Slow file listings in Finder AND Terminal on shares over wifi

I have a problem with slow directory listing performance with one client machine that accesses our file server over AFP. Here’s the basic setup.
Client1 (MBA,2013,10.9.2) <~> WAP <-> Switch <-> Server (Mini,10.9.2+Server 3.0.3)
Client2 (MBA,2012,10.8.5) <~> WAP <->
Client3 (iMac,2012,10.9.2) <-------->
This server provides DHCP, local DNS and file services for the network.
The issue only affects client1 when connected via wifi, wireless client2 and wired client3 all run full speed. Client1 runs full speed when attached using a wired connection.
The slow directory listing symptoms (5-30sec lag) are noticeable in Finder and Terminal (via ls, find etc) when attached to a share. It only affects file listings, other operations, such as file transfers, server pings, server ssh, as well as general http traffic all operate at full speed. Pings to the sever from client1 are a steady 1-2ms, even during a long lag.
I have read about people having similar problems (slow Finder etc) and I have tried a few suggestions, but I think this issue is a little different because it only occurs when connected over wifi, only for file listings and also affects terminal.
Any ideas?

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I have a Windows(2003SP2) file server within some LAN with IP 192.168.10.10 and with shared folder structure like
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I am authorised to connect to this LAN over VPN (it works) and to connect to /Sity, but I am authorized only to see and modify files within /District folder.
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mount_smbfs: negotiate phase failed: syserr = Connection refused,
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Architecture:
x86_64
Report Version: 9
Command:
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504
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Hi
Yes this can be many things - and I can only guess/suggest.
A. a very common origin to make the Mac un-happy is to - PANIC-HALT - when the round multicolored thing appear.
So much can go wrong by doing this - and if done often problem builds up that can result in a real disaster.
B. NEVER - move or alter any folder named - iMovie Event's resp. iMovie Project's - as iMovie has no search function - moving them results in that iMovie get's 100% lost.
One can move them - but this HAS TO BE done within the iMovie application (as it is up and running)
C. preference files - there are TWO or more Libraries on Your Mac. First and easy to find is the one You see when opening Your Start-Up Hard Disk window = Root Library == the WRONG ONE
What we need to find is the one in Your User-Account folder (icon as a house) - and this is in Mac OS X.7, X.8 and X.9 HIDDEN. To see it do:
( It can be done like this: Open Terminal, then enter:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Press return, then restart, and it will always be visible until the next major update, when you do the same thing again. )
or - do like this.
On the Finder window at the top left of the screen,
Hold down the Option key and clicked on Go.
This allowed You to see the Library folder and select it.
Then keep the Option button pressed down in order to see and select the Library folder.
Once found it, You are able to navigate to the iMovie preferences file and move it to the trash. iMovie then start’s up fine!
Now here in Your User Library - find Preferences and trash
com.apple.iMovie.plist
com.apple.iMovie3.plist
com.apple.iMovie7.plist
com.apple.iMovie8.plist
com.apple.iMovie9.plist
com.apple.iMovieApp.plist
and find
com.apple.iApps.plist
While iMovie is NOT RUNNING - move this/these file/s out on to desk-top.
Now restart iMovie.
I Prefere another way to find out if this is the problem.
(after all folders (iMovie Event/Projects are moved into original place)
• go up to Apple Menu
• Down to System Pref's
• Select Accounts - Create a new User
• Go down the Apple menu - Log OUT
• Log into as the new User
Now try iMovie
Does it work at all ? (Yes You don't see Events or Projects in Your original Account just now)
If so - Then we know that there is a corrupted pref file to be trashed.
Else - the problem are much more severe.
D. After Panic Halt / Forced Quit - I always do -. to keep disasters on arms length.
• Repair Permissions (Apple Disk Util tool)
• Start from other HD or DVD - then run Repair Hard Disk (Apple Disk Util tool)
Yours trying to be of help - Bengt W

Find file doesn't find and doesn't finish

With no significant events leading to the issue, ⌘F will search but never finds anything and never stops searching. Disk Utility verifies the startup volume, no problems found. Repaired permissions, still Find File will not work. Any suggestions?

