Creating sub-folder results in strange situation

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RobertJ Author

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Creating sub-folder results in strange situation

If I go to a folder call it FolderA.
Let us say it has two files in it file-a and file-b.
If I then use command + shift + n to create a new folder in FolderA called untitled folder
If I doulbe click on untitled folder it opens and, rather than being empty, it shows file-a, file-b and untitled folder.

The only way I can create untitled folder in an existing folder is to create it on the Desktop and drag it in.

I have tried rebooting but this strange situation persists. Any thoughts?

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 31, 2012 9:41 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 31, 2012 9:51 AM in response to RobertJ

That is strange.

However, I couldn't replicate the problem.

Matt

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RobertJ Author

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Jul 31, 2012 9:57 AM in response to Matthew Morgan

That is what I was afraid of. I really don't want to do a reinstall of ML since everything else seems fine. This has me baffled.

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macjack

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Jul 31, 2012 10:03 AM in response to RobertJ

I can't replicate that either...

Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library. Then go to Preferences folder and trash this file... com.apple.finder.plist

Then restart, or log out and back in.

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Answer 4

Jul 31, 2012 10:05 AM in response to RobertJ

Does the problem occur not matter the view you're using (column, icon, list etc.)?

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RobertJ Author

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Jul 31, 2012 10:15 AM in response to Matthew Morgan

Trashing the prefs did nothing; however, this problem does not occur in the list or column views, only icon view.

I suppose that is progress?

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Jul 31, 2012 10:22 AM in response to RobertJ

RobertJ wrote:

I suppose that is progress?

Hey, it's something at least! 😉

I just tried to replicate the issue again in icon view and couldn't.

Do you have a second user account on the computer? It might be worth seeing if the issue also occurs in other accounts, or even better a newly created account.

Matt

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RobertJ Author

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Jul 31, 2012 10:30 AM in response to Matthew Morgan

I have a 2nd test accout. The problem does not exit in that account.

A little more progress 🙂

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Jul 31, 2012 10:35 AM in response to RobertJ

RobertJ wrote:

I have a 2nd test accout. The problem does not exit in that account.

A little more progress 🙂

If that's the case, I wouldn't count on a reinstall to solve anything.

Matt

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RobertJ Author

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Jul 31, 2012 10:41 AM in response to Matthew Morgan

I tried trashing com.apple.finder.savedState and then log out/in.

No difference.

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RobertJ Author

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Jul 31, 2012 10:55 AM in response to RobertJ

Tried trashing BOTH com.apple.finder.plist and com.apple.finder.savedState and then log out/in.

No change.

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Jul 31, 2012 11:01 AM in response to RobertJ

I wish I had more suggestions for you.

I never use icon view, so it wouldn't be hard for me to just ignore, but you probably feel differently.

I've read about some Finder problems being resolved by trashing various cache files, but I don't know enough about it making a knowledgeable recommendation. It might be worth researching.

Matt

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RobertJ Author

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Jul 31, 2012 11:06 AM in response to RobertJ

My install of ML was on July 25th. On July 28th I cloned my disk to a second disk using SuperDuper. Just booted off that disk and it has the same problem.

I'll look for some cache files and then I may start killing background process from my AV and other such software to see if I can isolate it. I will likely see if there are unique processes in my main versus test accounts.

If I find out the problem I will post back.

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RobertJ Author

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Jul 31, 2012 11:17 AM in response to RobertJ

Just used Yasu to clear all caches, no joy.

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macjack

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Jul 31, 2012 11:17 AM in response to RobertJ

Well, you can trash everything in ~/Library/Caches without problems. The only thing you may notice is a slightly longer time to launch an app the first time.. You could begin with the Finder specific ones.

Another issue could be the .ds_store. Try Onyx for cleaning them.

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RobertJ Author

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Jul 31, 2012 11:32 AM in response to macjack

macjack wrote:

Well, you can trash everything in ~/Library/Caches without problems. The only thing you may notice is a slightly longer time to launch an app the first time.. You could begin with the Finder specific ones.

Another issue could be the .ds_store. Try Onyx for cleaning them.

No Joy.

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