If I had to guess which feature of Mac OS X gets the most criticism , I ’d say the Finder . Not because it ’s high-risk , but rather because it has the potential difference to besogood — and we use it so much in our twenty-four hours - to - solar day work — that its flaws are especially noticeable . ( And , yes — obligatory nod to OS 9 fans — because there are still things that Mac osmium 9 ’s Finder could do that the OS X version ca n’t . )
One of my personal peeves is the Finder ’s tendency to lag behind me . I ’ll deliver a written document in a folder , but the text file wo n’t appear immediately . Or I ’ll create a newfangled folder and name it , but the new folder does n’t immediately get assort correctly . Or a file will be download but the brochure wo n’t meditate the increase size of the download - in - progress . Sometimes click somewhere in the windowpane will desexualize the job , but other sentence I have to come together the window and re - open it , or change the view mode , for the window ’s content to be updated correctly .
This long - standing germ was speculate to be fixed in Tiger ( Mac OS X 10.4 ) , but , unfortunately , many users — including myself — have found that the issue still happen ( if less frequently ) . There are anumber of utilitiesout there that avail you portion out with this issuance by push the Finder to update its data file itemization , but in the absence of a dead on target locating , would n’t it be not bad if Finder windows merely had a “ refresh ” button in their toolbars ? You could just click this clit to ensure that the current window ’s visible listing accurately reflects the contents . Söderhavet ’s freeRefresh Finder 1.1 ( ) gives you exactly that .
Refresh Finder is really just a simple AppleScript pull through as an practical program ; specifically , launching Refresh Finder persist the follow script :
But Söderhavet has open Refresh Finder an icon that makes the app perfect for Finder - window toolbars . Just drag on Refresh Finder to the toolbar of any open Finder window and , after a match seconds , you ’ll be able-bodied to cut down it there to add it as a new “ button . ” ( If you choose to show toolbar - button schoolbook , you may want to rename the app to something shorter , such as “ Refresh.app , ” as I ’ve done in the screenshot above . )
Now whenever you want to make certain the current Finder window is displaying its dead on target contentedness , just press the new refresh “ button ” in the toolbar . you’re able to also — or rather — tally the app to the sidebar of Finder windows and access it from there . ( If you prefer to hide the toolbar and sidebar in Finder window , you’re able to come in Refresh Finder in the Dock ; however , for this feeler to oeuvre , the Finder must be the fighting app and the window you want to brush up must be alive / frontmost when Refresh Finder is launch . )
One limitation of Refresh Window — and all standardized utilities , for that matter — is that if you ’re viewing a Finder windowpane in List prospect and have U-boat - booklet expand . Refresh Finder wo n’t update the contents of the Italian sandwich - brochure . This is a limitation of the Finder ; you ’ll call for to open up the submarine - folder(s ) separately and then refresh them on an individual basis .
One other limitation of Refresh Finder is that it updates only the front / active windowpane . If you want to refreshallFinder window , automatically , you may utilise a utility such asFinderSync . However , I personally prefer the Refresh Finder approaching to these automated usefulness — Refresh Finder does n’t slow up down the Finder by regularly updating all window , and it assure that you ’re see the very latest state of the current windowpane . ( With a scheduled - update app , you ’re guaranteed a fully - updated windowpane only immediately after a scheduled refresh , and there ’s no way of knowing if a window has just been refreshed or was last brush up several minutes ago ) .
UPDATE 4/27/2007 : Söderhavet has relinquish interpretation 1.2 of Refresh Finder , which refresh the contents of all Finder window at once .
Refresh Finder is a Universal binary star .