Try resetting or redoing the Spotlight files with Spotless...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26842

Swap File - Where to find and how to edit?

I have a game with requirements I all meet/exceed, but one is unknown to me. And that is the need for a 1GB swap file. I'm not sure where to check to find it, nor how to edit/make one if it's not big enough.
I'm a bit of a dunce when it comes to these sorts of things, so any help would be appreciated.

Unix will "page" before it "swaps". Applications require memory for two reasons: (1) they need to load the application program code (or at least some of it) into memory, and (2) as you do things with the program, it needs some memory space for all the data your program is dealing with which is NOT application program code.
As more memory is needed, the Unix kernel will begin by taking memory listed as being "free" (memory that nothing is using - and btw it's normal for a good Unix operating system to try to keep that number low... you paid for the memory so it might as well do something for you and Mac OS X will try to find a user for it.)
As the "free" / available memory is depleted, the kernel will begin stealing memory from the "inactive" list (memory which was previously used by some other application, but that application doesn't seem to want to use it right now -- usually because it is no longer running. It doesn't immediately return memory to the "free" list because odds are good you may re-run the application and the system will be faster if the code that would otherwise have needed to be read in from disk is already in memory.)
As the "inactive" memory is depleted, it will then begin "paging" applications which are still technically in memory, but seem to be idle right now. It doesn't drop the "data" being managed by those applications... instead it just frees up memory used by that application's code. It does this (as opposed to freeing memory used for data) because the code can easily just be re-read in from the disk drive (no need to 'save' the memory before freeing it because it's already on disk.)
Only when all else fails (no 'free' memory, no 'inactive' memory, and no idle applications that can have their code pages dropped) will the system begin to 'swap' (swapping is the slowest way of creating more virtual memory.)
Unless you have a very small amount of real memory (in which case just upgrade... RAM is cheap!) or have a LOT of other active applications running on your system at the same time which also are demanding a lot of memory (in which case, just 'Quit' the other applications before starting your game), then your performance issue is not likely caused by a lack of memory.

Two Lightroom issues: Slow file update from CS3 and jitters

After my recent update to latest version of Lightroom I am noticing two issues. When photos are selected in the film strip for editing the image jitters while it is rendering.
After taking a photo into CS3 for editing, saving the file and returning to Lightroom, the duplicate thumbnail appears in the film strip but it does not update to showing the edits and new psd file extension. I often have to close Lightroom and reopen it to show the update. This has never occurred in the past. I always immediately see the duplicate file with revisions and the new file extension.
Your help is appreciated.

Thank you for your fast response ! I have a 2 TB Time Capsule as well. Maybe I will be moving the images to the Time Capsule and give it a try creating
a new catalogue from that. All kind of files worked very well on all Mac OS X and still do except images. So it doesn't seem to be a Mac OS X / NAS thing
generally. Looks more that LR 5 doesn't like the NAS especially when we take into consideration that the files work perfectly on my MacBook AIR that has
access to the NAS, too but without LR 5.
Regards,
Bernd

Upgrade to 3.6.8 deleted my History on close. Have undeleted yesterdays files, can i find and restore history to profile folder?

Apparently the "clear recent history on close" option was enabled on the 3.6.8 upgrade. Didn't see that coming.
I've undeleted yesterday's deleted files and saved them to a separate drive.
Can I copy or restore the "recovered" history file back into my profile folder?
If so, can you tell me the ''file name(s)'' that contains browsing history?

If you updated from Firefox 2.0.0.20 then you need history.dat.<br />
That file was used in Firefox 2. to store the history, Firefox 3 uses places.sqlite.<br />
If you have used Firefox 3 versions in the past then may already have had a file places.sqlite in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder] and in that case you need to delete places.sqlite to make Firefox import the history from history.dat and the bookmarks from bookmarks.html.

WAN users experience extremely slow file services...and nothing else!

