shylocxs
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Q: Weird Finder Window quirk

This is a new one. Woke my computer up from sleep with a Finder window in List view and the headings (Name, Date Modified, Size, Kind) appear in bold, something I've never seen before. They weren't that way last night when I went to sleep!

 

And I would love to upload the screenshot I have, but the system won't let me. Hope that's descriptions clear enough.

 

Any thoughts? Because this looks ugly right now.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Feb 6, 2014 2:58 AM

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  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Feb 6, 2014 4:03 PM in response to shylocxs
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    Feb 6, 2014 4:03 PM in response to shylocxs

    Not sure exactly what you are seeing.

     

    If you are having trouble posting a screen shot here, just use the Camera icon in the toolbar.

  • by donazipe,Helpful

    donazipe donazipe May 11, 2014 4:17 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    May 11, 2014 4:17 AM in response to Barney-15E

    I think he means this... I see the same bold heading. Can't tell what triggers this bug. Restarting the finder does not seem to help.

     

    Screen Shot 2014-05-11 at 13.15.16.jpg

  • by shylocxs,

    shylocxs shylocxs May 11, 2014 4:48 AM in response to donazipe
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    May 11, 2014 4:48 AM in response to donazipe

    That's exactly what I mean. Thanks donazip!

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E May 11, 2014 7:43 AM in response to shylocxs
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    May 11, 2014 7:43 AM in response to shylocxs

    Does it cause any other unusual behavior?

    I'm not sure what is causing that.

  • by anonadieu,

    anonadieu anonadieu Jun 23, 2014 5:18 PM in response to shylocxs
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    Jun 23, 2014 5:18 PM in response to shylocxs

    I'm also having this issue. It only started happening to me quite recently. I really don't know what triggers it, it seems completely random. It'll behave normally for a long stretch of time, and then one day I'll open a new Finder window and all of a sudden I've got bold headings. Very strange. Anyone have any ideas what could cause this?

     

    Edit: In response to Barney-15E, no it doesn't seem to cause or be related to any other strange behavior. It seems to be completely isolated, but it happens relatively frequently to me (maybe once or twice a week recently). Relaunching the Finder doesn't fix it. It seems to eventually go away by its own accord, again randomly.

  • by dianeoforegon,

    dianeoforegon dianeoforegon Jun 23, 2014 5:26 PM in response to shylocxs
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    Jun 23, 2014 5:26 PM in response to shylocxs

    shylocxs are you still in Mountain Lion or have you upgraded to Mavericks?

     

    OS X 10.9.3

     

    anonadieu are you on Mavericks or Mountain Lion?

     

    This was posted in the Mavericks forum.

  • by shylocxs,

    shylocxs shylocxs Jun 24, 2014 6:44 AM in response to dianeoforegon
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    Jun 24, 2014 6:44 AM in response to dianeoforegon

    10.9.3 here. Like others, it happens infrequently at best and just goes away on its own. It doesn't cause any problems that I can see, but it is strange.

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Jun 24, 2014 7:26 AM in response to shylocxs
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    Jun 24, 2014 7:26 AM in response to shylocxs

    Could just be damaged font cache files.

     

    Close all running applications. From an administrator account, open the Terminal app and enter the following command. You can also copy/paste it from here into the Terminal window:

     

    sudo atsutil databases -remove


    Terminal will then ask for your admin password. As you type, it will not show anything, so be sure to enter it correctly.

     

    This removes all font cache files. Both for the system and the current logged in user account. After running the command, close Terminal and immediately restart your Mac.

  • by shylocxs,

    shylocxs shylocxs Jul 25, 2014 7:18 AM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Jul 25, 2014 7:18 AM in response to Kurt Lang

    The sudo atsutil databases -remove command seemed to work then, two days ago, I'm running Time Machine and I got two different results when I opened up new windows. Attached are the screen shots!Screen Shot 2014-07-23 at 18.35.46.jpg

    Screen Shot 2014-07-23 at 18.57.59.jpg

    As you can see, at one point BOTH sets of headings were in bold, then 20 minutes later only ONE set of headings was in bold.

     

    It's just weird. Not causing any problems, just weird.

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Jul 25, 2014 7:25 AM in response to shylocxs
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    Jul 25, 2014 7:25 AM in response to shylocxs

    Something is goofy with the OS. The column headers shouldn't be black. The gray text is what they should always look like. There isn't a System Preference choice to change that. Did you use some sort of third party hack to modify the OS's display, or did it do that on its own?

  • by CT,

    CT CT Jul 25, 2014 7:26 AM in response to shylocxs
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    Jul 25, 2014 7:26 AM in response to shylocxs

    Hard to test, since it's intermittent, but I would suspect a third party software conflict.

  • by shylocxs,

    shylocxs shylocxs Jul 25, 2014 8:53 AM in response to CT
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    Jul 25, 2014 8:53 AM in response to CT

    I would also suspect a third party conflict, but I don't have a lot of third party pieces of software that would affect the Finder. Moom is one, Flip4Mac and Perian are the only things that show up in the System Preferences. I'm pretty good about keeping my system as clean as possible. Like I said, this is not a big deal and more simply a curiosity. Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Jul 25, 2014 8:59 AM in response to shylocxs
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    Jul 25, 2014 8:59 AM in response to shylocxs

    A system report will list installed software, extensions login items etc but navigating it is a pain. Try an EtreCheck report instead…

    http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

     

    It will show you what is installed & set to run on login etc. It could help to compare reports if you all want to see if you have anything in common.