ACC0RD22 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 So, I updated 2 days ago, and everything was going OK, except for the Safari issue and Dashboard issue that got cleared up. Today, I clicked on Finder and it crashed. Figuring that I could just reinstall it from the Install DVD, I tried that, rebooted, repaired permissions, and still nothing. Im loading the install DVD in Pacifist again to see if theres anything else that I could reload that is related to finder. Any suggestions on what I should be looking for? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34963-finderapp-crashes-after-security-update/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACC0RD22 Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 So far I have reinstalled just about every finder-related thing I could find. its actually slightly annoying. I cant even install a finder replacement, because theres no finder window for me to move files with. I dont want to do a complete reinstall, because I would lose about 20 gigs of music, and I dont really have anywhere to put it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34963-finderapp-crashes-after-security-update/#findComment-248207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 why did you install the security update? Im pretty sure it only works if you are intel sse3 on the 10.4.8 kernel. You might need to find a decrypted finder files. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34963-finderapp-crashes-after-security-update/#findComment-248210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 If you delete or move the /Library/Receipts folder, you might trick the install DVD to install over top of your installation and not disturb your existing personal data. Any patches you did would probably need to be repeated, unless maybe you backed up your Extensions folder. If you do the Extensions thing, be sure to delete the Extensions. mkext and Extensions.kextcache. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34963-finderapp-crashes-after-security-update/#findComment-248211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACC0RD22 Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 Others had reported it working except for a bug with Safari, and since I dont use Safari, I thought it would be safe. The computer is no less functional than usual right now, except for the lack of Finder. Im doubtful that this is an issue with the Security Update itself, since, if it were, it should have cropped up almost immediately, not 2 days after. If you delete or move the /Library/Receipts folder, you might trick the install DVD to install over top of your installation and not disturb your existing personal data. Any patches you did would probably need to be repeated, unless maybe you backed up your Extensions folder. If you do the Extensions thing, be sure to delete the Extensions. mkext and Extensions.kextcache. do you think it would be possible to trick Pacifist to re-install everything over the top of this installation? ideally that is what I would like to do, since I dont even know how I would get all my music off at this point, without Finder working. it would be a shame to lose all of really. However, if need be, I could always reload most of it from CD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34963-finderapp-crashes-after-security-update/#findComment-248213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Pacifist should work, but if Finder isn't working, how can you operate Pacifist? You can copy/delete things using Terminal or from single-user mode (both command line) Install DVD doesn't care about your Finder. And as long as you don't use Disk Utility, the install DVD will just install its files and not do anything to other files. But it won't install if it sees the receipts. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34963-finderapp-crashes-after-security-update/#findComment-248217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACC0RD22 Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 Im using an external application launcher. Although Pacifist crashes after about 5 minutes of use. and it only opens the install DVD, nothing else. So, if I used Macdrive in Windows to delete the reciepts files, and saved the appropriate .kexts that I needed to make my sound and other various things work, it would just leave everything else on the drive alone? I might just have to try that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34963-finderapp-crashes-after-security-update/#findComment-248223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Yes, it will only install what it always installs. It won't delete anything. since it never installs music, it won't affect that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34963-finderapp-crashes-after-security-update/#findComment-248227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACC0RD22 Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 Thanks for the help! everything works again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34963-finderapp-crashes-after-security-update/#findComment-248291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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