Files not appearing on desktop after downloading

I've had this problem for the last few months were my downloads don't appear on my desktop (my default location for both Firefox and Safari) for maybe ten minutes or so after finishing. The don't even appear in the desktop folder in finder. When I use safari to download, the temporary "download progress icon" stays on my desktop after the download has finished. Then when I single click it, it disappears. If I move on to something else or leave the room or something when I come back the downloaded file will be on the desktop. This only affects the desktop. When I choose a different folder to download to it works fine.
This same issue, whatever it is, seems to affect my trash also. Whenever I notice a full trashcan I always immediately empty it. Well lately, when I try to, nothing happens. So I open it in finder, and the trash looks to be still there. But when I single click any of the icons they disappear. I have to click every icon to empty the trash.
Usually now if I have either of these problems (especially the downloads issue) I just reboot. This solves both problems. When it boots up, the download is on my desktop or the trash can is empty.
Does anyone know what the heck is going on?

I have what seems to be almost exactly the same problem. The only difference I can think of is that I notice it when I try to "save" something to the desktop. It takes a long time for anything I save to the desktop to show up. It doesn't show up in the finder either. If I do a search for it, however, it will show up all of a sudden.
I also have the same problem with the trash. It sounds as if they're related.
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