AHH! Finder is toast!

[hm_murdock]

Wonderful. I installed the QT 6.0.1 or whatever update via Software Update and now the Finder won't start. It just sits there trying to load over and over and over.

Any ideas?

[rtgwbmsr]

If it's X.2, pop in the install disk and do an "Upgrade". It should restore all of your files without trashing your apps (usually, anyway). When the Wallstreet RagePro driver screwed my computer, I did this, and everything was back to normal in like 10 mins.

[ November 09, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/B0b ]

[psyjax]

quote:Originally posted by The Jimmy James X 10.3.6 / Bob:
Wonderful. I installed the QT 6.0.1 or whatever update via Software Update and now the Finder won't start. It just sits there trying to load over and over and over.

Any ideas?

Start up the computer while holding down the shift key. This will turn off extensions, remove the offending QuickTime and reinstall QT5 or whatever.

[hm_murdock]

Muffin's suggestion worked. I didn't know extension disabling still worked in X... does it?

[rtgwbmsr]

It doesn't. The only way to fix things in OS X without installing something is Single User Mode (or so I've been told).

[cocoamix]

Holding down the shift key doesn't disable extensions because there are none in OS X. There are kernel extensions, but they're kinda different. Holding down the shift key will disable any login items.

[cocoamix]

You might try opening a terminal window.
sudo rm -fr ~/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

Logout and login

That might work. It's basically trashing the finder prefs, like people used to do in OS 9.

[ November 09, 2002: Message edited by: cocoamix ]

[psyjax]

quote:Originally posted by cocoamix:
Holding down the shift key doesn't disable extensions because there are none in OS X. There are kernel extensions, but they're kinda different. Holding down the shift key will disable any login items.

I missunderstood, I thought he was having the issue under OS9, not X.

[rtgwbmsr]

quote:Originally posted by psyjax v6.9 /Dave:


I missunderstood, I thought he was having the issue under OS9, not X.

I assumed he was using X (his username version tipped me off) and I got lucky. It was pretty much 50/50