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crazyBrit Author

Level 1

4 points

Mavericks Finder Coverflow Gets Lost

I have upgraded to Mavericks, and I am having trouble with Coverflow in the Finder. When I delete files it gets lost, showing previews of files that are not the ones that are highlighted. The spacebar preview seems to work, showing me the actual contents, but the coverflow view is for a different file. Also, if there is a long list of files in the folder, it cannot display the files further down the list.

I was in the middle of a large project, going through thousands of photos in finder, when I upgraded. I had the perfect workflow, using coverflow, and it worked flawlessly in Lion. It seems this got boken in the update.

Any suggestions?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 9:26 AM

52 replies

Dec 3, 2013 4:58 AM in response to crazyBrit

Same problem here, I nearly deleted the wrong files... I hope that coverflow gets fixed, since I use it extensively. As an aside, sometimes trying to arrange things by "kind" takes forever when they were arranged by "filename".

Add to that my calendar issues ...

Regards

Dec 6, 2013 4:15 AM in response to crazyBrit

I have to agree with many of the posts here. This bug is the ignoring of fundamental pre-release testing and Mavericks perhaps shouldn't have been rushed to market.

On the positive side there are a lot of good new features in Mavericks, but as a company Apple should NOT just concentrate on the new stuff and abandon concentration on the older functions that still need to be right.

Serious shot to the foot here, Apple. GET IT FIXED - QUICKLY!

I hope this isn't going to be the sign of things to come: OS is free = Apple takes less care over the quality of the whole product.

Dec 9, 2013 7:22 AM in response to crazyBrit

One quick fix, though not satisfying, is to switch folders. When I return to the "problem" folder, the previews are right again.

KarlMT

Level 1

14 points

Dec 18, 2013 8:13 AM in response to crazyBrit

10.9.1 Fixed the coverflow on my Macbook Pro late 2013 model.

Dec 18, 2013 8:52 AM in response to KarlMT

That's a great relief to hear. I was surprised not to see it in Apple's release notes, but perhaps they preferred not to draw attention to it. I'll try deleting some files myself later today when I'm at my Mac.

crazyBrit Author

Level 1

4 points

Dec 18, 2013 8:57 AM in response to KarlMT

Yep, it is fixed. Does coverflow look a little different now, or is it my imagination? Anyway, I am glad they fixed it.

Dec 18, 2013 10:01 AM in response to crazyBrit

Seemed to fix my coverflow. I think I am back to pre-Mavericks update efficiency - maybe.

I hope that is the last time I go down that hard.

Mavericks Finder Coverflow Gets Lost