Bobby T

Q: Open With reads "Fetching..." for over a minute in Yosemite

Anybody have any idea how to fix this?

 

If I go into the finder, right click on a PNG file and choose "Open With", it will literally read "Fetching..." for over a minute (I literally timed it)...

 

Eventually once the menu comes up I can select my choice, but once I'm finished and I go back into the finder and choose "Open With" I'm again stuck...

 

Prior to upgrading to Yosemite this same task took less than a second...

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.0.x), 8GB RAM, 256GB Hard Drive

Posted on Nov 9, 2014 9:15 PM

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Q: Open With reads "Fetching..." for over a minute in Yosemite

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Nov 9, 2014 9:41 PM in response to Bobby T
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    Nov 9, 2014 9:41 PM in response to Bobby T

    Restart the computer in safe mode. Certain caches maintained by the system will be rebuilt.

    Safe mode is much slower to start up than normal. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.

    When the login screen appears, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and test. There's no need to log in while in safe mode.

    Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t start in safe mode. In that case, ask for instructions.

  • by Eriksrocks,

    Eriksrocks Eriksrocks Nov 10, 2014 1:22 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Nov 10, 2014 1:22 PM in response to Linc Davis

    I also have this problem, but I have FileVault enabled so I can't start in safe mode. Any solutions to this?

  • by rswift,

    rswift rswift Nov 12, 2014 2:14 AM in response to Eriksrocks
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    Nov 12, 2014 2:14 AM in response to Eriksrocks

    Google turned up this page: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/151201/fetching-behavior-in-finder-open -with-menu-in-yosemite the reset of LaunchServices worked for me, took a little while appears to have reset a number of things (I've had a message "This is the first time you've run app X" for example) but nothing major and the problem does seem to have cleared... I wondered if it was because I'm running on a 2009 MacBook Pro, it doesn't do it on my iMac? Either way, seems to be cleared now, hope this helps?

     

    Robert...

  • by YeOldMacFan,

    YeOldMacFan YeOldMacFan Nov 14, 2014 5:42 AM in response to Bobby T
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    Nov 14, 2014 5:42 AM in response to Bobby T

    I've been running Yosemite for a few weeks now without any issues.  I have selected "Open With" many times.  But I noticed the "Fetching" behavior this morning.  Linc's suggestion to start in Safe Mode and then restart normally has resolved the issue for me.  (FileVault is not enabled.)

  • by YeOldMacFan,

    YeOldMacFan YeOldMacFan Nov 19, 2014 5:28 PM in response to YeOldMacFan
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    Nov 19, 2014 5:28 PM in response to YeOldMacFan

    It happened again a day or so ago.  Displayed the dim "Fetching..." menu command for a very long time.  I gave up and rebooted.  That cured it.  Something is causing this but I don't know what - yet.

  • by soundg,

    soundg soundg Nov 20, 2014 8:03 PM in response to Bobby T
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    Nov 20, 2014 8:03 PM in response to Bobby T

    I'm experiencing this same issue.  I've tried both remedies mentioned in this post and none have solved the problem.  This issue seems to persist and get worse the longer my machine is up.  Worse meaning the longer the "Fetching" remains before listing other applications.

     

    Apple - what information do you need to investigate this issue?  It's quite annoying as I depend on the "Open with" capability, which frankly doesn't work in Yosemite.  This has functioned flawlessly with prior versions of OS X.

     

    I'm running version 10.10.1 (14B25) of OS X Yosemite

  • by rswift,

    rswift rswift Nov 21, 2014 1:16 AM in response to soundg
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    Nov 21, 2014 1:16 AM in response to soundg

    Could this be a combination of particular Mac's (older?) and/or drives? In my MacBookPro5,2 (early 2009) I have a Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SATA Solid State Hybrid Hard Drive, it was an upgrade a couple of years ago that I've always felt never quite lived up to expectation, and I wonder if this drive is a contributing factor?

