MP 5.1 freezes when trying to drag files

[dbf]

My refurbed Mac Pro (mid-2010 5.1) is amazing ..... except for a huge problem I am experiencing where when I drag files from one folder to another, I get a freeze requiring a restart. I can drag a folder no problem...and I can drag audio files into Pro Tools no problem...but something is freaking out the computer when I try to drag multiple files at once. I have looked online for any tips, tried what I saw, but no luck. I'm running the latest version of Mojave. Anyone experienced this issue and find a solution? Thanks!

 

[t8er8]

Seems to almost certainly be a corrupt OS, I recommend you reinstall Mac OS and it will likely fix your issue.

Alternatively this might help,

From your Finder "Go" menu > "Go to folder" and enter
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Press Return.
Delete the plist file.
Then, restart, or log out and in again

 

[dbf]

Thanks, had already tried deleted that preference with no luck....will try a reinstall of OS next... it was a rather fresh install so I didn't think that could be an issue....

 

[t8er8]

Thanks, had already tried deleted that preference with no luck....will try a reinstall of OS next... it was a rather fresh install so I didn't think that could be an issue....

Either way, could’ve had something wrong happen during installation which is where the corruption came from.

 

[dbf]

Sadly, OS reinstall didn't help :-/ . I'm beginning to wonder if it can be graphics card.... or something to do with the system's reaction to the mouse ..... it's always something ....

 

[Tesseract]

Might be worth giving Onyx (https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html) a try. Has helped me with similar situations.

 

[orph]

is the MacPro new to you? or have you been using it for a long time and it's a new problem?

may be bad drive/ram to

if you have a second drive worth trying a fresh instal on it and see if you hit the same problem.