Finder not responding

connor989 · connor989 #1 (**permalink**)

10-15-2010, 09:03 PM

I'm getting the spinning beach ball every time I try to open a certain folder in Finder. It's my Movies folder and it has a lot of drive space in it.

I've had to do a hard restart a couple times now because of this and looking in Activity Monitor, Finder is using 99% CPU

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My MBP is also heating up a lot more and the fans are revved up.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Lord Alveric · Lord Alveric #2 (**permalink**)

10-15-2010, 10:11 PM

Have you tried Spin Control? It's in Developer/Applications/Performance Tools

I wonder if this would help you find the reason for the Finder's behaviour.

vansmith · vansmith #3 (**permalink**)

10-15-2010, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Alveric

Have you tried Spin Control? It's in Developer/Applications/Performance Tools

I wonder if this would help you find the reason for the Finder's behaviour.

That's only going to help if you have the developer tools installed which most people do not.

To the OP: is it only with the one folder that this happens? How much content do you have in that folder (size and number of items)?

connor989 · connor989 #4 (**permalink**)

10-17-2010, 12:08 PM

Yes, it is only in my Movies folder which has about 120 GB's of videos.
Sorry for the delay, I thought the issue was resolved, however now the dock is also taking up 99% CPU.

raluca · raluca #5 (**permalink**)

04-03-2012, 01:33 PM

i have the same problem when i try to access my movie folder. how can i solve this issue?

Lord Alveric #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 21, 2010 Location: The Queen City, Canada Posts: 61	10-15-2010, 10:11 PM Have you tried Spin Control? It's in Developer/Applications/Performance Tools I wonder if this would help you find the reason for the Finder's behaviour. Wer die Wahl hat, hat die Qual.
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connor989 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 04, 2010 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 29 Mac Specs: MBP 13" C2D 2.26 2G RAM 500GB HDD, iPod touch 64GB	10-15-2010, 09:03 PM I'm getting the spinning beach ball every time I try to open a certain folder in Finder. It's my Movies folder and it has a lot of drive space in it. I've had to do a hard restart a couple times now because of this and looking in Activity Monitor, Finder is using 99% CPU . My MBP is also heating up a lot more and the fans are revved up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
	QUOTE Thanks

connor989 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 04, 2010 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 29 Mac Specs: MBP 13" C2D 2.26 2G RAM 500GB HDD, iPod touch 64GB	10-17-2010, 12:08 PM Yes, it is only in my Movies folder which has about 120 GB's of videos. Sorry for the delay, I thought the issue was resolved, however now the dock is also taking up 99% CPU.
	QUOTE Thanks

raluca #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 03, 2012 Posts: 1	04-03-2012, 01:33 PM i have the same problem when i try to access my movie folder. how can i solve this issue?
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