Taking forever to move files to the trash

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Finder is taking forever to move, rename, etc. files, especially when moving to the trash or emptying the trash.

Here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI1jlh8d6C0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

It takes 80-95% of my CPU and spins 13 threads to think about it for a few minutes:
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About my Mac:

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Best Answer

So, I took it to the Apple store, they weren't really any help. I held down option and reinstalled the OS in-place and that worked! Finally I can use Finder again .. whew! Let me know if this helped you.

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