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Refresh Finder allows you to have a "refresh" button in the Finder just like the one you are used to in Safari.

Refresh Finder is a wrapper around an AppleScript with an icon you can drag into your Finder window's toolbar.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.3:
  • Updated for Snow Leopard.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Soderhavet
Downloads:11,074
  - Version d/l:1,015
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:11 Sep 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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Sep 11 2009

MACSOLU  Please explain why this is needed for OS's greater than 10.4.x -- There is perfectly fine, immediate and constant updating of the contents of open Finder windows in both Mac OS X 10.5.x and 10.6.x.  
(Version 1.3)

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Sep 30 2009

ULYSSESRIC  When you mount an SMB drive shared from Windows machine, you'll know the importance of this button.  
(Version 1.3)

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Nov 24 2008
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NOTARYSOJAC  This app is invaluable - even in Leopard, and especially for a Mac in a hostile Windows network. Files get added to network volumes and I cannot see them on my Mac unless I un-mount the volume and remount it. This app forces a window refresh and suddenly the added files are there!

Luckily, I still had the copy I downloaded at home several months ago because the links on the author's and MacUpdate's pages point to a file that is no longer there. Either the author is updating the file right now as I try to download it, or the app is now moved elsewhere.  
(Version 1.2.3)

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Dec 28 2008

KOBALT  The links are working today and get you to the author's website where the file is ready for downloading. Great little app!  
(Version 1.2.3)

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Jan 1 2009

ASMEURER  Network volumes are perhaps the only use for this-I haven't tested the following too much with them. The Finder will automatically update info the instant it is changed. It uses the same technology that spotlight uses to automatically include search results without constantly indexing the hard drive. Every time a file is changed or created, the system kernel indexes it to spotlight and notifies the Finder if the file is visible in one of its windows.

Try it. Create a folder on your desktop called "test" and open it. Then open Terminal so you can still see the folder, and type "mkdir ~/Desktop/test/hello/" (without the quotes). You should instantly see a folder called "hello" inside your test folder. Then, make sure you can see the date and time modified for "hello". Wait until it is a different time from when you created the folder, then type "touch ~/Desktop/test/hello" in Terminal. You should instantly see the date modified change to the present time. You can try saving files while you watch the info too. The Finder is quite good at refreshing itself.   
(Version 1.2.3)

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Oct 9 2009

ANOTHERSCOTT  asmeurer, the FInder in Leopard still doesn't fully update properly, even local volumes.

Try this: Throw some stuff you don't need into the trash. Empty trash. Wait to see how long it will be before the free space indicator at the bottom of the window shows the new larger amount of free space.  
(Version 1.3)

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Nov 21 2007

GCOGHILL  The button shows up at about half-size compared to the standard OS X Finder buttons.  
(Version 1.2.3)

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Nov 13 2007

MACSOLU  Wait a second -- I thought the Finder in Leopard SPECIFICALLY fixed the ridiculous refresh problems of previous OS's, thus completely removing the necessity for this program. Am I mistaken?  
(Version 1.2.3)

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Oct 27 2007

IGREG  How do you uninstall it?  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Nov 13 2007

SSNICKERER  I believe you just drag it out of the window and trash Refresh Finder.app  
(Version 1.2.3)

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Sep 22 2007

PDORNEDEN  I have successfully installed the Refresh Finder on my Macbook OSX. I am a first time Mac user and have 3 instances of the Refresh Finder icon or 2 question marks and 1 icon on my Finder toolbar when the program is in the trash. Can anyone tell me how to remove the icons in the toolbar when the application is not installed? Thank you.  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Oct 4 2007

8OO8  You should be able to remove them by depressing the command(Apple) key on your keyboard while clicking on the icons with your mouse and dragging them off.

The icons are still there after you trashed the app because some of Refresh Finder's files are still in your hard drive. You can find and remove those files(as well as ANY files) by installing and using the free app "EasyFind" http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076/easyfind  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Oct 5 2007

PDORNEDEN  Thank you very much for the help. I could not get Easy Finder to locate the files, but the drag and drop theory worked. This is my first experience with a Mac, and I love it!  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Oct 5 2007

8OO8  Oops, I was wrong about the Refresh Finder files. There are, in fact, none left after trashing the app itself.

But, I think, you'll find Easy Find really handy and useful when looking for files that are still on your hard drive.

Anyway, enjoy your Mac!  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Sep 3 2007

IDERA  Great little app, works great with my school's slow servers when Finder won't auto-update.  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Sep 3 2007
*****

STEVEN JAY COHEN  Works well! Nicely done!

Simple and clear direction in the READ ME.  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Sep 3 2007

ALJUK  I don't get it... why would one need to "refresh" a finder window?  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Sep 3 2007

MACSOLU  Because the Finder is pitiful when it comes to accuracy -- it fails to visually indicate changes made to files and folders within an open Finder window. Go ahead and see for yourself; drag some files from the desktop to a folder sitting within a open Finder window -- the date modified does not change, the calculated size does not change. And when you save a file from within an application into an open Finder window you get similar results. Apple continues to ignore this critical issue, and thus kludges like "Refresh Finder" have come about as a workaround.  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Sep 1 2007

EBONWEAVER  This application does nothing when launched, and you can not drag it into the toolbar as indicated. It appears that this application actually does nothing and is non-functional.

OS 10.4.10 on MacBook Pro  
(Version 1.2.1)

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Sep 3 2007

OND  As previously posted:

http://www.macupdate.com/reviews.php?id=24714&pid=187763  
(Version 1.2.1)

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