Why would the finder quit for 1 or 2 seconds every few minutes?

Only since installing ML.

Go to the Go menu, hold the Option key, and select the Library item that appears. Then go to the Preferences folder in here and remove the file called com.apple.Finder.plist, followed by logging out and back in to your account. Hopefully this will help the situation.

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Why is the finder asking for my password now in Mavericks?

Every time I want to delete a file, the Finder asks for my password to do this.
Anyone know how to I can turn this off?

JJT69 wrote:
Every time I want to delete a file, the Finder asks for my password to do this.
What steps did you perform to install Mavericks?
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nbar,
Thank you for your reply.
However, I do not understand what you mean by "user account." I am the only user, and can find no options for "user" or "guest." The parental controls have always been off, as there are no other people who have access to my computer.
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Thank you for your second reply.
I do have the Sort By: in view options as well as in view set to "none." The finder still insists on rearranging, but only when I have made a substantial change to a document in that file or folder.
Any futher thoughts?
xdab,
Thank you for your reply.
"Are you are using icon view, but for some reason the finder moves files around? is that the problem?"
YES!! This is exactly the problem.
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So, simply, you don't select the photos in the Finder. I'll append the supported ways to do this - which are faster and will yield the current version of your Photos - to the end of this post.
-move aperture library to live on external drive
Managed or Referenced Library? Managed -
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
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2. Copy the Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching Aperture. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Referenced - relocate your Masters first.
These issues are covered in the Manual and on this forum hundreds of times.
-import iphoto library into aperture library
FIle -> Import -> iPhoto Library? Have you done this already? If so are you trying to move the Masters to Aperture from an iPhoto Library? Or Consolidate them?
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You can't. Every photo is in a Project. They’re the basic building blocks of the Library.
You might want to spend a little time with the manual or the video tutorials. I'm not sure you've grasped the app you've purchased.
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Hi,
I regularly manage a fairly large network... With 5 users and a total of 25 hard drives... This is proving to be a real pain in the neck.
OS X - the self proclaimed "Most Advanced Operative System On The Planet" cant handle the load... Or better yet - it's Finder (The main files manager in OS X) cant cope with the situation...
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This is hilarious....
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I dont need :
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2) I know how to initialize a Hard drive - so I dont need those standard copy and paste guys pasting this post full of what I already know---
I dont mean to sound harsh but very HARD to get qualified answers here that are about NOVICE.... So please be so nice and gentle to NOT reply to this post with novice answers....
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I understand the problem. Here are some ideas:
1) Permission repair only affects files in the system, userfiles are ignored.
2) For large file transfer, you must be hardwired. Wi-Fi is insufficient for transferring large files.
3) When copying Mac files to a Windows filesystem, illegal characters in a filename will cause the operation to stop without any informational error message. In any case, copying large files to a Windows machine is not very reliable. I recommend Mac-formatted network storage.
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