If this delay is caused by creating Quicklook previews, then the
relevant caches a located somewhere else:
/private/var/folders/{some-short-string}/{some-longer-string}/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache/try deleting the file in there and check if the delay comes back. On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 7:30 PM, koro <[email protected]> wrote: > Just an update: It seems that whenever I restart the system, I get the > temporary hang (for about 20 sec) when entering a folder full of pdf's with > QS. But after that, even if I restart QS, and even if I delete the QS caches > (~/Library/Caches/Quicksilver/ and ~/Library/Caches/com. > blacktree.Quicksilver/), it loads the same folder instantly. How on earth is > that possible? If this is not caused by something being cached to those > files, then what?? > > On Monday, October 15, 2012 4:41:08 PM UTC-3, koro wrote: >> >> On 10/15/12 3:15 PM, Rob McBroom wrote: >> > Have you tried it in B69 to confirm for sure that it�s a new problem? >> > It�s available from >> > https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/downloads >> >> I've tried and it and I don't get any delay at all (less than half a >> second). >> >> I deleted the caches before trying (i.e. >> ~/Library/Caches/Quicksilver/ >> ~/Library/Caches/com.blacktree.Quicksilver/ >> ) >> >> But now it's getting hard to reproduce the problem. Even if i delete the >> caches, both B69 and B70 are loading the folders with many files inside >> like a breeze (which makes me think that stuff is being cached somewhere >> else?). I'm puzzled. >> >> OTOH, while trying with different folders containing many files, I got a >> different (maybe related?) problem. I tried to navigate into a folder >> with 189 files (jpgs and a few avis copied from a digital camera, of a >> total size of 1.34 GB) and I got a brief beachball and then a crash (i >> sent a crash report). The second time (after starting QS again) it >> opened the same folder quickly and showing the thumbnails properly. >> Maybe this was random; I tried another folder with 900 pictures >> (almost 3GB) and no problem, took about 4-5 seconds to open. >> >> I'll keep trying to reproduce the problem. >> >> >> BTW something that may be useful to know is that after the first >> >> long delay before moving into the folder, if I try to access the >> >> folder again after a while it works with no delay (so whatever >> >> causes the delay seems to be something that is being cached). >> > >> > Yes, it should cache that type of thing for a while. >> > >> >> Could anyone try and see if they can replicate my problem? >> > >> > I don�t have a folder with 400 PDFs. :-) The closest thing is >> > probably a folder with 176 music videos, but I see no delay >> > whatsoever going into that. In any case, I�m on an SSD, so I don�t >> > think I�d be able to reproduce the delay (if it�s disk-related). >> > Hopefully someone else can track it down. >> > >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Quicksilver" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quicksilver" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en.
