Hey everyone,
I'm using MAc 10.5.8 and when I transfer data, the progress bar is not appearing anymore. Is there any way that i might have accidentally deleted files for that by using CleanMyMac and if so is there any way to get the progress bar back?
Thanks in advance!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Transfer data to/from where?
From an external HD to the MacHD or the other way around or just copying files from one location on the MacHD to another. I always used to have the progress bar for that so that i can see when it is actually finished. But it doesn't automatically pop up anymore.
Good point: the progress bar shoud appear automatically.
I think Copy is a function of Finder. Deleting the Finder P-list, which will be recreated on your next start-up, should accomplish this:
Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately that did not work. Still no progress bar during the copying process. Do you have any other idea that might help?
Try running the 10.5.8 combo updater again. That should fill in any missing bits in the system.
Then repair permissions and reboot.
Still no progress bar after running the combo updater. Seems like my mac doesn't want me to see what he's up to 😟
Did you also repair permissions? It's not a cure-all but it can help!
Yeah, i did repair the permissions. but still no progress bar.
This is odd!
I have called for the cavalry!
A suggestion from Ronda Wilson:
This is likely too silly to be it, but have you recently upgraded your RAM or had an upgrade to your internet connection, causing small transfers to happen so quickly that the progress bar doesn't show up?
Nah that's not it. I've neither upgraded my RAM nor my internet connection. And even if i had upgraded one of those the amounts of data i'm copying from time to time are way to big not to be seen in the progress bar. I can also see the copied files grow bigger and bigger during the copying process so I know for sure that the progress bar should appear.
One thing you could try is to reboot in Safe Mode:
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
That didn't help either. But i wuld like to thank you and your "cavalry" for your time and effort anyhow 🙂 If you have any other idea please let me know, otherwise i might contact apple customer services directly ... maybe they have an idea.
Hi, just wondering if anyone ever figured this out ? I am transfering several files right now and have no idea how far along I am since the status bar dissapeared.
Hey,
what i can tell you is that my progress bar is back. I am not sure if any of the above actually helped in getting it back but there is definitely no harm in trying (I've tried all of the above mentioned techniques and neither did it hurt my system nor did it seem to actually have an impact on the problem. Deleting the Finder P-list seemed to make my Mac go a little faster though but that could have been an illusion ;-) The Progress Bar just popped back up one day right out of the blue, so it might have also been an update on something. I'd advise you to try and see and until then you can check how far along the progress is by just hitting the space bar when you are on the folder that you are copying your files to.
No Progress Bar during file transfering
