d60Dave

Q: Slow file open dialogue box

Hi,

 

I upgraded to Mavericks OS over the weekend and everything seems to work ok. The only thing I have noticed is that my when I try to attach a file in Mail the dialogue box opens and where previously files would immediately appear they now take several seconds, maybe as long as five, ten seconds.

 

I think I've noticed similar behaviour in other applications but Mail is the one I use the most in this way.

 

Has anyone else experienced this since upgrading to Mavericks?

 

 

Regards and thanks,

 

Dave.

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 6:03 AM

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  • by verstaerker2,

    verstaerker2 verstaerker2 Jan 13, 2014 10:27 AM in response to verstaerker2
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    Jan 13, 2014 10:27 AM in response to verstaerker2

    and now it seem i got my user account fixed by rebuilding the spotlight-index:

     

    sudo mdutil -E -v -a

  • by AJDesignCo,

    AJDesignCo AJDesignCo Jan 22, 2014 7:56 AM in response to d60Dave
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    Jan 22, 2014 7:56 AM in response to d60Dave

    SUCCESS!
    (at least apparent, temporary success...)

     

    Here is what worked for me:

     

    1) Open Finder and navigate to this location:

     

    HD > Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration

     

    2) Find the file named preferences.plist

     

    3) Rename the file to preferences.plist.old (this preserves the data in case you need to restore the file for some reason)

     

    4) Your system will then rebuild the preferences.plist file (not sure whether that happenes immediately or upon rebooting).

     

    Let me know if this worked for you. This instantly solved my problem, and I'll keep an alias to that location on my desktop so I can repeat the process if the slow behavior reappears. Hopefully Apple will fix whatever is causing this problem with preferences.plist.

     

    Have a great day!

  • by brilor,

    brilor brilor Jan 22, 2014 8:41 AM in response to AJDesignCo
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    Jan 22, 2014 8:41 AM in response to AJDesignCo

    AJDesignCo  suggested renaming /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist   to force a rebuild of the file.

     

    and wrote also:

    Let me know if this worked for you.

     

     

    Thanks for the post. The only solution that has worked here( i.e. on my machine ) is the edit of /private/etc/auto_master as suggested by Snaggletooth_DE.

     

    To try  AJDesignCo's suggestion:

    I backed out Snaggletooths_DE's suggestion and renamed per AJDesignCo's suggestion; it was not a solution here. My test is to simply open the Preview.app and use the File==>Open... menu. The dialog clocks ( spinning gear icon in lower left of dialog window ) and doesn't populate the files as per the original issue.

     

    Please note the related discussion which is also solved by Snaggletooth_DE's workaround here

     

    Please send feedback and bug reports to Apple because they do NOT monitor these lists for bugs and we need them to fix it. Thank you.

  • by zer0ed,

    zer0ed zer0ed Jan 22, 2014 10:29 AM in response to brilor
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    Jan 22, 2014 10:29 AM in response to brilor

    Same here! The only solid fix I've found is Snaggletooth_DE's one!

  • by AJDesignCo,

    AJDesignCo AJDesignCo Jan 22, 2014 1:40 PM in response to brilor
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    Jan 22, 2014 1:40 PM in response to brilor

    Sorry for the dead end if it didn't work for you, brilor. So far, my system is still in good shape and displaying files in the Open or Save dialog with no delay.

     

    I did submit feedback to Apple. In my feedback, I linked a couple of forum threads like this one.

  • by jthomp1286,

    jthomp1286 jthomp1286 Jan 27, 2014 1:48 PM in response to brilor
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    Jan 27, 2014 1:48 PM in response to brilor

    Snaggletooth_DE's fix worked for me as well. I wonder if this has been fixed in the 10.9.2 beta.

  • by babylonslim,

    babylonslim babylonslim Jan 29, 2014 1:45 PM in response to Snaggletooth_DE
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    Jan 29, 2014 1:45 PM in response to Snaggletooth_DE

    Would you mind explaing --- step by step how to do this in Terminal?

    Should I be in the Root (HD) directory or Home?  I tied to do this with text edit but no go.

     

    Thanks...

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Jan 29, 2014 1:49 PM in response to babylonslim
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    Jan 29, 2014 1:49 PM in response to babylonslim

    TextEdit can't do it because it won't unlock the file. Use the free TextWrangler instead. It will ask if you want to unlock the file. Do so, and you can save the change (which is just adding one # symbol to the beginning of the /net line).

  • by babylonslim,

    babylonslim babylonslim Jan 29, 2014 2:04 PM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Jan 29, 2014 2:04 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    OK, downloaded text wragler.  I am looking at a blank page. Please explain it to me like I was a child -- I am 60 so, close to it.

  • by babylonslim,

    babylonslim babylonslim Jan 29, 2014 2:17 PM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Jan 29, 2014 2:17 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    OK, I opened private/etc/auto_master in text Wrangler, I put a # in front of /net and saved it.

     

    Now what do I do?  Close Text Wrangler?

    Where do i type ---  sudo automount -vc   ?

     

    Thank You

  • by babylonslim,

    babylonslim babylonslim Jan 29, 2014 2:23 PM in response to Snaggletooth_DE
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    Jan 29, 2014 2:23 PM in response to Snaggletooth_DE

    OK, I opened private/etc/auto_master in Text Wrangler, I put a # in front of /net and saved it.

     

    Now what do I do?  Close Text Wrangler? OR...

    Where do i type ---  sudo automount -vc? At the bottom of the file in Text Wrangler

    OR in Terminal? If in termina... from what directory, the root? Home?

     

    Thank You

  • by babylonslim,

    babylonslim babylonslim Jan 29, 2014 2:31 PM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Jan 29, 2014 2:31 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    This is what I did in Terminal (with results) after saving the Text Wrangler file:

     

    Last login: Wed Jan 29 04:55:39 on ttys000

    joe's-imac:~ Myusename$ sudo automount -vc

    Password:

    automount: /home updated

    automount: /net unmounted

    JOE'S-imac:~ MYUSERNAME$

  • by babylonslim,

    babylonslim babylonslim Jan 29, 2014 2:40 PM in response to brilor
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    Jan 29, 2014 2:40 PM in response to brilor
    •  

      Is that it? 
  • by brilor,

    brilor brilor Jan 29, 2014 3:30 PM in response to babylonslim
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    Jan 29, 2014 3:30 PM in response to babylonslim

    babylonslim wrote:

     

    Where do i type ---  sudo automount -vc?     

    When you see 'sudo' it mostly( commands can be put in scripts but there is no script building required here ) means a command to type in to the Terminal.app.  'sudo' requests temporary root authority which is required to execute the command ( which is the 'automount -vc' ).

     

    btw: IMO older age doesn't necessarily imply computer ignorance; if it did I'd be really stupid.  I agree the original post could have been clearer about where to use the editor vs. where to use the command.

  • by babylonslim,

    babylonslim babylonslim Jan 29, 2014 3:31 PM in response to brilor
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    Jan 29, 2014 3:31 PM in response to brilor

    So...   This is what I typed in Terminal (with results) after saving the Text Wrangler file:

     

    Last login: Wed Jan 29 04:55:39 on ttys000

    joe's-imac:~ Myusename$

    sudo automount -vc

    Password:xxxxxxxx

    automount: /home updated

    automount: /net unmounted

    JOE'S-imac:~ MYUSERNAME$

     

     

       Is that the correct revisions to expect in terminal?

     

    Am I done?

     

     

    Thanks

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