Hi John, Thanks for your message. I actually feel better that I'm not alone with this problem. My Mac Book is a late 2009 with 4 Gigs of ram.
One work around I have found that works better then restarting the computer. Is, when finder locks up, turn off Voice over then press command "w" This closes the trash window. I then restart voice over and things are back to normal. I found that sometimes restarting the computer when the finder was locked up didn't work. I would be right back in a locked up Finder. Before I found that work around I would have to restart several times. I also like column view so will stick with it despite the problem. Thanks again for your added info. James Austin suggested I do a bug report to Apple but until he has time to explain to me how that is done I'll keep collecting information and try to understand what is happening. eRic Caron On Jan 24, 2012, at 10:13 PM, John Gunn wrote: > Hello Eric: > > I have some of the same problems with trash. If I go to trash knowing > nothing is in there, finder becomes locked or better, the computer freezes. > > I can't even force quit so have to reboot and eventually the finder comes > back to life. > > Of course I delete the com.apple.finder.plist but this shouldn't happen. I > never experienced this in SL. > > I never tried to change views, I like column view but I'll try to change > views to see what happens. > > I guess what I'm saying, you aren't alone and believe it's a Lion bug. > > Running an early iMac 2008 with 4GB of ram. > > Take care and keep us posted. > > John > > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 7:52 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > >> Hello Listers, >> >> For those following the strange behavior of my Mac Book when deleting the >> trash here is a new piece of the puzzle. >> >> Even after talking with Apple and trying many suggestions my Finder still >> crashes if I try to empty the trash when it is empty. That is if I don't >> realize the Trash is empty or just want to check if it is my finder will >> lock up once I enter the trash from the dock. If the computer was working >> correctly Trash would open and the Empty the Trash button would be dimmed. >> >> I have found that if I change my finder view option from Column view to List >> view the finder works correctly. If I change it back to Column view the >> finder crashes again. >> >> At this point I have lots of work arounds so can at least keep working >> normally. >> >> Also, I am going to create a new account for >> myself, but that will take time and effort. >> >> >> must admit I'd love to fix this, or at least understand why my computer does >> this and others do not. >> >> I'm sure my finder has worked correctly for the past two years and only >> recently became broken. >> >> Eric Caron >> <--- 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/>
