Mojave 10.14.4 issue : newly created files not displayed

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Mojave 10.14.4 issue : newly created files not displayed

After upgrading my 2015 MacBook Pro to Mojave 10.14.4 I repeatedly find that newly created files are not displayed in Finder and/or on Desktop. Once I reboot the MacBook these very same files appear where and the way they should, i.e. they were present and only not being displayed before.

Applications that created these files were:

The latest Adobe Lightroom Classic CC exporting standard JPGs to an external disk (LaCie) connected via Thunderbolt
Apple Preview exporting PDFs to the Desktop

Anybody with similar issues and hopefully a solution? THX!

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 1:58 PM

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OldToad

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Mar 28, 2019 2:37 PM in response to olafocologne

Boot into Safe Mode, Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac, and test with new files from there. Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing.

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olafocologne Author

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Mar 29, 2019 6:42 AM in response to OldToad

Hi OldToad, Thank you for that advice. Since this kind of approach is promising to eliminate the issue, I just tried it out, and made some tests that seem to indicate that now everything is working.

Going to keep the 'refreshing Finder' shortcut (as proposed by ria36 - THX!) as a backup for when the issue shows again or in cased the next macOS update causes me new headaches...

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sberman

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Mar 28, 2019 2:13 PM in response to olafocologne

What happens if you open a new Finder window and type "Today" in the window's search bar? (Then choose "Dates: Today")

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mulberry58

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Mar 28, 2019 2:52 PM in response to olafocologne

There is a possibility to refresh a Finder-window immediately: Click on the option-button + right click on the Finder icon in the dock. Then choose 'relaunch'

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Mar 29, 2019 6:51 AM in response to olafocologne

Spotlight, provided these categories are selected in System Preferences : Spotlight : Search Results:

today AND (kind:image +.jpg OR kind:PDF)

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Mar 29, 2019 6:53 AM in response to VikingOSX

I have the same issue, the files show up in spotlight.

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Answer 7

Mar 29, 2019 8:12 PM in response to olafocologne

I also have this issue constantly

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Mojave 10.14.4 issue : newly created files not displayed

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