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February 27, 2008 12:41 PM PST
Mac OS X 10.5.2 Special Report: Finder not starting
Apple has published a Knowledge Base article stating that the Finder may not load in Mac OS X 10.5.2 after connecting a third-party external storage drive: "The menu bar may appear to 'flicker,' or desktop icons may repeatedly disappear and reappear."
The document offers a number of solutions, including making sure the computer name in Sharing preferences is not blank and that the computer name only includes only certain ASCII characters and changing Time Machine settings.
Index:
- Release Notes an update procedure recommendations
- Determining whether problems are caused by Mac OS X 10.5.2 or Leopard Graphics update
- Downgrading to Mac OS X 10.5.1
- "ACL found but not expected" in Disk Utility
- Active Directory issues
- Adobe application slowness, fixes
- Advice at work
- AirPort slowness, disconnects and more
- Applications fail to launch
- Clicks from speakers
- Finder not starting
- Freezes when using DVD Player
- iCal calendars disappearing
- iPhone syncing problems
- Mail.app issues
- Microsoft Office applications slow to launch
- Missing display resolutions
- Poor Performance: Slow startups; general sluggishness
- Override automatic disk shutdown mechanism
- Parallels problems
- Repair Disk/Permissions to the rescue, again
- Screen savers not asking for passwords
- Slow LAN transfers
- Startup stalls or fails
- System utilities (Cocktail, LCC) must be updated
- Misc. third-party application, device problems (Bluetooth, etc.)
- Time Machine not work properly
- Trackpad, mice, keyboard not working -- reset SMC
- Undocumented fixes
- Wake-from-sleep issues (inadvertent restarts, more)