Help! I have been having issues lately with network throughput on any file that is accessed from an off-site location. Currently I have a Leopard server (running DNS, Firewall, NAT, VPN, iChat) that is providing authentication services to my users who are logging in from an off-site location. I also have a second server running Tiger server that is set up as an OD Master running AFP and providing authorization services to my users. This is where most of the files my users are accessing are located.
I have run speed test after speed test on our internet connection that consistently yields a rock steady 337KB/sec UL and 319KB/Sec DL (We have bonded T1's @ ~3.072 Mbps) yet when users are trying to download or access files using AFP or FTP the server will sputter between 0-120KB/Sec and never achieve anywhere close to its maximum theoretical throughout. I have tried to confirm in as many ways as possible that this is a file service problem and not an internet connection issue. I regularly use Remote Desktop from my home to connect to the server that yields bursts and sustained speeds all the way up to 340KB/Sec. Again, bursts are not saying much, however when the server was displaying a screen saver in full color mode, the throughput was steady at ~3.072 Mbps. Furthering my suspicion that this is a service issue, I have set up a VPN that sends all traffic over the VPN and then logged in and visited Youtube and other download sites, all yielding the expected maximum 3.072 Mbps speeds when downloading files from the internet to my computer.
In order to try and narrow down the problem further, I have turned off the VPN service (thinking that perhaps the overhead for encryption for multiple users was causing the low throughput) and tried both secure and insecure AFP and FTP downloads from the server. Again, this yielded the same pathetic throughput.
Is there some issue with transferring files over the internet that I'm not aware of? I'm literally tearing my hair out trying to figure out where the problem is. Users are taking anywhere from 2-5 minutes to open small (<1M files and this is causing serious headaches. Alternatively, are there any other solutions that would enable users at multiple locations to access the same files at the same time?
Thanks for any help you guys can provide, I'll be more then happy to answer any questions you have.

Hi,
Try both repair disk permission (under disk utility) and repair disk from your installation disk A. If the problem persists, try manually downloading COMBO update 10.6.5 and install it. The combo update may overwrite those problematic softcode and thus overcome the problem.
Hope these help.
Cheers.

CS5 slow to get the 'open' and 'save' dialog box over networked computer.

I have been having this problem since the suite was installed, but recently has gotten much slower. Any time I click open or save it takes 8-10 seconds just for the dialog box to come up. CS1 was lightening fast - I know that was ages ago, but I can't help compare the two. I have the same problem with InDesign and Illustrator. The suite is running on a Windows 7 machine through a home network, accessing files from an XP machine as well as a Buffalo Linkstation. Once the dialog box comes up, and I double click, the file is pretty quick to appear. I have researched online and I believe the problem to be somewhere in the network or the settings. The network is quick, Windows Explorer has no delay in opening or finding files, nor do other programs outside of Creative Suite. I did an experiment to narrow down the problem - I closed Photoshop, unplugged the network cable, and reopened the program. AMAZING - it was SO FAST to open the dialog box for both opening and saving files! I then closed Photoshop again, plugged the network cable back in, and opened Photoshop. It was back to the slow opening of the dialog box. Everything else in the programs runs fine - no delay when performing operations in any of the Creative Suite - it has to do with the network and how CS is looking for the files. Can anyone help me, I am so frustrated - this is adding unnecessary time to everything I do and I dread opening and saving any files!!

Once again - thank you!
We used to have a network storage device attached to our home network, but it crashed and we replaced it with another model. A while back I had added it as an item to display in the places bar. When we removed it from the network, the link on the left side disapeared, so I forgot all about it. When I read your posting it jogged my memory. I searched the subject to remember how I had made the change and found this posting from Adobe Community: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/795196 (its in #6). I found the original storage device in the places bar, removed it and replaced it with the new device. I opened Photoshop and Acrobat and both open and save dialog boxes appear as they should - the problem has been resolved! THANK YOU!

When I go up to "file-edit-view etc and I put cursor over it the word it's pointing to disappears. How can I make it stop. I need to see what I'm pointing at!!

I'm using Windows XP and this issue just started this morning. For some reason my firefox crashed. I got everything fixed but now when I go the the top where it has "File Edit View History etc" and I put the cursor over it the word blanks out. It never used to do this and I can't work with it like this. I prefer Firefox over any other web browser. Please tell me how to change the settings so the word stays there when the cursor highlights it and doesn't disappear. Thank you.

Did you already reboot the computer?
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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