Folder or File "Ghost" remains in Cover Flow once Deleted

Has this happened to anyone else?
This happens when deleting Files or Folders with the Cover Flow view.
Side Note: This of course goes away once you click on another area of Finder,
like say going from Documents to Downloads then back to Documents.
This is just an annoyance but was wondering :-)

Yeah this is annoying... Yet another flaw in Mavericks. You have to refresh the view by switching to the list view or something else, THEN IT UPDATES the file listing.
Oh yeah and how about fixing the file tag colors so they HIGHLIGHT across the entire row as opposed to just a DOT?!
It boggles the mind how this Mavericks got out the door with all the problems it has... No way Jobs would stand for this garbage!

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I updated recently to OS X Mavericks, and since i updated there have been problems in the Preview (Cover Flow preview in Finder.
When i open a folder and scroll down items, sometime there are 10 images and in cover flow shows only half and the other half are like not previewing them as they don’t exist in the folder so when i click on list view then gives me just file names i can see full list and open all files big, but the Cover flow is failing to work and desplay preview images - not previewing the correct fles mix, image names, for example i click on file 1 and it shows file 2… when i delate an image from the folder it just keeps a ghost image there so you don’t know if its actually erased, but again when u open in list view mode its ok, or you constantly have to close and reopen the folder to refresh the view in cover flow, so 100% Cover Flow fails to work since the update.
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Does QuickLook work?
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Cover Flow... Style Over Substance

I don't know about you but I think that someone, somewhere deep in halls of Cupertino have got themselves into a right royal frenzy over Cover Flow.
We all remember that Cover Flow first appeared as a shareware plug-in for iTunes. Sure, it looked good but in all honesty, after playing with it for a minute or so it became obvious that as a means of actually selecting music, Cover Flow was pretty useless. I dumped it.
Similarly, those of us who have experienced using Cover Flow to select music on the new 6th Gen iPods have also realised that it is more a gimmick than a useful addition to the UI.
Now Leopard... After less than 24 hours using the the new operating system, I've once again reached the same conclusion. As a method of selecting files in the Finder, Cover Flow – in my opinion –is once again pretty useless.
Doubtless many out there will disagree but I think that Apple really should get over this Cover Flow fixation. Yes, we all know that it looks pretty and all that. But as a productivity tool it's worthless.
That's my ten penneth. I'd be interested in what others have to say.

Then don't use it - no one is forcing you to.
However I would say that you should keep an open mind and think past previous ways of doing things. For example I have a 'manuals' folder where I save downloaded manuals and docs. Coverflow is one way of browsing through that folder then when I see the document I want (which is one of the ideas of coverflow) I can page through it in coverflow view or, more likely, just press the spacebar to bring it up in Preview.
It works, and more importantly I have the choice.
Do I have coverflow set as default view for looking at folders - no of course not, it is not necessary and it consumes resources to render each image. But it's there if I want it - and for some folder/documents it is very nice.

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I recently converted to Mavericks. I'm finding that when I view files in 'cover flow' and delete a file from the list the picture of the file does not simultaneously delete and so become out of sync with the list. Anyone have this problem? a solution?

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I only seem to bring up a few files in cover flow that show up with an icon. All others are blank... Is anyone else having this problem? Shouldn't all file show up in cover flow with an icon?

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Deleted files still have preview in cover flow in finder window

After I delete files while in cover flow view mode in finder, the preview and filename do not match. In fact the preview of the deleted file remains when a different file is selected. Every file below that shows a different preview. It resets to normal if I close and reopen the folder.
edit: Upon further investigation I see I am not alone. Someone else even posted a link to report the bug, which I did.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Message was edited by: Ravenkeeper

Support call gave the solution: instead of 'Arrange by', use the 'clean up by' command under the view menu in Finder. This does what arrange by used to, and while the menu options are more limited than 'arrange by', it doesn't default to the cover-flow behavior that is so irritating.
If you hate cover flow like I do, please send them feedback. If enough of us complain about it, maybe they'll stop putting it all over the place.

Issues with finder going out of sync with file images in cover flow.

Hi All,
I'm having issues with files going out of sync with images in cover flow since updating to Mavericks. Typically, if I had for example 10 pictures listed as 1 to 10, if i deleted images 6&7 the images remain in coverflow but the file listings are removed, then if i click on image 7 the file listing of image 8 is highlighted, then to make matters worse, if i click on the file listing for image 9 in shows image 8 in cover flow. To stop this I have to shut down finder and restart it, then the whole thing repeats itself if i delete more images. Its a nightmare when your working with 50 plus images at a time!!! Help!!
Thanks all.

com.apple.systemuiserver.plist and com.apple.finder.plist
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Preferences/. Move the .plists to your desktop.
Re-launch Finder by loggin out/in and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer ones.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.
You might need to redo the View settings after an update.
If you look at the 'More Like This' box (top right) it seems the Cover Flow view is having problems.
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Feedback

Finder/Cover Flow is out of sync by one file?

Hi all, I've had this problem for a while and it's really frustrating.In Finder using the 'Cover Flow' option, my files are out of sync by one file. By 'out of sync', I mean the the bottom half of the screen is showing one file but the top half of the screen is 'previewing' the wrong file by one. It's only off by one file, but this is really annoying.
When I use the view options 'Icons', 'list' or 'columns' I don't have this problem.What can I do?
Thanks for any help!

com.apple.systemuiserver.plist and com.apple.finder.plist
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Preferences/. Move the .plists to your desktop.
Re-launch Finder by loggin out/in and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer ones.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.
You might need to redo the View settings after an update.
If you look at the 'More Like This' box (top right) it seems the Cover Flow view is having problems.
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Feedback

JPG files unreadable in cover flow and preview but can be read in quicktime

After upgrading to 10.5 some jpg files (canon 30D shots) can not be shown in cover flow or preview. Also the files will not import in iPhoto (import hangs). The files can be read with quicktime.
If I press 'get info' for the folder that contains the jpg's the Finder seems to crash, and quickly restarts.
If I try to open the file in preview, nothing happens (while other jpg's are fine)
If the files are transferred to another mac running 10.5 the same problem occurs
Permissions seem to be ok
Any suggestions?

My problem is similar.
Create a file in Illustrator CS3
Open File in Photoshop CS3
Save File as JPEG
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- Get info - Crashes Finder
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- Open in Preview - nothing happens
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Workaround - Open file in photoshop and Copy and paste into a new document.
Guess that strips out some Metadata.
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