only way to cancel the operation was to Force Quit the process. Activity Monitor indicated the application as "not responding." This happened three times. I was able to connect to the Intel machine from the G4 without problem.
After two or three attempts at this, I tried simply connecting through the Network icon in a Finder window. This hung the Finder at pretty much the same point as before (after logging in and selecting a volume to access). After force quitting the Finder, the frozen window closed. However, I then decided to restart the Intel Mac "for the **** of it" to see if it would solve the AFP problem. After clicking Restart, the Desktop was cleared and the machine froze. (No kernel panic, just an empty Finder desktop with my wallpaper and a mouse cursor). I was forced to physically shut down and restart the machine.
I'd very much like to know why this is happening on a brand new machine with very little software and how to resolve it. In general both machines are manually put to sleep at night, they are not shut down.

Unlike those above, I've had the alternate problem. After being connected to a newtork share (SAMBA off an Intel MacMini) all day, I try to eject the network drive so I can go home for the night. End result is that the drive won't eject and after another try the finder hangs completely. Can't force quit...just spinning BBOD.
I have seen this behavior in 10.4.8 (not in 10.4.7) on both a 4 year old TiBook and a brand-spanking new MacBookPro 15.4". It's disturbing, because the same problem happens when you sleep your machine and wake it up elsehwere.....the finder hangs for a while trying to find the network share.
Thoughts?
TiBook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Server folder with lots of files hangs Finder and Terminal

I work remotely from home, and connect to my company's PC network using VPN software and Finder's Go -> Connect to Server...
Pre-Tiger, this worked fine. I could browse remote folders in the Finder, no matter how many files and other folders were contained in these folders...
Ever since I loaded Tiger, when I connect to a server and navigate to a folder with "lots of" files (I don't know what the number is, but I do know that one of the folders that is a problem for me has 130 folders in it), the Finder hangs up and has to be relaunched...
The same goes if I open a Terminal window and "cd" to the same directory... if I do an "ls", it hangs.
I repeat, I never had this problem pre-Tiger, and the folders have not grown in size.
Please help?
Thank you!

I think I solved it!!! After trying all sorts of copying from backups etc.... with no good result, I resorted to Cocktail and used the function in the second page called... System, under the Tab called Database 'Rebuild launch services database', though don't tick the box.
This fixed things for me!! Hope it works for you too.

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