jdkjoller
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Q: desktop folders slow to open

Hello All-

I recently upgraded my iMac to Mavericks. Everything is working fine except the time it takes to open a folder on my desktop and the time it takes to open my harddrive from the desktop. When I click on the HD icon or a folder it takes around 15-20 seconds for it to display the contents. Once inside the foler or hard drive, the subsequent files and folders open quickly. So it seems to be something associated with my desktop.

 

I've"

- repaired permissions

- reset teh PRAM

- Checked the Activity Monitor. Shows nothing eating up CPU

- Went to delete the com.apple.finder.plist But could not find it! Followed this path: HD>Library>Preferences. Also did a search and this file is not found.

Is this casuing the problem?

 

Thoughts? Also running 16GB RAM.

 

Thanks.

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3

Posted on Jan 13, 2014 2:38 PM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jan 21, 2014 11:12 AM in response to jdkjoller
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    Jan 21, 2014 11:12 AM in response to jdkjoller

    Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

     

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

     

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

     

    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.

     

    Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select

    View ▹ Show Log List

    from the menu bar.

     

    Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).

    When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.

    Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

    Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

  • by jdkjoller,

    jdkjoller jdkjoller Jan 21, 2014 2:26 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Jan 21, 2014 2:26 PM in response to Linc Davis

    1/21/14 4:14:30.849 PM Finder[6836]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "0 �".

    1/21/14 4:14:30.878 PM Finder[6836]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "0 �".

    1/21/14 4:14:33.795 PM Finder[6836]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "0 �".

    1/21/14 4:14:39.951 PM Finder[6836]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "0 �".

    1/21/14 4:19:40.271 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Starting automatic backup

    1/21/14 4:19:40.282 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Backing up to /dev/disk2s2: /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb

    1/21/14 4:19:41.345 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Will copy (31.7 MB) from Macintosh HD

    1/21/14 4:19:41.346 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Found 265 files (31.7 MB) needing backup

    1/21/14 4:19:41.355 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: 2.4 GB required (including padding), 3.21 TB available

    1/21/14 4:19:50.023 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Copied 350 items (31.7 MB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 3139.

    1/21/14 4:19:52.419 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Will copy (873 bytes) from Macintosh HD

    1/21/14 4:19:52.420 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Found 14 files (873 bytes) needing backup

    1/21/14 4:19:52.420 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: 2.36 GB required (including padding), 3.21 TB available

    1/21/14 4:19:53.458 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Copied 18 items (915 bytes) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 226.

    1/21/14 4:19:54.891 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Created new backup: 2014-01-21-161954

    1/21/14 4:19:56.043 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Starting post-backup thinning

    1/21/14 4:20:01.064 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Deleted /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Loudthought2 iMac/2014-01-20-153451 (17.1 MB)

    1/21/14 4:20:01.066 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Post-backup thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed

    1/21/14 4:20:01.096 PM com.apple.backupd[20639]: Backup completed successfully.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jan 21, 2014 3:12 PM in response to jdkjoller
    Level 10 (208,037 points)
    Applications
    Jan 21, 2014 3:12 PM in response to jdkjoller

    Please clear everything off the Desktop. Put it all in some other folder. Then relaunch the Finder and see whether there's a change.

     

    OS X: How to quit an unresponsive application using Force Quit

  • by Sébastien.Brouillard,

    Sébastien.Brouillard Sébastien.Brouillard Mar 15, 2014 7:20 PM in response to jdkjoller
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    Mar 15, 2014 7:20 PM in response to jdkjoller

    Have you found a way to correct the problem? I'm having the same issue...

  • by pgb436,

    pgb436 pgb436 Mar 16, 2014 3:15 AM in response to Sébastien.Brouillard
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    Mar 16, 2014 3:15 AM in response to Sébastien.Brouillard

    FWIW, this problem has been resolved for me with the 10.9.2 update.  Now folder and file access is back to being what I expect - snappy!

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