Weird finder ghosting

frankyonnetti · March 5, 2014, 5:56pm

I’m using the Finder’s tabs not TF’s, and when I drag a tab to a new window it creates a small ghosted finder icon that doesn’t go away. Is anyone else seeing this, or is it just me?

FYI - I’m using TF for the “folders on top” and the quick “show/hide files” features.

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darwin · May 27, 2014, 1:35pm

Hi, I’m sorry, I somehow missed this topic and it got buried under a pile of new stuff.

Unfortunately this is a bug in Finder itself. It affects both TotalFinder and plain Finder as well. There is not much I can do about it.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5665732
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24677920

darwin · May 27, 2014, 2:37pm

Ok, I have found the culprit.

defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true
defaults write com.apple.finder AnimateWindowZoom -bool false

After some testing I’ve found the setting which caused that:

github.com

binaryage/totalfinder-installer/blob/master/script_app_post#L7


#!/bin/sh


# add /Applications/TotalFinder.app in user's login items
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events"' -e 'make login item at end with properties { name:"TotalFinder", path:"/Applications/TotalFinder.app", kind:"application", hidden:false }' -e 'end tell'


# tweak finder settings to play nice with TotalFinder
/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true
/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool false
/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.finder AnimateWindowZoom -bool false
/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.finder FXDisableFancyWindowTransition -bool true


sleep 2


TMP=`sw_vers -productVersion|grep '10\.\(8\|9\|10\)'`
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
# the goal here is to relaunch Finder.app under the right user aka "Mach bootstrap namespace"
# note: we can have multiple users logged in concruently (for fast user switching), each has its own loginwindow process

I disable additional Finder animations with that tweak (it is a secret Finder setting). Unfortunately it is not that well tested probably and it introduces this ghosting (probably because Finder’s icon removal code is not called when animations are disabled).

You may try to enable the animations again and reset Finder (CMD+OPT+ESC) and relaunch TotalFinder again. But I’m afraid you will get some visual glitches with TotalFinder.

Solution:
DisableAllAnimations must be false and AnimateWindowZoom must be true, also we have to disable TotalFinders internal override of these tweaks.

Please execute this as single line:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/darwin/d74ddce510f4a0b40b29

gistfile1.txt

osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to quit" && defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool false &&  defaults write com.apple.finder AnimateWindowZoom -bool true && defaults write com.apple.finder TotalFinderDontFixInstallerDefaults -bool true

Tom_Kloster · July 3, 2014, 6:08am

I’m having this problem, too - is there a less technical explanation of what I would need to do?

Tom

darwin · July 4, 2014, 10:51am

please open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app (a command prompt should appear)
copy and paste content of this URL (it is one long single line): https://gist.githubusercontent.com/darwin/d74ddce510f4a0b40b29/raw/47829cc306d9ec1ef79a6676043aabebe635dd9a/gistfile1.txt
hit ENTER

Tom_Kloster · November 3, 2014, 5:52am

A belated thank you, Darwin! Worked perfectly!

Tom

mkormendy · March 11, 2016, 3:30pm

I think this issue has resurfaced again in El Capitan. (unfortunately my employers won’t let me downgrade back to Yosemite).

theqse · November 7, 2016, 8:15am

This works! Terrific. Thank you!