Cannot restart Mac, Finder issues in El Capitan
Solution 1:
My issue turned out to be in an outdated Wacom driver. After removing it, Mac worked fine. I guess formatting would have sorted it out too.
Solution 2:
To re-run Finder, try:
launchctl stop com.apple.Finder
launchctl start com.apple.Finder
Then try to run it as: open -a Finder
.
For further troubleshooting, you can run the app in the foreground and check for any errors:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Consider also checking the logs via log stream
command. Also, disconnect any external drives to be sure (e.g. diskutil umount force /Volumes/MyDrive
).
If you suspect any damaged files, it's good to rsync
above files from another working macOS or try to reinstall.