finder not displaying files?

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finder not displaying files?

Occasionally the finder will not disaply the dontents of a folder. Here the the files on the desktop are not displaying. If I click on another folder then back to the desktop the files correctly display...

Any thoughts?

Thaks

Monty

MACBOOK PRO (RETINA, 15-INCH, LATE 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 8, 2013 1:13 PM

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disguise

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Nov 8, 2013 1:22 PM in response to montymo

I notice the spinning wheel in the lower-left corner.

Is this "Desktop" folder on a network?

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montymo Author

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Nov 8, 2013 2:17 PM in response to disguise

Nope. Not on the network, it is my desktop. I see the beachball spinning occasionally too. 😟

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disguise

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Nov 8, 2013 2:20 PM in response to montymo

Can you "Get Info" on the Desktop?

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montymo Author

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Nov 8, 2013 2:32 PM in response to montymo

Next time this happenes I will check "Get info"

What I have been doing it selecting another folder then going back to the desktop. THen files are displayed

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montymo Author

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Nov 8, 2013 2:34 PM in response to montymo

I have "Repaired permissions" on the disk without any change.

I guess I'll download Onyx and see if that fixes things....

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jimzybee

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Dec 19, 2013 12:53 AM in response to montymo

I have the exact same problem, with the exact smae setup of macbook and OSX.

I reckon its a bug.

Apple fix this.

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montymo Author

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Dec 19, 2013 2:48 PM in response to montymo

I was really hoping 10.9.1 would fix things.... No luck.

I see 10.9.2 is in beta, my fingers are crossed!

Monty

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Jan 22, 2014 8:13 AM in response to montymo

SUCCESS!
(at least apparent, temporary success...)

Here is what worked for me:

1) Open Finder and navigate to this location:

HD > Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration

2) Find the file named preferences.plist

3) Rename the file to preferences.plist.old (this preserves the data in case you need to restore the file for some reason)

4) Your system will then rebuild the preferences.plist file (not sure whether that happenes immediately or upon rebooting).

Let me know if this worked for you. This instantly solved my problem with Finder and Open/Save dialogs displaying files slowly, and I'll keep an alias to that location on my desktop so I can repeat the process if the slow behavior reappears. Hopefully Apple will fix whatever is causing this problem with preferences.plist.

Have a great day!

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