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Finder taking very long to open and load

Finder is taking very long to open/load. Even when I am downloading files from the browser (usually downloading requires finder to confirm save location) it can take more than 5 minutes to open.


  • I've never actually waited more than 5 minutes because I would force quit the app.


  • In the force quit window it does show that finder is not responding.


  • Relaunching after force quit still gives me the same problem.


  • Also tried deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist and restarting the computer


  • Now the finder loads a bit faster but still way too slow.


Would appreciate if anyone can point me in the right direction.


Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Nov 22, 2023 11:51 PM

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BDAqua
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Nov 23, 2023 01:14 AM in response to ibasaw

We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community


EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…

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Use the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...


Try one of these two…

You can use Drive DX to possibly get a better view of Drive health…

https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx


Thanks to Jack-19…

It may be wise to run SMART Utility to check the drives' health. 

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User profile for user: BDAqua
BDAqua
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Nov 24, 2023 01:28 AM in response to ibasaw

2023-11-24 16:32:06 fileproviderd Crash (180 times


The fileproviderd process on Mac is a daemon that manages cloud-based file providers, such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, iCloud, Office 365, and Adobe InDesign. It runs in the background but can be found in Activity Monitor.


So, it appears. you have trouble with Google Drive.

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