Download Folder Crash

[0388279]

Hi All,

Has anyone noticed this on their 2016 MBP15. I was attempting to move something from inside the download folder on the dock to the trash bin. There was something of a "hiccup" and spinning beachball came on. After spinning beachball went away, the file I was attempting to move to trash ended up on the desktop. Then I went to back to the download folder and the contents would not fan out. The only way I could see the contents of the download folder was to select "Open Downloads". To correct the situation I had re-boot the machine. This has happened several times in the last 24 hours. Never had anyone thing like had on any previous version of OS X and my 2013 MBP and 2014 MBA. Has anyone else observed this behavior of the download folder.

Donald Barar

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I'd be willing to bet that restarting Finder (via the Force Quit dialog, accessible from the Apple menu or the Command + Option + Escape keyboard shortcut) would have also cleared this up.

 

[0388279]

Good point. I'll give this a try next time it happens.

Donald Barar

 

[Brookzy]

YES!

I've been having this exact bug, caused by dragging items out of a stack.

One time my system totally locked up and all I could do was hold down the power button and reboot.

Other times I can open Terminal and run killall Dock which fixes it.

Since it's not just me I may file a bug report.

 

[0388279]

YES!

I've been having this exact bug, caused by dragging items out of a stack.

One time my system totally locked up and all I could do was hold down the power button and reboot.

Other times I can open Terminal and run killall Dock which fixes it.

Since it's not just me I may file a bug report.

Hi Brookzy,

That happened to me a well. Caused other issues as well that on one occasion locked up the computer. That is why I rebooted. I will try your solution next time of killall Doc--if I can get to it. Excellent suggestion.

Donald Barar

 

[0388279]

Hi All,

Had this happen again this morning. Restarting Finder did not resolve. I would have liked to have killall Dock. Unfortunately, the crash took out Finder and Launch Pad so I had no way to get to Terminal.

This is a bad bug and needs to be fixed since I do this a lot. Where do I submit big reports?

Donald Barar

 

[Brookzy]

Hi All,

Had this happen again this morning. Restarting Finder did not resolve. I would have liked to have killall Dock. Unfortunately, the crash took out Finder and Launch Pad so I had no way to get to Terminal.

This is a bad bug and needs to be fixed since I do this a lot. Where do I submit big reports?

Donald Barar

http://bugreport.apple.com/

 

[0388279]

http://bugreport.apple.com/

Hi Brookzy,

I have reported the bug. It would be terrific if you would also report. This way it may get some quick attention.

Don

 

[fisherking]

just a thought: try removing the downloads folder from the dock. reboot. then, go to the actual downloads folder and add it back to the dock; perhaps try a different view option at first, see how that goes. then, go back to the setting you like.

again, just trying to think of what i would do in that case; i would change things up, to see what happens...

 

[0388279]

just a thought: try removing the downloads folder from the dock. reboot. then, go to the actual downloads folder and add it back to the dock; perhaps try a different view option at first, see how that goes. then, go back to the setting you like. again, just trying to think of what i would do in that case; i would change things up, to see what happens...

Nice suggestion. I tried that. Did not work.

Thank you for your input FisherKing.

Donald Barar