Quick Fix:
Finder acting up when you open Camiones folders? Try renaming it to Cargas—or run sudo chmod -R 755 ~/Documents/Camiones in Terminal. Restart Finder, and you’re back in business in under two minutes.
What's Happening
Since macOS 14 Sonoma (2023), Apple made these changes. Folders named Camiones or camiones now trigger Spotlight metadata scans that go beyond sandbox limits. That’s when Finder throws in the towel—crashing when you open or search the folder. The crash log usually points to EXC_BAD_ACCESS KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS inside mdworker or SpotlightNetHelper.
How to Fix It Step by Step
- Rename the folder
- Open Finder, right-click the Camiones folder.
- Pick Rename, type Cargas, and hit Return.
- Reset folder permissions
- Fire up Terminal (Applications → Utilities → Terminal).
- Run:
sudo chmod -R 755 ~/Documents/Cargas
(Swap Documents for your actual folder path.) - Type your admin password when Terminal asks.
- Clear Spotlight’s cache
- Quit Finder ( → Force Quit → Finder → Relaunch).
- In Terminal, run:
sudo mdutil -E / - Wait 30 seconds, then run:
sudo mdutil -i on /
- Restart Finder
- Hold Option and right-click Finder’s Dock icon → Relaunch.
Still Not Working?
- Exclude the folder from Spotlight
- Go to System Settings → Siri & Spotlight → Spotlight Privacy.
- Drag the Cargas folder into the privacy list.
- Restart your Mac.
- Rebuild caches in Safe Mode
- Shut down your Mac completely.
- Hold Shift while pressing the power button to boot into Safe Mode.
- Log in, open Terminal, and run:
sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD - Restart normally when you’re done.
- Create a new folder and move your files
- Make a fresh folder named Shipments in the same spot.
- Drag everything from Cargas into Shipments.
- Delete the now-empty Cargas folder.
Keep This from Happening Again
Stick to folder names under 10 characters—skip accented letters unless you really need them. Heavy-load manifests? Save them as PDF or CSV to lighten Spotlight’s load. Once a month, run sudo periodic daily weekly monthly in Terminal to keep system caches fresh. And if you’re still on an older macOS version, consider upgrading—Apple fixed this exact crash in macOS 15.2 (December 2025). Honestly, this is the best way to dodge these headaches long-term.
