Computer/Finder extremely slow since Mavericks

I have the same problem since a few Days (10.9.1)

29.01.14 21:42:43,538 WindowServer[138]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.

29.01.14 21:42:55,584 WindowServer[138]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 13.04 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)

29.01.14 21:43:07,576 WindowServer[138]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.

29.01.14 21:43:17,620 WindowServer[138]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 11.04 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)

it comes from day to day more often before.

mfg Meru

Hi,

i solved this Problem for me, with uninstall the Synology Cloudstation V 3.0.

mfg Meru

Hi Mario,

I confirm your solution.

Synology Cloudstation 3.0 was released this January 29th.

I suddenly had very sluggish finder windows, but only in icon view mode. Opening the same folder in list view caused no problem.

I found the same error messages in the console.

Just quitting cloud station 3.0 already solves the problem.

Thank you for your tip!!!

I'm not a computer geek but right after installing Maverick I had the same problem with my machine, including the finder, slowing down. I recognize many of the things mentioned on this post because me and the Apple tech tried them all. In the end we got an error message when we went to verify the disk(I think). In any case, he said I would have to reflash my logic board. I have a backup hard drive but would like another. If anything goes wrong with the reflash then I would be hanging on one hard drive.

I'm wondering, in general, if Maverick puts demand on the Logic Board in a different way, and if the Logic Board is already faulty, that shows up after the OS upgrade, and slows everything down. Frustrating though since if it wasn't slow before, why should I accept it being slow afterwards?

Yup, same for me. Looks like Synology needs to update the CloudStation client. I coincidentally bought a new computer the same day v3 was released so I was thinking it was a "new hardware" issue, but CloudStation definitely seems to be the culprit. Thanks, Meru.

OP, the issues you are having are exactly what i had. After 7 Genius bar appoints, hours of diagnostics, a replacement harddrive, I decided to take matters into my own hands.

I found 2 things:

1) if you have a lot of files, finder bogs down (even if your activity monitor shows no real activity)

2) enabling backup with many files, if you dont turn of local snap shots (you need to do this via terminal) then your system goes slow exponentially.

As a test a made a couple million dummy files. Doing so recreates all the issues you are having. Enabling time machine makes it worse. After time machine not completing for hours, I turned it off. For the next couple of days the computer was unbearably unresponsive. I had to manually delete the local snapshot.

I also had to prevent spotlight from using the folder with the million files. Even though spotlight does not visually tell you it is indexing, something in the background is in the works and the activity monitor looks calm. However, your computer is unreposive, icons bounce, icons dont load fast, folders dont load, etc.

The engineers are supposedly looking at my log file, who knows...

I can only say, that after reinstalling the operating system and everything up to date, I had the same problem which began right after installing Maverick, like you. Apple Care says problems can come up that were running in the background in the old operating system, that surface with a new one. After several things done,final suggestion was to reflash my hard drive. Getting as much done as possible before bringing it in to do that.

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 3:57:2

Disk Information:

Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (283.53 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Information:

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Thunderbolt Information:

Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[running] com.sophos.autoupdate.plist Support

[running] com.sophos.intercheck.plist Support

[running] com.sophos.notification.plist Support

Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support

[running] com.sophos.uiserver.plist Support

User Launch Agents:

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

User Login Items:

Safari

SophosUIServer

Internet Plug-ins:

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Safari Extensions:

GoPhoto.it V9.0: Version: 1.222

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins:

Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player Support

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

3% WindowServer

1% fontd

0% hidd

0% smcFanControl

0% InterCheck

Top Processes by Memory:

233 MB Safari

152 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

143 MB InterCheck

131 MB softwareupdated

123 MB iTunes

Virtual Memory Information:

416 MB Free RAM

1.68 GB Active RAM

993 MB Inactive RAM

751 MB Wired RAM

411 MB Page-ins

10 MB Page-outs

Can you advise me also.I have issues since dowmloading Maverick.So much I want to delete it.I

m not a computer expert but an older person.So need instructions in very simple terms.

I have this problem too, Mavericks 10.9.5 on 3.5Ghz Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM. Mavericks is native on this machine. The problem has gotten worse rather than better in the 6 months I've been running Mavericks (with updates each time they are offered).

Today, I think I solved it, and my approach may be novel, since I have not seen it on any threads for this problem so far.

1. I removed "All Files" from the Finder sidebar.
2. I changed my Finder default view as shown. (Change view as shown and press the button "Use As Defaults".)
3. Then I used Finder (Apple Menu) Force Quit to restart Finder.

Notes:
• The two date criteria (arrange by and columns) now match each other (date modified). This greatly simplified the sorting and view.
• Arrange By: is now "None". I think before it was "Kind".
• Calculate all sizes is known to slow everything down. It was not on before I made this change.
• The last item, show icon preview is also suspected by others to cause slowness. It was never on for me.