Why is Finder (desktop) getting stuck on MacBookPro?

I have OSX version 10.7.4 and my desktop keeps freezing while I am moving things from folder to folder. My browser will work, but nothing on my desktop, the wheel just keeps spinning. I have to shut the computer off and then have trouble restarting. It takes several tries to get it to load correctly.... what's going on here?

I have the same problem but it is with my iMac 3.4GHz Intel Core i7 (27 inch Mid-2011), and I think I have traced it to my use of External Seagate USB 3.0 drives. Obviously I am not using USB 3.0 since it's not available on this iMac, but my computer will work fine for days when they are not hooked up, but if I do hook them up, at random points Finder will freeze when I try to access the disks. I can't reliably copy between the external disks (large files) without having Finder freeze. Thinking it might be my USB hub, I plugged both drives directly into the back of the iMac and still have the same problem. HOWEVER, if I plug the two drives into my old MacBookPro (17-inch, Early 2008), things work just fine! I have an External LaCie and an old SimpleTech that run 100% of the time with no problem. I'm going to blame the Seagates and their 3.0 implementation with the new iMac, but clearly there's something amiss with the iMac. (Of course I'm running the same OS X version 10.7.4) Wish there would be some sort of update to fix this, but of course it's a bear to reproduce, and there are no logs available to send (other than the console logs), so not sure what can be done... Hope someone is "listening" and can shed some light.

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