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Impossible to open finder.

martinocando

martinocando

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It shows the window that the last time I opened it closed unexpectedly, asked to reopen, same issue again.
Any ideas? I can live with other issues, even some apps not working, but I can't use the computer without finder.
 
I was able to open it by clicking on an removable drive on the desktop, but it only remains open for a few seconds, then it crashes.
Sadly if I don't find a fix, I'll have to go back to Sequoia. Ouch!
 
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adrianlondon said:
You have removable drives attached? Maybe try removing them.
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Just did. Same thing. Now it won't even try to open anymore. Click on the finder icon, a white dot appears below it (is running). click again, no dot and all desktop icons disappear. Click again, dot appears again and desktop icons get restored. But no finder window opens.

If I reconnect the drives, I can open finder by clicking on the drive icon on the desktop, and I can interact with finder normally for a few seconds, then it closes unexpectedly, no white dot, no desktop icons, meaning is not running anymore. If I click on the finder icon, desktop items return, and so do the white dot.

Frustrating. I know, is an early beta, but come on, not even finder?
 
I've not heard of anyone else having this issue.

I'm not sure if you can reinstall Tahoe without going back to Sequoia and redoing the upgrade, but if you can find a way then it's worth a try.

Also, in terminal, "killall Finder" will reboot the Finder app, although it seems like it's doing that by crashing anyway!

There could be something being logged. The "console" app (just type "console" into Spotlight) might show something useful.
 
Something weird. Looks like even with the white dot and the icons in the desktop finder is not even running. I just did ps -ax | grep finder and can't find any process. White dot on or off.
 
All the crashes are in the console. They all have the same reason:

NSImage requested a variant from a symbol that wasn't found in the asset catalog. Symbol Name: %@. Variant details: <Scale Factor: %.2f> <Idiom: %ld> <Layout Direction: %ld> <Size: %ld> <Weight: %ld> <Point Size: %.2f>, <Appearance: %@>.
 
Yeah, as you mentioned, it triggers a close and relaunch, but behavior stays the same. Console is filled with crash reports. All with the same reason:

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Termination Reason: Namespace LIBSYSTEM, Code 2, Application Triggered Fault


Application Specific Information:
assertion failure: NSImage requested a variant from a symbol that wasn't found in the asset catalog. Symbol Name: %@. Variant details: <Scale Factor: %.2f> <Idiom: %ld> <Layout Direction: %ld> <Size: %ld> <Weight: %ld> <Point Size: %.2f>, <Appearance: %@>.
 
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Googling that error just brings me back to this thread 😁

My last and only recommendation is to re-install Tahoe on top of what you already have, and fingers crossed it was just a corrupted install rather than something more "interesting".

However, before you do, and assuming it works, log a Feedback and send all crash reports to Apple!
 
No dice. I downloaded the installer and ran it again. Took like 20 minutes, and still the same issues. I guess I'll try to live with it hoping for a Beta 2 in a couple weeks, and hope to get it fixed, or I'll have to go back to Sequoia, which I don't really want to do since I reconnected my Time Machine and as far as I remember I can no longer restore a previous OS with that backup, so if that doesn't work, I'm stuck with Tahoe.
 
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Well, PathFinder it is. Just happen to have Setapp and they have PathFinder Finder alternative. It works, so it is my temporary solution until this gets fixed. I'm pretty sure there is a combination of software I'm using that is conflicting with Finder, but I've tried closing all the running apps, and still crashes.
Hope it gets fixed in the next beta.

Besides, it looks like Sequoia, so I guess that's a plus 😂
 
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