     

    I have noticed that once or twice it does take a brief moment to populate the menu, in my opinion, 10.10.1 has improved things significantly?

  • by YeOldMacFan,

    YeOldMacFan YeOldMacFan Nov 21, 2014 9:19 AM in response to rswift
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    Nov 21, 2014 9:19 AM in response to rswift

    I'm running 10.10.1 on a 2013 MacBook Air with 128 GB solid state drive.

  • by soundg,

    soundg soundg Nov 21, 2014 10:54 AM in response to Bobby T
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    Nov 21, 2014 10:54 AM in response to Bobby T

    I don't think I can make the leap to it being related to SSD drives (or hardware of any kind).  I do have SSD drives, but this worked flawlessly under Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion with the exact same hardware set up.  Seems to be a change in Finder or an underlying service or resource that Finder uses.  Actually it should very simply be a list (or file) of associations that the operating system loads at least at boot.  Should be simple for Apple to debug and fix.

  • by Carla Anderson,

    Carla Anderson Carla Anderson Nov 25, 2014 4:05 PM in response to soundg
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    Nov 25, 2014 4:05 PM in response to soundg

    I've got a WD Blue 1tb hard drive (mechanical) and I get this behaviour too, so it's definitely not linked to SSDs. I did a clean install and haven't installed a bunch of 3rd party software. I wonder if this is happening more on older systems? My MacBook Pro is a Late 2011 13" model with 8gb of RAM in it. In theory it shouldn't have a speed issue. I'd be interested to know if people with the shiny new 5K iMac have this issue, too.

     

    I'm pleased that I won't ever see duplicate entries in the "Open with…" menu, but it seems like they could have found a better way to fix the issue than populating the menu dynamically every time it's accessed. Love to have a fix for this, because it's bloody aggravating and I don't see why I should have to restart my system every other day to keep fixable defects at bay.

  • by ronin3,

    ronin3 ronin3 Nov 29, 2014 1:24 PM in response to Bobby T
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    Nov 29, 2014 1:24 PM in response to Bobby T

    I just started seeing this today - but after I wirelessly connected an older iMac to finish transferring files off of it. When it opens the "Open With" menu contains applications from the other Mac as well. Maybe be sure you aren't connected to a network share (if possible) as Yosemite appears to scan those for applicable programs as well.

  • by janericster,

    janericster janericster Nov 30, 2014 2:33 PM in response to Bobby T
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    Nov 30, 2014 2:33 PM in response to Bobby T

    Same problem with me since upgrading to Yosemite.

     

    MacBook Pro Retina mid-2012

    16GB RAM

    SSD Drive

    Yosemite 10.10.1

     

    Between this huge glitch and the external drives constantly ejecting themselves after my MacBook wakes up from "sleep mode", I'm beginning to realize how half-baked this OSX version really is. And still no details on workarounds or fixes from Apple.

     

    Very annoying and frustrating.

  • by artemistravel,

    artemistravel artemistravel Jan 9, 2015 8:01 AM in response to Bobby T
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    Jan 9, 2015 8:01 AM in response to Bobby T

    I had the same problem, I tried the safe mode, still very slow, I then ejected all my usb drives and the fetching appeared for a short while and after that it has been pretty instant. Not a fix, but explains the issue, I use a few usb drives for backup since I cannot rely upon Time Machine.

  • by GetBobT1,

    GetBobT1 GetBobT1 Jan 15, 2015 4:48 PM in response to artemistravel
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    Jan 15, 2015 4:48 PM in response to artemistravel

    I have the same problem since upgrading to Yosemite. I've got an eight core 2.93 Mac Pro with 24gb of ram. Open with often just freezes up and I have to try it multiple times before it eventually responds. I have done all the fixes and while it helps temporarily, the problem eventually returns. Is there a way to fix this? Is anyone at Apple even acknowledging this problem?

     

    Is there a way to tell it to only open with certain apps? Is it spinning up the other drives? I am not sure what is going on. I am using WD NAS Red Drives.

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