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Q: Mavericks files / directories in finder slow showing up

I have had this problem happen very consistently. When pulling up finder or an application that needs to call on an open file dialog to look for something, the files and subfodlers take a long time to actually show up. If I select a subfolder, the progress wheel will grind in the lower-left corner for 15-30 seconds before the files in that subfolder show up. Selecting another level under that will give me the same delay.

 

I'm running an 2012 27" iMac, fully loaded with an i7 and max mem.

 

Anyone else having ths problem? I thought at first it might be a spotlight/index issue with my drive once I initially upgrade, but I have had it now for several days with my computer left on the entire time, so indexing should have been done.

 

Any ideas on what is causing this is or how to work around it?

 

Thanks.

Posted on Oct 27, 2013 1:55 PM

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  • by Scott Newman,

    Scott Newman Scott Newman Oct 30, 2013 6:57 AM in response to kb8wfh
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    Oct 30, 2013 6:57 AM in response to kb8wfh

    There are two parts to this issue.  The first part is what's been discussed above.  The second part is that routine caching, over time, appears to "fix" this issue--until the next reboot.

     

    I take my 2011 MacBook Air to work with me each day.  Because it boots so fast, I shut it down when it leave for work, and shut it down again when I'm reading to return home.  Right after a reboot, the issue in this thread seems the worst.

     

    But, if I leave my computer on then slowly this issues fixes itself because of what appears to be caching of directories and files. Every time there's a slowdown because of this issue, the folder or folders that are creating the problem seemed to cached. The "fix" above may work because of this.

     

    The problem is that there shouldn't be this kind of problem even after a computer is rebooted--it hasn't happened in any prior version of OS X.  I'm expecting it to be fixed by 10.9.2.  10.9.1 may already be too far along.

  • by andyBall_uk,

    andyBall_uk andyBall_uk Oct 30, 2013 8:08 AM in response to azamino
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    Oct 30, 2013 8:08 AM in response to azamino

    >>...in System Preferences/General preference pane, toggle the "Show scroll bars: " to Always.

    then see if this has helped fix the issue.

     

    It made a big difference here.

  • by kb8wfh,

    kb8wfh kb8wfh Oct 30, 2013 8:10 AM in response to andyBall_uk
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    Oct 30, 2013 8:10 AM in response to andyBall_uk

    Went to check this setting and turns out it was on all along for me. Had it turned on since mountain lion as I recall. Still have the issue. It is also happening on my Mac mini server.

  • by kb8wfh,

    kb8wfh kb8wfh Oct 30, 2013 8:22 AM in response to kb8wfh
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    Oct 30, 2013 8:22 AM in response to kb8wfh

    Interestingly enough, I am having the problem with another "finder" style application. I'm using Adobe Bridge CC and when I click on a new folder, I get the same delay before it populates. So it looks like a lower/mid level file layer issue and not an high level dialog box API issue.

  • by Dan Pimentel,

    Dan Pimentel Dan Pimentel Oct 30, 2013 10:01 AM in response to kb8wfh
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    Oct 30, 2013 10:01 AM in response to kb8wfh

    I am also having exact same issue since "downgrading" to OS X 10.9 Mavericks. I say downgrading because my Macbook Pro has been rock solid and fast before this latest install. I get hung finder many times per day, sometimes it goes away on second try from same application, or attaching a second file to an email after first hung. Finder is blank, spinning icon bottom left corner...usually 15-25 seconds. Also, the "fix" listed in this thread is not accurate as my scroll settings in system preferences/general have always been set to "always" during this issue.

     

    Really amazed that Apple let this one out of the barn with such a blatent issue. Yes, it's not like having the blue screen of death, but when you are pounding away during a busy workflow day, having these kinds of glitches and weirdness is just unacceptable for a company of Apple's size. Still hoping someone posts a real fix here.

  • by Ken Stewart1,

    Ken Stewart1 Ken Stewart1 Oct 30, 2013 11:56 AM in response to azamino
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    Oct 30, 2013 11:56 AM in response to azamino

    Much better - thank you.  Great thinking!

  • by Guy Mcmahan,

    Guy Mcmahan Guy Mcmahan Oct 31, 2013 5:00 PM in response to kb8wfh
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    Oct 31, 2013 5:00 PM in response to kb8wfh

    Same exact problem... very frustrating. Let's go Apple... we need 10.9.1 with a fix for this.

  • by azamino,

    azamino azamino Nov 2, 2013 5:34 AM in response to Ken Stewart1
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    Nov 2, 2013 5:34 AM in response to Ken Stewart1

    i am pleased that so many people report that the strange toggling of the scroll bars seems to have helped them as well.

    thanks

  • by Cornelius Qualley,

    Cornelius Qualley Cornelius Qualley Nov 6, 2013 9:02 AM in response to kb8wfh
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    Nov 6, 2013 9:02 AM in response to kb8wfh

    Same issue here on a MBP 15" Retina with 16 GB RAM. I've tried reindexing spotlight as well as leaving the scroll bars on "always", no help. It's getting rather annoying, hopefully a fix is on the way.

     

    Another possibly related issue I've noticed is that Quicklook is VERY slow compared to what it used to be. Sometimes it will quickly open an image, but other times a 20k JPEG will take 5+ seconds to open using quicklook. Anyone else notice that issue?

  • by brilor,

    brilor brilor Nov 8, 2013 9:44 AM in response to azamino
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    Nov 8, 2013 9:44 AM in response to azamino

    azamino wrote:

     

    i am pleased that so many people report that the strange toggling of the scroll bars seems to have helped them as well.

    thanks

    Does not solve the problem here. It occurs in ( at least ) the Preview app and Firefox here. As others have noted, subsequent open file dialogs in the same app are fast because the file list is cached. Has anyone opened a problem with bugreporter ( rdar not feedback )?

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Nov 8, 2013 10:47 AM in response to kb8wfh
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    Nov 8, 2013 10:47 AM in response to kb8wfh

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.


    Feedback

  • by jorhh,

    jorhh jorhh Nov 12, 2013 2:31 PM in response to kb8wfh
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    Nov 12, 2013 2:31 PM in response to kb8wfh

    Same problem here. "Scroll bar" solution does not work for me.

    Apple - this is serious.

    (And yes, I did send them feedback using their webpage.)

  • by Cornelius Qualley,

    Cornelius Qualley Cornelius Qualley Nov 12, 2013 3:06 PM in response to jorhh
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    Nov 12, 2013 3:06 PM in response to jorhh

    jorhh wrote:

     

    Apple - this is serious.

     

     

    Okay, this is definitely a small issue that I hope Apple fixes shortly, That said, I REALLY hate when people exaggerate issues. This is not a serious issue, it's an annoyance.

  • by zentoner,

    zentoner zentoner Nov 12, 2013 6:23 PM in response to Cornelius Qualley
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    Nov 12, 2013 6:23 PM in response to Cornelius Qualley

    If you use your mac to facebook and mail that's fine and i can understand the point that you could consider this as an annoyance, but when it's your work tool on a daily basis, it's a SERIOUS problem that slow you down and make you lose precious time.

  • by Rick Mansfield,

    Rick Mansfield Rick Mansfield Nov 12, 2013 7:01 PM in response to zentoner
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    Nov 12, 2013 7:01 PM in response to zentoner

    I agree that it's fairly serious. The first few times it happened, I thought my files had been deleted. I figured out that wasn't the case, but I'm sure others have not. And I agree that the delay, which is sometimes nearly 45 seconds, adds up after a while.

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