John and others, John's suggestion also solved my problem with finder. After deleting the file my finder no longer crashes when I empty the trash.
Thanks John! Eric On Jan 21, 2012, at 12:55 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi John, > Thank you. You put me on the right path. I also trashed the > com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file. Then, rather than reboot, I force quit > Finder and relaunched. > > Fixed. > > Thank you again. I appreciate the reply and the help. > > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gunn" <[email protected]> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:27 PM > Subject: Re: Finder problem > > >> Karen: >> >> Go to home folder and under library go to preferences. >> >> Once there, look for com.apple.finder.plist and delete this file. >> >> Once you do this, do a reboot right way. Once you reboot this file will be >> recreated. >> >> Hope this works, I had a finder a few months ago and by deleting this file >> refreshes finder. >> >> John >> >> >> On Jan 20, 2012, at 3:29 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> For any of you with any knowledge of Finder, I would appreciate help with >>> a problem. >>> >>> In trying to learn how to successfully export a .mov file from Iphoto, I >>> have made a change to Finder and did not realize it. Now, every time I try >>> to arrow through the selections in the Sidebar, it automatically flips over >>> to the Browser. I cannot now arrow through my Sidebar. >>> >>> As I said, any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Karen >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >>> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
