Why is the finder so slow?

Ever since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Finder gets very slow to display folders and files, especially in a save window. Any idea why?

I have this problem too. The popup finder window when saving files, is really slow. Scrolling is behaving weird too.
I tried to delete the finder plist, and restarted finder with the terminal command:
killall -KILL Finder

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Same thing happens with Mail, trying to attach a PDF I just made. Mail can't see it.
I love all the wondrous glitz of OSX, but wouldn't it be nice if it could do the basic stuff as well as System 6? At the rate Apple's going, we'll probably get a breathless announcement about a spanking-new OS called Snail, which doesn't do anything but look pretty.

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Why is my finder so slow to update. For example, if I
download a file (using Safari), I can't find it on
the desktop. If I use Find at the Finder level, it
says it's there, but I can't see it.
Same thing happens with Mail, trying to attach a PDF
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I love all the wondrous glitz of OSX, but wouldn't it
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System 6? At the rate Apple's going, we'll probably
get a breathless announcement about a spanking-new OS
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pretty.
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Did you ever get an answer to this? My finder is pathetically slow to update, a minor irritation a dozen times a day. System 9 never had this problem. Is there a way to get my expensive computer to do this simple task? Is there any news on this?
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download a file (using Safari), I can't find it on
the desktop. If I use Find at the Finder level, it
says it's there, but I can't see it.
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I love all the wondrous glitz of OSX, but wouldn't it
be nice if it could do the basic stuff as well as
System 6? At the rate Apple's going, we'll probably
get a breathless announcement about a spanking-new OS
called Snail, which doesn't do anything but look
pretty.
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nbar,
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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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"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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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.
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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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JJT69 wrote:
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