8/31/2023 0 Comments TotalFinder add to sidebar![]() ![]() Of course, what you will lose are the list of tags and custom folders you want in the Finder sidebar. Thankfully the tags on the files themselves aren't what's causing the hang issue, so we can leave them untouched. That information is actually appended to an extended attribute (xattr) of the file itself, rather than being stored in a single plist or database somewhere. It should be noted that this DOES NOT delete the tags from your files. As long as you have iCloud "Documents and Data" enabled, this new clean sidebar will also be uploaded to iCloud and clear out the old gigantic one on all your machines. After the reboot Finder will have an empty tag sidebar and you can create, delete, and rearrange tags to your hearts content. Copy that plist somewhere you can find it later (just in case something goes awry and you have to put it back.) Now, delete the the original plist in the Library folder and reboot your machine. You will be presented with a cornucopia of scary looking plists. That funny little squiggle at the front is just a nice little shortcut that tells the dialog to start in your home folder for the path, rather than the root of the internal drive. In the dialog that appears type "~/Library/Preferences/". When the Finder is running properly (not beach-balled), right-click on the icon in the Dock and select "Go to Folder". I'll keep the explanation simple for Joe Internet who may be having this problem stumble across this post. This means the hang follows you to every machine where you are signed into iCloud, even on a fresh reload of OS X. To make things worse, when you have "documents and data" turned on under System Preferences > iCloud the tag list is synced. ![]() This plist gets massive, and takes a long time to parse any time it must be modified. They roll off the edge where you can't see them, and are flagged as "visible if newer items are removed" but they are all retained in the sidebar items plist. Thing is, if you get crazy and add a metric ton of tags, none of them are ever removed from the Finder sidebar. Looooong story short, every time you add a new tag (and possibly when you add a tag to a file) it gets popped into the Finder sidebar for easy access. ![]() So, during the Thanksgiving break I decided to sit down and fix this once and for all. I've kept a weather eye on the Google results, poked around trying to find my own solution, upgraded to Yosemite to see if the issue was resolved there, but nothing turned up. This problem has been bugging me for months. Moral of the story, if you have installed an app to add functionality and apple then adds the functionality into osx, chances are the app will slow down a your mac. After months of having this problem, then deleting that program, The problem is fixed. I do realise I had an older program called total Finder, Which is really good, installed before I use no bricks. The centre of the Finder screen used to become transparent and you could not see the files. Whilst on this topic I had a similar problem with my Mavericks finder a tad's. ![]() I I deleted both programs and amazingly and thankfully, For now at least, the hangs in Outlook and find have stopped, it feels like a new Machine. When installing mavericks, tags were quite well, though they became increasingly slow. and after reading this post it dawned on me.īefore Mavericks I used 2 different tagging appx, TAGS and Leap. My 2013 Mac was hanging when saving files, making outlook 2011 hang often! and slowing down workflows. ![]()
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