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Finder gets out of sync
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what is the symptom that makes you conclude that "Finder is out of sync"?
You are running Big Sur. Are you currently updated (macOS 11.6 or 11.6.1)?
I see that you posted about this a couple of months ago.
Is it still the same issue?
What app are you using to move files on your Mac?
Is it possible that there is an update for that app?
You are running Big Sur. Are you currently updated (macOS 11.6 or 11.6.1)?
I see that you posted about this a couple of months ago.
Is it still the same issue?
What app are you using to move files on your Mac?
Is it possible that there is an update for that app?
It is an application I wrote so it is up to date.
Open Finder on folder X, change focus to another folder, run application that adds say five files to X, open Finder again on X and the files are not listed. If you open a terminal session and ‘ls -l’ they are listed.
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Do they appear if you switch to another folder and and go back. Else try shift+cmd+"." to show hidden files.
Thanks for the advise but that should not be needed. If I reboot the machine or relaunch Finder they appear. I have been a software developer for 35 years and this behaviour is unacceptable. It is not a file permission or ownership issue.
You should have stated that in the first post. Is it really nessasary to relaunch Finder. Will it not update, if you switch to another folder and back.
From a user perspektive, I have never experienced Finder to be out of sync. It almost sounds like some systemprocess is being blocked or hanging. If finder responding and acting normal otherwise.
As a developer, you should try to make a small test case, where you limit the number variables to narrow down the problem. I am no longer an active developer myself (long time ago) and when I was, it was windows. So I am just guessing and I also don't know what development environment you are using anyway. Could it be, that you are somehow blocking access to the files. E.g. not closing them or releasing a handle. Maybe the api you are using to managing the files, needs som kind of close/end command to finalize things.
Maybe you can test with another way of doing. Depending on language and api, you might find better answer in related developer forums. If there is a problem, I bet you are not the first.
you can force the finder to update the window content e.g. using AppleScript:
create a new service in Automator, add the Run AppleScript action to your Service, save it and then e.g. assign it to a keyboard shortcut.
tell application "Finder"
tell front window
update every item with necessity
end tell
end tellcreate a new service in Automator, add the Run AppleScript action to your Service, save it and then e.g. assign it to a keyboard shortcut.
