Have to Force Quit Finder to access desktop after backup.

[robbosir]

I can't access any icons on my desktop after an overnight SuperDuper smart update backup. Doesn't happen on weekends which is the only time SuperDuper doesn't run. I'm backing up to an external USB drive. The backup itself is successful as I've checked and booted from the external. As far as I know this is the only scheduled activity I've setup. Any ideas?

robbbosir

[dnanian]

This seems to be a bug in Leopard, actually, that a few users have reported. Is your dock on the side?

[dpvanwormer]

I have the same problem with my MB Air and iomega USB hard drive. And, yes, my dock is on the side. Sounds like I should try it with the dock on the bottom!

[dnanian]

Yes: give that a try and see if it helps.

[dpvanwormer]

Having done some limited testing on two machines, I am seeing mixed results.

1. New MB Air and iomega USB hard drive: My experience agrees with what you have said. Have to re-launch Finder after a back-up if Dock is on left side and running a back-up from scheduled. Moving Dock to bottom fixed the issue. Starting a back-up manually also does not cause a problem - even if the Dock is on the side.

2. Also tried it on my approximately 2-year-old iMac with a firewire hard drive for back-up. I had NO problems on this set-up - regardless of whether the Dock was on the bottom or the left side.

Both are Intel Core 2 Duo's running 10.5.6.

[dnanian]

We don't interact with the dock at all, so we're not sure why this happens, but the "dock at the bottom" workaround seems to avoid whatever's going on in Leopard that causes the problem for some users.