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Can't Rename Folders in Finder
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<blockquote data-quote="bob_gnarley" data-source="post: 837066" data-attributes="member: 98418"><p>Hey Everyone,</p><p></p><p>I've been a silent reader on this forum for a few days and have finally decided to join what seems like a great community.</p><p></p><p>My problem is the following. I've had my unibody Macbook 17" for about a week now, and today I've all of a sudden noticed that I can't rename folders within my finder. For example, if I create a New Folder, when I go to rename it it's as if my key strokes just don't register, no matter what I type. It's the same case when I try to rename existing files or folders.</p><p></p><p>On some other websites some people said to trash the comm.apple.finder.plist file, located in user>library>preferences>comm.apple.finder.plist</p><p></p><p>I tried that, logged out and back in, and it seemed to work for a few hours, but now the problem is recurring again and I'm clueless as to what's going on.</p><p></p><p>Any help is really appreciated as it seems from doing a simple google search that this has happened to people before, but none of the solutions have worked for me so far. I attached a screenshot of the problem, and as you can see even though the text is highlighted in blue I can't delete it, rename it, or even right click on it and cut. Thanks a lot everyone for your help.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]10520[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bob_gnarley, post: 837066, member: 98418"] Hey Everyone, I've been a silent reader on this forum for a few days and have finally decided to join what seems like a great community. My problem is the following. I've had my unibody Macbook 17" for about a week now, and today I've all of a sudden noticed that I can't rename folders within my finder. For example, if I create a New Folder, when I go to rename it it's as if my key strokes just don't register, no matter what I type. It's the same case when I try to rename existing files or folders. On some other websites some people said to trash the comm.apple.finder.plist file, located in user>library>preferences>comm.apple.finder.plist I tried that, logged out and back in, and it seemed to work for a few hours, but now the problem is recurring again and I'm clueless as to what's going on. Any help is really appreciated as it seems from doing a simple google search that this has happened to people before, but none of the solutions have worked for me so far. I attached a screenshot of the problem, and as you can see even though the text is highlighted in blue I can't delete it, rename it, or even right click on it and cut. Thanks a lot everyone for your help. [ATTACH=full]10520[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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