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File browsing incredibly slow in shared folders

I posted about this yesterday, but I have a little more information. Ever since upgrading to Mavericks, my Mac is *fantastically* slow browsing local folders which are shared. This is paricularly true for embedded browsing, like from Facebook or MS Office. For example, my Pictures folder is shared, and if I go to insert a photo from a file in PowerPoint, it takes a full *45 seconds* for finder window to open. Once it's open, it takes roughly 10 seconds to navigate from from one directory to another. It's really madenning. Once I get out of the shared folder, everything is lightning fast again.


I've temporarily solved the problem by turning off sharing on the Pictures folder, but I like to access it from my other computer, so I'd like to fix the problem. This all worked fine before I upgraded (from 10.6).


Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!


An ETRE dump of the system follows:

Hardware Information:

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)

iMac - model: iMac12,2

1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores

12 GB RAM


Video Information:

AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB


Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - OS X 10.9.0

AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - OS X 10.9.0

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - OS X 10.9.0

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - OS X 10.9.0


Startup Items:

ciscod: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/ciscod


System Software:

OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 21:52:3


Disk Information:

ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (596.45 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB


OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H


USB Information:

Hitachi GST Touro Desk Pro


Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Apple Internal Memory Card Reader


Seagate Expansion Desk 3 TB

Media Library (disk1s1) /Volumes/Media Library: 3 TB (2.57 TB free)


Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)


FireWire Information:


Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Kernel Extensions:

com.cisco.kext.acsock (1.1.0 - OS X 10.6.10)


Problem System Launch Daemons:


Problem System Launch Agents:


Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist

[loaded] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist


Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist

[loaded] com.sony.WirelessAutoImportLauncher.agent.plist

[not loaded] com.support.com.peruser.Nexusd.plist

[failed] com.support.com.peruser.Nexussrvd.plist

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist


User Launch Agents:

[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[redacted]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist


User Login Items:

Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2

Canon IJ Network Scan Utility

iTunesHelper

iTunes

Mail

Google Drive

Dropbox

Spotify


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player

TeXDistPrefPane


Internet Plug-ins::

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - OS X 10.9.0 Outdated! Update

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.152 - OS X 10.6.10

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.152 - OS X 10.6.10

Default Browser: Version: 537 - OS X 10.9.0

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - OS X 10.6.10

RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null)

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - OS X 10.6.10

VLC Plugin: Version: 1.0.5

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - OS X 10.7.2


User Internet Plug-ins::

WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - OS X 10.7.4

Picasa: Version: 1.0

WebEx: Version: 1.0


Bad Fonts:

None


Problem applications:

Accessibility Inspector: Version: 3.0 - OS X 10.0.2

Agent duplicates:

Version: 1.6.0 (1737) at /Users/Shared/Battle.net/Agent/Agent.1737/Agent.app

Version: 1.6.0 (1737) at /Users/Shared/Battle.net/Agent/Agent.app

Version: 1.4.0 (1544) at /Users/Shared/Battle.net/Agent/Agent.1544/Agent.app

Version: 1.0.0 (954) at /Users/Shared/Battle.net/Agent/Agent.954/Agent.app

Version: 1.0.0 (524) at /Users/Shared/Battle.net/Agent/Agent.524/Agent.app

Blizzard Launcher duplicates:

Version: 0.5.1.1949 at /Users/Shared/Battle.net/Client/Blizzard Launcher.1949/Blizzard Launcher.app

Version: 1.0.0 (1158) at /Users/Shared/Battle.net/Client/Blizzard Launcher.app

Version: 0.5.1.1575 at /Users/Shared/Battle.net/Client/Blizzard Launcher.1575/Blizzard Launcher.app

Version: 0.5.1.888 at /Users/Shared/Battle.net/Client/Blizzard Launcher.888/Blizzard Launcher.app

Canon IJ Printer Utility duplicates:

Version: 10.72.3 - OS X 10.6.10 at /Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter/Utilities/CanonIJPrinterUtility.app

Version: 7.27.3 at /Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter/Utilities/BJPrinterUtility2.app

Clipboard Viewer: Version: 2.0 - OS X 10.0.2

Contacts duplicates:

Version: at /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator5.0 .sdk/Applications/Contacts~ipad.app

Version: 8.0 - OS X 10.9.0 at /Applications/Contacts.app

Core Image Fun House: Version: 2.1.43 - OS X 10.0.2

CrashReporterPrefs: Version: 10.6.3 - OS X 10.0.2

Dashcode: Version: 3.0.2 - OS X 10.0.2

FileMerge: Version: 2.5 - OS X 10.0.2

Game Center duplicates:

Version: at /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator5.0 .sdk/Applications/Game Center~ipad.app

Version: 1.1 - OS X 10.9.0 at /Applications/Game Center.app

Icon Composer: Version: 2.1.1 - OS X 10.0.2

Instruments: Version: 4.2 - OS X 10.0.2

OpenGL ES Performance Detective: Version: 1.1 - OS X 10.0.2

OpenGL Profiler: Version: 4.4 - OS X 10.0.2

OpenGL Shader Builder: Version: 2.1 - OS X 10.0.2

Pixie: Version: 2.5 - OS X 10.0.2

Quartz Composer: Version: 4.0 - OS X 10.0.2

Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.2 - OS X 10.0.2

Quartz Debug: Version: 4.1 - OS X 10.0.0

Spin Control: Version: 0.9.1 - OS X 10.0.2

Syncrospector: Version: 5.2 - OS X 10.0.2

USB Prober: Version: 4.0.0 - OS X 10.0.0

Xcode: Version: 4.2 - OS X 10.0.2

Xcode SSH Authentication Agent: Version: 4.2 - OS X 10.0.2

asannotation2 duplicates:

Version: 1206.25.2804.0 - OS X 10.7.4 at /Users/prebys/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1324/asannotation2.app

Version: 7.19.11.0 at /Users/prebys/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/924/asannotation2.app

iSync Plug-in Maker: Version: 3.1 - OS X 10.0.2

wow-4.2.1 duplicates:

Version: 4.2.0.4871 at /Applications/World of Warcraft/Temp/wow-4.2.1.2756-enUS-tools-patch.app

Version: 2.2.1 at /Applications/World of Warcraft/Temp/wow-4.2.1.2756-enUS-tools-downloader.app


Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 402.89 GB

Media Library: Disk size: 3 TB Disk used: 431.99 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 2 TB

Total number of backups: 63

Oldest backup: 2012-12-05 14:09:19 +0000

Last backup: 2013-11-29 02:14:42 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 2 TB < (Disk used 834.88 GB X 3)

Time Machine details may not be accurate.

All volumes being backed up may not be listed.


Top Processes by CPU:

2% WindowServer

1% Google Chrome

1% Spotify

1% EtreCheck

0% Microsoft PowerPoint


Top Processes by Memory:

172 MB iTunes

160 MB Spotify

135 MB softwareupdated

135 MB mds_stores

135 MB Mail


Virtual Memory Statistics:

6.97 GB Free RAM

3.16 GB Active RAM

568 MB Inactive RAM

1.31 GB Wired RAM

984 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Posted on Nov 29, 2013 9:58 AM

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Posted on Nov 30, 2013 12:25 PM

Figured it out (or at least found a fix). The folder was marked as shared, but somehow filesharing had gotten turned off during the upgrade. I reenabled filesharing, set the folder back to shared, and everything works perfectly again.

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File browsing incredibly slow in shared folders

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