R help - Mar 2015 - R Freezes (Mac) using file.choose()

I'm using a mac with OSX Yosemite (10.10.2), running the latest version of R
(3.1.3). But I've been having this same issue since Mavericks came out,
using all of  the different versions of R that have come out since Mavericks.

Often (approximately 15% of the time I would say), whenever I use a function in
R that pulls up a mac finder window, R will freeze and I am left with the
spinning beach ball until I force-quit R. This happens most frequently when
using "file.choose()" to open a file, but has happened to me when
changing the working directory through the "Misc" tab as well:

Misc-> Change Working Directory


This has happened on at least three different Mac machines of varying ages, so I
don't think this is a computer specific issue. And as much of the scripts I
have written use "file.choose()", this happens on a regular basis.

Have other people run into this same issue? If so, is there a fix for it?
 		 	   		  
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Hi,

Did you ever get an answer about this?  It has been so so frustrating for 
me...

Thanks!


On Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 11:29:28 PM UTC-4, Vindoggy !
wrote:
>
> I'm using a mac with OSX Yosemite (10.10.2), running the latest version
of
> R (3.1.3). But I've been having this same issue since Mavericks came
out,
> using all of  the different versions of R that have come out since 
> Mavericks. 
>
> Often (approximately 15% of the time I would say), whenever I use a 
> function in R that pulls up a mac finder window, R will freeze and I am 
> left with the spinning beach ball until I force-quit R. This happens most 
> frequently when using "file.choose()" to open a file, but has
happened to
> me when changing the working directory through the "Misc" tab as
well:
>
> Misc-> Change Working Directory 
>
>
> This has happened on at least three different Mac machines of varying 
> ages, so I don't think this is a computer specific issue. And as much
of
> the scripts I have written use "file.choose()", this happens on a
regular
> basis. 
>
> Have other people run into this same issue? If so, is there a fix for it? 
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