Hi ganbustein.
Correct, com.apple.Finder 14-06-19.plist was my way of making sure I had an immediately available copy of the .plist to restore and knowing when I did it. I just forgot to delete it later. Used MacKeeper to delete it, since
defaults delete com.apple.Finder
didn't.
Thank you for showing me the Terminal syntax to RM a file. I'm such a newbie, I'm having trouble comprehending the Terminal Help system.
Also, as I explained to Artie, I tried resetting Launch Services (rebuilding the LS database):
find /System/Library/Frameworks -type f -name “lsregister†-exec {} -kill -seed -r \;
Then reboot. Same result: Finder doesn’t load, same Err Msg and number (10810).
Confirmed file deleted:
MacBook-Pro:~ Daddy$ ls ~/Library/Preferences com.apple.find*
ls: /Users/Daddy/Library/Preferences/com.apple.find*: No such file or directory
MacBook-Pro:~ Daddy$
Got expected result:
ls -lOde /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app returns:
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel - 102 Apr 17 2011 /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app
Also correct about:
MacBook-Pro:~ Daddy$ ls -a ~/.Trash
. .DS_Store
.. com.apple.finder 14-06-19.plist
MacBook-Pro:~ Daddy$
Just prior to noticing Finder problem (don't use Finder every day), had Securely emptied trash. Empty Trash icon displayed on Dock. Went to full icon after putting .plists in trash. That's when I first encountered Finder error (10810). After "suffering" without Finder for a few days I wrote to FTM. So, no trash from other volumes.
BTW: Initially planned to have multiple login accts, but only have the one, Daddy. So I never Log In, just turn on the machine.
Looked at every single Console message (specifically, the ones under Console Messages) and couldn't find a "Why?" I found this under Console Messages:
10/11/14 3:27:37 PM [0x0-0xe00e].com.getdropbox.dropbox[135] LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed for the application /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app with error -10810 for the file /Users/Daddy/Dropbox.
If you're not familiar with Dropbox, it's a web app for file sharing. I know it must have hooks into Finder. Uses it's APIs?
Here are the messages I found filtered by the word Finder. I include unique messages only, no dups, or same message, different date/time stamp.
DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION
Diagnostic and Usage Messages
9/16/14 11:01:06 AM SecurityAgent[345] com.apple.desktopservices|2014-09-16 11:01:06 -0700
com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.SecurityAgent.DialogFrequency
com.apple.message.result: noop
com.apple.message.signature: Finder.app
FILES
system.log
Oct 13 20:25:56 MacBook-Pro /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/MacOS/Dock[100]: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=2 label=com.apple.Finder flags=2
Oct 14 15:33:26 MacBook-Pro /usr/bin/osascript[166]: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=2 label=com.apple.Finder flags=2
~/Library/Logs
CrashReporter
Process: info [264]
Path: /usr/bin/info
Identifier: info
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: bash [257]
Date/Time: 2014-10-11 22:17:29.633 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: 0x000000000000000d, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 info 0x0000000100002550 0x100000000 + 9552
1 info 0x0000000100002845 0x100000000 + 10309
2 info 0x000000010001446a 0x100000000 + 83050
3 info 0x00000001000146d3 0x100000000 + 83667
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff8a3461ba _sigtramp + 26
5 ??? 0x00007fff5fbffa40 0 + 140734799804992
6 info 0x00000001000105c0 0x100000000 + 67008
7 info 0x0000000100010699 0x100000000 + 67225
8 info 0x0000000100008565 0x100000000 + 34149
9 info 0x0000000100001810 0x100000000 + 6160
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x2073692073696854 rbx: 0x0000000000000012 rcx: 0x0000000000000001 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x000000000000004b rsi: 0x00007fff712221b8 rbp: 0x00007fff5fbff440 rsp: 0x00007fff5fbff3c0
r8: 0x00007fff825ff100 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x00000001001052e2 r11: 0x0000000100105745
r12: 0x0000000100104ea0 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000100106ba0 r15: 0x0000000000000095
rip: 0x0000000100002550 rfl: 0x0000000000010206 cr2: 0x0000000051431000
Binary Images:
0x100000000 - 0x100027fef +info ??? (???) <44DFCD89-8D30-B99F-9F1E-E6C549895B39> /usr/bin/info
0x7fff5fc00000 - 0x7fff5fc3bdef dyld 132.1 (???) <B536F2F1-9DF1-3B6C-1C2C-9075EA219A06> /usr/lib/dyld
0x7fff825d3000 - 0x7fff82612fef libncurses.5.4.dylib 5.4.0 (compatibility 5.4.0) <E1F34D53-3D62-78C0-CAD8-8AD22C110A9E> /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib
0x7fff86d40000 - 0x7fff86d44ff7 libmathCommon.A.dylib 315.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <95718673-FEEE-B6ED-B127-BCDBDB60D4E5> /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x7fff891b2000 - 0x7fff892aaff7 libiconv.2.dylib 7.0.0 (compatibility 7.0.0) <7E4ADB5A-CC77-DCFD-3E54-2F35A2C8D95A> /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
0x7fff8a2e5000 - 0x7fff8a4a6fef libSystem.B.dylib 125.2.11 (compatibility 1.0.0) <9AB4F1D1-89DC-0E8A-DC8E-A4FE4D69DB69> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x7fffffe00000 - 0x7fffffe01fff libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <9AB4F1D1-89DC-0E8A-DC8E-A4FE4D69DB69> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
Ok, last thing. I am curious to know, but do not want to waste your time. If you are curious too, yes, let's try to find the problem. Or alternatively, is there a way to just reinstall Finder?
A big thank you to ganbustein et al. who have contributed to my education and the troubleshooting steps in order to find the solution and thus implement corrective measures. Thanks to the moderator also.
Implied, but not explicitly stated: Finder still doesn't load.
JCLover
Last edited by JCLover; 10/15/14 12:20 AM. Reason: Forgot to say something.
