alillo1964

Q: All of my desktop icons periodically disappear for a second and then reappear on my macbook air

The icons on the desktop disappear and then reappear

OS X Mavericks (10.9), Smart Notebook

Posted on Nov 4, 2013 3:52 PM

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Q: All of my desktop icons periodically disappear for a second and then reappear on my macbook air

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  • by chrisheath,

    chrisheath chrisheath Nov 4, 2013 5:17 PM in response to alillo1964
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:17 PM in response to alillo1964

    The same thing has started on my 27" iMac today (in the last 20 minutes).

     

    I have just quit Google Drive as per the advice above, and the icons and finder windows have stopped disappearing/reappearing.

  • by cd_smith,

    cd_smith cd_smith Nov 4, 2013 5:17 PM in response to alillo1964
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:17 PM in response to alillo1964

    This just started happening to me tonight, on two computers. Seems that everyone has started noticing it tonight. So, I set up an account for my son on my late-2010 MBA. After, on my account, I started watching a movie on HBO Go. every so offten, about minute or so, Mavericks would return me to my desktop from full screen.  After rebooting, the problem continued. Then, when working in Preview, the same thing happened, making it impossible to fill out a form.

     

    I figured it might have someting to do with the new account, so I went to my desktop to research a little about how to properly wipe the account.

     

    While looking on my mid-2010 27" iMac, I noticed the same issue.  The screen / Finder resets every minute or so.

     

    I have GoogleDrive on both machines.  I'll try to remove it from the MBA and report back if there are any changes.

  • by cd_smith,

    cd_smith cd_smith Nov 4, 2013 5:21 PM in response to cd_smith
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:21 PM in response to cd_smith

    Yep, the suggestions on Google Drive did the trick.  I wonder why this just showed up today?

  • by venetian13,

    venetian13 venetian13 Nov 4, 2013 5:24 PM in response to alillo1964
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:24 PM in response to alillo1964

    Conformation. I started having this problem within the last couple hours. I also turned off Google drive and it appears to have stopped. Thanks a lot fo the help.

     

    Did a GDrive update just occur?

  • by rellimie,

    rellimie rellimie Nov 4, 2013 5:24 PM in response to alillo1964
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:24 PM in response to alillo1964

    I'm not sure why it just showed up but that is annoying.  I have 200 users using Google Drive for Education and all have Mavericks. 

     

    It doens't hurt anything unless you are in the middle of copying a large file, it kills the copy half way through.

  • by fwmaietta,

    fwmaietta fwmaietta Nov 4, 2013 5:43 PM in response to jimmyrin
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:43 PM in response to jimmyrin

    Thanks to jimmyrin, I can also confirm that I now have google drive running properly once I shut off the "show file sync status icons".

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    *Edit*
    I havn't tried transferring large files, however the desktop icons no longer "flicker" and finder seems to be stable now.

     

    Message was edited by: fwmaietta

  • by mrknuffke,

    mrknuffke mrknuffke Nov 4, 2013 5:42 PM in response to alillo1964
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:42 PM in response to alillo1964

    Just adding my own two bits.  This issue started for me today as well (noticed it at 8pm this evening EST).  Killing the Google Drive Sync display as mentioned in ann earlier post has taken care of the issue. 

     

    Very odd.

  • by lbrie,

    lbrie lbrie Nov 4, 2013 5:55 PM in response to mrknuffke
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:55 PM in response to mrknuffke

    Had the same issue, so far turning off Google Drive's "Show file sync status icons" seems to have solved the problem.

  • by zeroink,

    zeroink zeroink Nov 4, 2013 5:59 PM in response to dsoutham
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:59 PM in response to dsoutham

    Google Drive uninstalled for now.

    Thanks! All is well and flicker free!

  • by bouldersheila,

    bouldersheila bouldersheila Nov 4, 2013 6:27 PM in response to alillo1964
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    Nov 4, 2013 6:27 PM in response to alillo1964

    I am so glad I found this thread.  This started happening to me about 4 hours ago.  It's really crazy-making.  How do I change the settings in Google Drive?

  • by louisa73,

    louisa73 louisa73 Nov 4, 2013 6:31 PM in response to alillo1964
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    Nov 4, 2013 6:31 PM in response to alillo1964

    Can someone tell me how to close google drive?  I am having the same problem, started tonight at around 8pm.  Thought it was my computer glad to see that I am not the only one andmy computer isnt getting ready to die.

  • by Steviemac63,

    Steviemac63 Steviemac63 Nov 4, 2013 6:32 PM in response to chrisheath
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    Nov 4, 2013 6:32 PM in response to chrisheath

    Just started happening to me in the last half an hour what is going on? I will check out the Google drive issue but i didn't think mine was active.

  • by fwmaietta,

    fwmaietta fwmaietta Nov 4, 2013 6:35 PM in response to louisa73
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    Nov 4, 2013 6:35 PM in response to louisa73

    You shouldn't have to completely close Google Drive. At the top right of your screen you should see the Google drive icon. Click on that and then choose preferences. Then click the checkbox that says "show file sync status icons", make sure it us unchecked. Once you've done that, your computer should work as it was. Maybe quit google drive and restart just to be safe.

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  • by Steviemac63,

    Steviemac63 Steviemac63 Nov 4, 2013 6:44 PM in response to cd_smith
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    Nov 4, 2013 6:44 PM in response to cd_smith

    Unchecking the file sync icon status checkbox seems to have worked. kudos to whever figured that out - i was stumped.

  • by louisa73,

    louisa73 louisa73 Nov 4, 2013 6:43 PM in response to fwmaietta
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    Nov 4, 2013 6:43 PM in response to fwmaietta

    Thanks, seems to have worked.  so glad I found this forum.  Phew!!! 

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