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Finder slow to show large folder contents - "loading"
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It looks to be fixed in 14.7. But, I've gotten fooled on this before, so I hesitated to comment.
I'm too chicken to try Sequoia yet. Maybe in a month or two, like I did with Sonoma. Of course, Apple did do that funny forcing of the Sonoma upgrade which was why I changed as early as I did.
I'm sounding very cynical, I know. But, my experience hasn't been entirely positive.
I'm too chicken to try Sequoia yet. Maybe in a month or two, like I did with Sonoma. Of course, Apple did do that funny forcing of the Sonoma upgrade which was why I changed as early as I did.
I'm sounding very cynical, I know. But, my experience hasn't been entirely positive.
Not fixed for me on 14.7
A folder with 10,000 items took almost 15 minutes to open and display.
I'm happy for those who've apparently had the issue fixed, but the fix clearly isn't universal.
I look forward to being disappointed by Sequoia in the near future.
A folder with 10,000 items took almost 15 minutes to open and display.
I'm happy for those who've apparently had the issue fixed, but the fix clearly isn't universal.
I look forward to being disappointed by Sequoia in the near future.
I should've hesitated even longer.
The ~5000 item folder I tested just after upgrading to 14.7 did come up really quickly right after the upgrade. Today, after about five days of not testing, it's probably worse than at any time in the past. Of course, once I opened it once, it now opens very quickly. Just as before.
So, no better I'd say. Probably worse.
I probably could've hastened things up by clearing some caches as I did before. Then, this same folder would populate in a few seconds after the cleaning. Over time, probably after some other large folders get added to the cache it'd slow down again.
You'd think that a few lines of code, such as:
Has this folder been opened recently? If not, just open from scratch - never mind the cache.
would fix the problem. But, I guess this is why I don't work at Apple. I'd actually try to make stuff work, rather than tell whoppers about the reality and deny what's before everybody's eyes.
Wanna bet that by a month from now, this will get blamed on AI?
The ~5000 item folder I tested just after upgrading to 14.7 did come up really quickly right after the upgrade. Today, after about five days of not testing, it's probably worse than at any time in the past. Of course, once I opened it once, it now opens very quickly. Just as before.
So, no better I'd say. Probably worse.
I probably could've hastened things up by clearing some caches as I did before. Then, this same folder would populate in a few seconds after the cleaning. Over time, probably after some other large folders get added to the cache it'd slow down again.
You'd think that a few lines of code, such as:
Has this folder been opened recently? If not, just open from scratch - never mind the cache.
would fix the problem. But, I guess this is why I don't work at Apple. I'd actually try to make stuff work, rather than tell whoppers about the reality and deny what's before everybody's eyes.
Wanna bet that by a month from now, this will get blamed on AI?
still working in Sequoia? (fingers seriously crossed). Anyone else tried?
Me too, but I think I'll upgrade my laptop -- that way I can test Finder on the same external thunderbolt bay that's attached to the Studio.
Of course my small rural ISP is up to its usual shenanigans and nothing's working right. The Sequoia download is estimated at one day. I love living in the woods but holy crap it's hard to get decent internet here.
Note 2024 10 02. Haven't been able to download Sequoia -- it always fails, thanks to my rotten connection. I'll have to go to town and find a better connection.
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I definitely need to wait for some of my software to be supported by it fully and make sure others are really seeing the problem gone and then without a doubt I will be upgrading. Hope everyone posts about their experience with Finder/large folders and Sequoia. I have seen hints of success before (too many times) only to have had my hopes dashed.
Correction: It's not totally fixed. Opening a directory in the finder is much faster. When in an app specifying a directory to open or save a file is as slow as before.
After my horrible ISP issues were resolved, I installed Sequoia on my Studio. I'm sorry to say that nothing has changed for me -- opening a folder with many images is just as slow as it was on Sonoma. I'm very disappointed.
Forklift, as always, opens the same folder and shows all images immediately (even if it's the app that spins up the thunderbolt-connected disks).