Catalina: Finder not refreshing with new items.

Boot into Safe Mode (Use Safe Mode to isoloate issues with your Mac) and tests to see if the problem persists 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. 

Download and run Etrecheck. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support  to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.

Copy the report

and use the Add Text button to include the report in your reply. How to use the Add Text Feature When Posting Large Amounts of Text, i.e. an Etrecheck Report

IMPORTANT:

Before running Etrecheck assign Full Disk Access to Etrecheck so that it can get additional information from the Console and log files for the report:

ALSO:

Then we can examine the report and see if we can determine the root of the problem.

Boot into Safe Mode (Use Safe Mode to isoloate issues with your Mac) and set the save location of screenshot there. Then test. 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. 

Also use the cleaning feature of Etrecheck to remove those orphaned files under the Cleanup section.

So here's my report, after clear Finder Preferences and Update to 10.15.2 the Problem was fixed....for a week. Today i make a Screenshot and the file not appear. Kill Finder and Restart > File is there

Notable how many replies to this page are no longer showing up. Are they being removed, and if so, why?

New MacBook Pro 16 has this issue. Scenarios I have observed:

• Application development, using npm install to generate libraries for javascript applications, large number of files generated, Finder cannot display them without being restarted.
• Downloading documents via browsers to downloads folder, one shows up, then additional ones do not without restarting Finder.
• Copying files via Thunderbolt 3 bridge between Apple laptops. Large number of files, Finder does not display without restart.

So Apple, why are you so hesitant to engage us and confirm that this is a known issue, and is targeted for 10.15.x (10.15.2? presently in beta 3)? We don't bite, but unwillingness to acknowledge and engage the community is going to ultimately bite you over time. People interpret that behavior or leadership attitude as ... arrogance.

Old Toad I am happy that you are not experiencing this and you are very lucky but if you go back and read all the entries, some have had this happened with newly purchased hardware and with clean installs. So I have two questions.

1. Do you believe that everyone who have experienced this issue will report it?
2. How many users reporting this issue would it take before this would be considered a bug?

Jumping in thread, so that this can be documented. I have the Mac mini (Late 2014).

After updating to Catalina I'm having the following issues:

• Like most, Finder occasionally will not show new items. I then have to either relaunch or reboot.

AND the an even bigger buzz kill...

• My external drives get disconnected after a while WHICH IN TURN causes my backup to see the drives as empty and thus removing the files from the backup.
• We are talking terabytes worth
• So when this happens it takes days/weeks to back the items up again

I have had to change the way I work and add extra steps to this process which is SUPER frustrating as those backups are critical to what do (and my sanity).

With the first issue, I would have been cool riding it out until it was fixed SURPRISINGLY... but the second issue had me combing the internet for a fix.

Sad the learn there is not one and even more sad that this particular bug more than likely won't get addressed very soon.

I work for a software company and I understand how prioritization works when it comes to bugs. All in all, this just sucks and I needed to vent.

There are replies missing? Last I saw, 51 people flagged this as an issue. Not sure how many comments there were.

I'm curious if this has manifested in other ways for users.

I've had two issues come up since getting my 2019 MacBook that also seem like delays. One was with typing, it seemed like there was a stall and I could see all the letters I typed but in the wrong order. See screenshot example.

The other was with dragging music files from Finder to VLC and the playlist duration not updating. It would just hang at whatever duration the first track was an eventually it would correct itself if I deleted tracks. These could be isolated or unrelated incidents but they never happened on older MacBooks and Air's that I've used. This is the first time I've ever bought an Apple product for myself (the others were from jobs) so I'm disappointed to have problems less than a week in.

Still, there might be something that those of us who often look at those reports may be able to spot... hence you should follow Old Toad's advice and post the report. There is no private information, as you can check. Use the "additional text" button below.

My machine has the same issue, but only happens once every other week (roughly). Just to force quite Finder app and re-launch it works for me. It is not convenient at all, but acceptable. Really hope Apple support team can fix it.