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Cicciokun · 3 months ago

Hi! I have update your "raster" icon with my "vector" version: http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7420/newsxando...

This is ".icns" file: http://www.360fun.net/hd/Finder%20Refresh%20new...

Tnx for this little but useful program! ;)

Shane Lord · 3 months ago

Thanks so much! I've updated the app to 1.4 and given you credit!

Thanks,
Shane.

Cicciokun · 3 months ago

Great! TNX =D

Valzore · 2 years ago

It's what I've been looking for, as even a simple file update is not reflected sometimes. Especially on a download that is continuously updating the file. No way to tell if the file is still being updated unless you move away from the directory and then move back. So this is a very good little addition to finder.

ErikG · 2 years ago

Awesome... just what I was looking for!

Question... any tips for refreshing the desktop when it doesn't see new items?

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

Erik,

The Desktop is a Finder entity too - just open a Finder window, select Desktop from the left hand menu then hit the Refresh button.

That *should* work :???:

Regards,
Shane.

gschober · 2 years ago

This is awesome! Thanks!!!

wiwied · 2 years ago

That's just cool... Where have you been? You supposed to make this tool earlier.... I've been looking this kind of tool for long time ago :razz: :razz: .
Thank you.

rob · 2 years ago

hey, how did you build a site with easy changeable themes...i'm looking to do that with my site. thanks!

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

Rob,

I've replied via email re: changeable themes. Glad you like it :grin:

Regards,
Shane.

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

I should also say - thanks to everyone for the positive comments on my Finder Refresh tool - I'm glad others find it useful.

Regards,
Shane.

Bobby · 2 years ago

It doesn't work in my folders. I get this message: Fortfahren nicht möglich: . Any solution?

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

Bobby,

Google Translator tells me that means something along the lines of "Continuing not possible" (actually Google says "Do not continue possible").

I can only assume for some reason the Applescript is having an issue on your machine. Try using Disk Utility to repair permissions on your drive and see if that does anything. Other than that - what version of Mac OSX are you running?

Thanks,
Shane.

Bobby · 2 years ago

Thank you for your answer. I have a G4 Mac, maybe the Skript runs on Intel only? I later had the idea to restart the Finder via alt-appel-esc - not very elegant, but it helped!

Dan · 2 years ago

This works in the finder (even when viewing the Desktop folder) but unfortunately not on the Desktop itself. Any suggestions? I'm running 10.4.9 on a MBP.

sniegas · 2 years ago

Well, really useful. Thank you!

Devv · 2 years ago

Just found through google. I tried and it's perfect. I had to reboot to see the downloaded file though. :neutral:

Jman · 2 years ago

Dear God, something very simple, extremely useful, and yet not included by default in the OS. Thank you!

Eric · 2 years ago

This is great, I really miss the F5 feature of windows on a mac when using shared disks. Is there an easy way to map a function key (say maybe F5) to this script?

Great work on this simple fix!

Orvo · 2 years ago

Thank you for providing a solution to an obvious need!

The only problem is, it does not help in updating a smb logged drive (which is an external drive attached to a Windows XP machine). It seems I can make Finder update that only when I do a forced reload (or whatever that is in English as I use Finnish mac os x 4.9) of Finder in the Apple menu.

Michael J. Long · 2 years ago

Great utility!

It seems to work as advertised for all of my local folders (Desktop, etc.). However, when I try to use it on a WebDAV folder (https://server/path/), I get an error window reading "Can't continue ." with an "Edit" and "OK" button.

When I select the "Edit" button, a dialog with the heading "Open Dictionary" contains the following informational message:
Unable to read the dictionary of the application or extension because it is not scriptable

Any suggestions?

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

Michael,

Glad it's working for you (in most cases). As for WebDAV folders I can't help there (as I don't use them) - this script was designed primarily to update internal volumes & local network drives. If any Applescript experts out there can let me know the code to add to support WebDAV I'll gladly update the utility to support it.

Regards,

Shane.

Ferris · 2 years ago

Try' d to uninstall, but leaves a quesionmark on buttons place... Can anyone help get finder in original state? Thanks.

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

Ferris,

If you've deleted it and need to remove it from the Finder window, just Apple-Left-Click and drag the question mark away from the Finder window and let go. It should then be gone.

Regards,
Shane.

Ferris · 2 years ago

Shane, thank you. The reason I tried youre script is to 'see' files again in my finder, I now only can find with spotlight... happen to know how to overcome this one?

Michael J. Long · 2 years ago

I found a utility, Refresh Finder, that performs the same function. However, it appears to be an application (as opposed to a script).

http://www.soderhavet.com/refresh/

It seems to be able to refresh all types of drives, not just internal and local network drives.

