Finder windows corrupted since Tahoe

Shorten the name of MAVERIC’<<<… and any other folder that shows up in the Recently used folders. The Recent folders list cannot shorten the folder names and thus expands the window to accommodate the full name.

The quickest workaround is to force-quit Finder, then delete its saved state, open Terminal and run

rm -rf ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.finder.savedState

then restart Finder with killall Finder.

If that doesn’t help, try logging into a new temporary user account, if file dialogs work there, the issue’s user-profile specific, so deleting Finder preferences (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist) should fix it.

If it’s system-wide, reinstall the latest macOS Tahoe 15.x supplemental update, Apple’s already patched similar window rendering glitches in recent builds.

flaaimachjien wrote:

Thanks that seemed like a good idea but I even ejected the MAVERICK drive that had no effect and all the other names fit in fine buit still every time I save something this happens its unbelievably annoying

You need to look in the recently used, pop-up menu in the middle of the dialogue for oversized folder names, not the sidebar. I just mentioned the one I saw assuming it might possibly be in the recent used folder list.

just ejecting the drive will probably not remove it from the recently used folder list.

How do i force quit finder it only offers me the option of relaunch : "

You can’t quit the Finder,. All you can do is re-launch it, which is the same thing.