Dragging tabbed window leaves ghost?

Yes I noticed this, I think the best thing to do is submit a bug report to Apple. Btw, do you use Intel Iris graphics?

Also relaunching the Finder makes all "ghosts" disappear

Hello everyone.

I just noticed that today, same problem here, (OS X Mavericks 10.9.1)

First I thought could be the Box Sync Helper (in Finder) but now I can see its not the case, does anyone know a solution? Suddenly it becomes an annoying bug because I'm working with multiple Finder windows.

There have been several reports. I can't remember, but it may be associated with TotalFinder or PathFinder.

But the detail is... I don't have any of those apps installed (iMac).

I had TotalFinder installed once, but I completely removed it since I updated to Mavericks.

And I try to reproduce the bug in a MacBook Pro with a clean installation of Mavericks and it's not happening there... So I'm more confused now.

Are you certain all of TotalFinder was removed? This program by Etresoft can help show what is loading: http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

Here is the thread that implicated TotalFinder. Another person implicated XtraFinder.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5474007?answerId=23490070022#23490070022

You can check to see if it is third-party related by running in Safe Mode. If it works in Safe Mode, you have something running that is messing with it.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

Yes, I force-quit the Finder and after that the ghost-window icon had gone. But after a reboot it reappeared.

This happens to me too.

I was using Path Finder 6 Demo but not anymore. Ghosts happen regardless.

Mike Berson wrote:

This happens to me too.

I was using Path Finder 6 Demo but not anymore. Ghosts happen regardless.

Are you sure it is fully uninstalled?

Thank you for responding to my comment.

Actually no, I'm not sure at all. When I get the chance I'll figure out what files to look for and where to find them.

Once fully uninstlled I'll post back with the results.

Mike Berson wrote:

Thank you for responding to my comment.

Actually no, I'm not sure at all. When I get the chance I'll figure out what files to look for and where to find them.

Once fully uninstlled I'll post back with the results.

I've never used the software, but I imagine it must install more than just an application to do what it does, so if you only moved the app to the trash, I'm concerned that there was more to it left behind.

Yep. I'm still having the problem, is very annoying, no one seems to have a solution, advice, trick, I thought: - with 10.9.2 OS X version maybe the problem will be fixed... - Didn't happen 😐

PS. I had once TotalFinder

PS 2. I uninstalled it with AppCleaner to ensure that everything is gone. No solution for the problem.

Sorry. All the situations I had seen before were tied to totalfinder or pathfinder (can't remember if it was one, the other, or both). I know there was at least one other thread here that had the same problem. There may be more info there, but I haven't seen it pop up as updated in my list of posts and I don't remember anything more. May be worthwhile hunting for it, though.

The System shrinks the window down like that, but it shouldn't remain. Something is interfering at the point that it is shrunk down. To me, the whole effect is kind of hokey.

Hey Ravenmoon,

I would suggest clearing all your caches.

Clear User Cache

1. Open Finder, press CMD + Shift + G, paste ~/Library/ into that window and press return.

2. In the Library folder you will see a folder labeled Caches. Close all running applications, and then drag this folder to the trash.

Safe Boot:

1. Turn your computer off.

2. While you turn the computer back on, immediately hold the Shift key until you see an Apple logo with the loading bar underneath.

3. It will load your login page with your user, log in from here.

4. Reboot your computer.

This will clear your system cache.

Let me know if that helps!