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

Michael,

Actually it is also a script. I only found that utility in the last month by accident. Whilst I released mine over a month earlier, we both came up with a similar fix for the same problem.

Even though the look and feel is very similar, the implementation is almost identical and the timing of his release after mine is interesting, again in his own words to me after I contacted him about it; "If you want to claim some kind of intellectual rights to this little utility then by all means do so, that'd just be good fun. I won't give you any credit, though, since there is none to be given."

He has recently updated the script he uses from what I use above to this:

tell application "Finder"
repeat with i from 1 to count of Finder windows
update every item with necessity
end repeat
end tell

The main difference is this script updates every window you have open, not just the front window. Other than that it does the same thing.

Regards,
Shane.

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

Just in case anyone missed it, I've rolled the version number to 1.1 as I found a tweak in the building of the application that allows it to run hidden (and seem more integrated with the Finder).

Regards,
Shane.

An · 2 years ago

Shane,
As all downloaded items from the browser will be put in the Deskop. My Mac OSX worked perfectly without your tool. But then, for some reasons that I did not know all new items are not displayed on my Desktop anymore, but I can see these items (files) by using the Terminal. Then I searched around internet and I found your tool. Thought this will help me out of the troubles but it seems your tool doesn't work with my problem. When I click on the "Refresh Finder" button, I can see that some items (files or folders) on my Desktop has a blink in moment, it seems that your tool does the refrsh. But the new items still hidden from the Finder (or Desktop).

I would appreciate if you can have an answer why your tool doesn't work with my Desktop.

Thanks.
An

An · 2 years ago

One more thing that I forgot to let you know that the new files are displayed on my Desktop after I logout then re login again or I restart the machine.

Thanks
An

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

An,

Sorry to hear you are having this problem.

If my tool isn't working for you, try resetting your Finder Preferences. The quickest way to test if this works is to move the file "com.apple.Finder.plist" to your Desktop (or another folder) to back it up. It can be found in "Users/YourAccount/Library/Preferences/" (replacing YourAccount with your account folder name).

Restart your Mac and see if this fixes it. If it does great. If not you can safely put the file back if you want (or not - the system will automatically create a new one anyway).

Regards,
Shane.

An · 2 years ago

Shane,

Thanks for your brilliant answer. It works perfectly after I doing exactly what you suggested. :)

Thank you very much.
An

Shane Lord · 2 years ago

An,

I'm happy it worked for you, and I'm glad I could help.

Regards,
Shane.

Stan · 2 years ago

Great job Shane!

lionel · 2 years ago

DUDE! Thanks so very much. Am really glad that you put this little app out.
Lionel

marc · 2 years ago

thank you so much for this one...as i often search for the file last modified in the finder, macosx's laziness in this case often drove me mad! beautiful tool!

Jan · 2 years ago

Just what I needed. Thanks for taking the time to develop this!

brooks · 2 years ago

Thanks so much. A must for those used to the F5 key in Windows

Todd · 2 years ago

Is there a way to get this to run in a restricted users context?

Remco · 2 years ago

Shane,

A friend of mine sent me a link to this page because he and I also have problems with Finder's refreshing capabilities. I must say that your script is simple and effective, but I was especially amazed by your way of implementing it. I didn't even know you could drag your own applications in the toolbar. But now that I know I have a couple of other things that I might try. So thanks for that :)

I have made a version of your script that also updates the items in all the subfolders of the opened folder. It automatically does this if the folder is in list view mode. You can set the property for how many levels of subfolders you want to update. If you're interested in my version of the script, send me an e-mail.

mike · 2 years ago

thanks man this is awesome!

Steven Dore · 2 years ago

Dear Mr. Lord,
Your app sounded like the perfect solution to a very annoying problem I am having with Finder updating restored files. However, when I try to open it I get a message saying it couldn't "get every item of window 1 of application Finder". It then gives me a choice of "EDIT" or "OK". Choosing EDIT doesn't seem to do anything. If I choose "OK", the message window closes. If I then go on and drag the app to my app folder and place the refresh icon in the Finder tool bar, it doesn't seem to do anything when 'clicked' on. If I do a 'manual' re-launch of Finder, things go fine.Any suggestions? Am I installing it correctly? Appreciate any help.
Sincerely,
Steven Dore

Vojta · 1 year ago

Thanks a million! You have just saved me a few precious seconds of my life :-)

Romer!can · 1 year ago

Thank you! I've been complaining about this for years. Finally a solution reveals itself. (Only wish I had found it sooner.)

juju · 1 year ago

Yeah ! great, thanks !

