DanRad Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I know this isn't a LOGIC question, but this is my source for real solutions. My finder keeps going "Beach Ball" on me. I can open some applications, but if I try to involve finder (for example, opening a recent Logic Document) nothing happens. If I hover my mouse over the desk top: beach ball. I've relaunched, restarted etc. Yet, here I am on Safari, which works, my mail works.. all as long as I don't involve FINDER. I'm on MOJAVE (have pity on my trusty if ancient Mac Pro Tower) Any help is greatly appreciated. Dan Rad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Try option+command+escape, then relaunch Finder, if something's got hung up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 does it end, or stay beachballing? and have you force-quit the finder? (ah, des99 just mentioned that). what mac/os? if you're on intel, reboot holding the shift key (this is safe mode). then reboot normally, see if anything's changed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanRad Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Thanks for the quick response. Yes, I've done this many times as well as shut down and restarted. Force shut down (hold button) and restarted... I'm even considering prayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanRad Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Thanks FisherKing, I'll try that. dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanRad Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) Thank you again for your quick responses. I couldn't get the computer to boot while holding the shift key. I tried twice, finally force shutting down the computer and rebooting. Same issue. Any other ideas? One last bit of info. Finder "tries" to access drives or files, but it will either "beach ball" (requiring a force relaunch which just starts the pattern again) or a total reboot. Then starting the pattern again. It will "Look" for information on drives or in folders and then I get the rotating "Gear" Like this: Edited July 17, 2022 by DanRad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 are you using a 3rd-party keyboard? or if it's the apple keyboard (and it should be), try plugging in to usb. also, try ejecting and unplugging any external drives. then see how the finder behaves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanRad Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Thank you to the fine members of this community who offered solutions. Through trial and error (emphasis on ERROR) I discovered that one of my main internal drives with data scattered all over the place seems to have become corrupted (probably by drugs and alcohol) Once removed, the computer functions fine (so far) and so TIME MACHINE I think is saving me as I copy various files to a new drive. This was not a system drive and it is a drive with a disk. So I'm copying info from that to an external SSD and hopefully that will fix it. Thank the digital wizards for Time Machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 i believe you (about the drugs & alcohol corruption). makes sense. my only real question is... why is your last post's text so tiny? but glad you're getting it sorted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanRad Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 Small text: I copied it from another computer and pasted it in... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 19 hours ago, DanRad said: all as long as I don't involve FINDER. That is usually a sign of HD issues, as you realized. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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