MacOS – Finder doesn’t work since Yosemite

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Has anyone experienced any issues with using finder since updating to Yosemite?

Since updating, I can't open finder at all. I click on the icon and the pc just hangs up and in activity monitor, finder is just (not responding).

I've rebooted the machine, tried to open/locate a file in spotlight search and when I find a file, it won't open.

Any help/thoughts what to do would be appreciated.

Best Answer

This fix from Reddit worked perfectly for me!!

http://www.reddit.com/r/osx/comments/2jtikj/finder_not_responding_new_yosemite_install/

You can most likely fix the issue by clearing out Finder's saved state, caches, and/or settings.

Use Spotlight (the search icon in the far right of the menu bar) to find and open the "Terminal" application. Triple-click the following line in order to copy and paste it into Terminal's window:

rm -fR ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.finder.savedState ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.finder; killall Finder

If it still doesn't work, try this one:

mv ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder{,.backup}.plist; killall Finder
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