I had the problem with tiger, but I still had it with leopard ! (the shares appears randomly anyway, sometimes after 30 secs, sometimes 1 min, or more... maybe I'm a bit impatient sometimes but that hack just solves my problem :) )

cheers

Chris Willmott · 1 year ago

Excellent tool! I have always wanted this feature in OS X.

kristaps · 1 year ago

When trying to refresh an empty folder, then pops up that window with EDIT and OK buttons.
Solution is to put the script in try ... end try block.
Basically it should look like this:

try
tell application "Finder"
tell front window
update every item with necessity
end tell
end tell
end try

Shane Lord · 1 year ago

@kristaps,

Thanks so much for finding this - it has been bugging me and as I am no expert in programming or Applescript I hadn't found a solution. I have applied the change and the version number is now 1.2

Regards,
Shane.

jack · 1 year ago

Running mail 2.1 and OSX 10.4.11 it often takes minutes for the inbox or sent screen to refresh and display message lists after switching from one box to another. 0 messages displayed. Frequently happens after I organize or file a number of messages. Would your refresh script work inside mail ?

I cannot upgrade OSX because I have a legacy system 9 application that is critical to my work.

Raj Seshadri · 1 year ago

Shane,
This is awesome. I use Leopard, but it still has occasional refresh issues, so this is great even for infrequent use.

Have you considered posting this to macosxhints.com?
If you don't have time, I'd be glad to post it for you... it's very elegant :-)

Mr.Gosh · 1 year ago

Sadly it dosn`t work with ftp mounted filesystems :(

catze · 1 year ago

but it doesn't work if you rename file(s) and want the finder to just sort all the files alphabetically. is there a sortcut for this? or can you make it work that way (like in windows, if i remember correctly)

Gerardo Contijoch · 1 year ago

Amazing app, I love it!
Thank you!

BrainZ · 1 year ago

Top man on the firm. Thanks very much for this. A lack of refresh has been a massive annoyance of mine in OS X.

joey · 11 months ago

simply amazing!!!

Brian · 11 months ago

YOU ARE AWESOME! I have been wondering if this tool existed in the Mac OS for a long time. I finally did a search, and found this. Also, interesting tip about Lepoard, and the fact that this is not necessary... Another reason to upgrade, I guess.

RayRay · 9 months ago

This is still a useful app for Leopard. Often I'm copying a file via SCP from linux to OSX... When I want to see the progress on my machine, OSX does a poor job of updating the file size. This little app does the trick.

Greg Dixon · 9 months ago

f***ing brilliant. You rock.

Brandon · 7 months ago

Awesome! Thanks so much!

Rich · 7 months ago

I have Leopard and also found this very useful. I access my PC files through a mounted shared volume however when a new file is created on the PC it often doesn't show up in the mac finder (although weirdly it shows in any docked folders). This was a great solution for me!

Richard · 7 months ago

Oh and a Leopard icon would be the icing on the cake =)

Andrew · 5 months ago

Fantastic! Well done for taking the time to make this work in a simple way and sharing it! Thanks

Rulik · 5 months ago

Many thanks from Czech Republic!
You saved me one headache today... as I was wondering why I did not see anything on Samba drive, when I was sure, there are some files.

gabrielronai · 4 months ago

you saved me a ton of time with this! eternally grateful! I was unable to refresh a list of movies on a NAS/SMB share. Thanks!

alex · 3 months ago

Thanks, You are a HERO!

I have always been annoyed at Apple for not having any refresh option in Finder
(or many options at all really... lol).

I LOVE IT!

A couple of other useful add-ons I found are here if anyone's interested :

http://www.nschneble.com/my_life_and_travels/ap...
http://www.nschneble.com/my_life_and_travels/ap...

which are "Move To" and "Copy To" Finder "booster apps" and indispensable, like your program.

Thanks again!

Lawrence · 3 months ago

awesome! I can not thank you enough! I use a network drive and when I make a change thru one mac the other does not see it for a while. I use two macs for my work simultaneously and this is great!!!!!

Wolter · 2 months ago

Cool little app, except it doesn't work under OSX 10.5.8 :(

I can click the refresh button till I'm blue in the face and it won't update the list. And yet I can manually go to shell and see the file I'm looking for.

I seem to be spending more and more time in a shell nowadays just to get around a br0ken GUI. Reminds me of the early Linux days where the only way to fix something was to drop to shell.

Shane Lord · 2 months ago

Hi. Not sure what's gone wrong for you but it definately works under 10.5.8 on all the systems I've tested. Perhaps there is something more deep rooted that needs to be resolved on your system?

Thanks,
Shane.

Wolter · 2 months ago

Dunno... It's behaved that way since the day I bought it.
Same thing with the "compress" function screwing up and giving "compression failed due to an unknown error" forever more until I reboot the machine.

Jeff M · 1 week ago

Thank you Shane! Simple, elegant, and really helpful. Why Apple didn't include this function is beyond me... :)