You could try AppleScript: tell application "Finder" to update items of front window
I couldn't remember offhand, but found a reference on this MOSXH page. Sure wish there was a site still being updated with these tips. http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20050518175502341 On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Daniel Israel <d...@ebji.org> wrote: > I notice this time to time as well, especially when you empty trash, the > free space is not updated for a while. This seems to be the case since I > got my new laptop (January) with the newer version of OSX. > > > > On Jun 9, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> > wrote: > > Is there a command to cause Finder to refresh its views? I was looking at > the contents of a directory in Finder, wondering why the files that a > program was writing weren't showing up. I could see the files in Terminal > with ls. Even launching a new Finder window displayed the old contents (old > by 2 days). I had to duplicate (cmd-D) a file in the directory to cause > Finder to refresh its display. I don't see any kind of refresh command in > the Finder menus... > > -Carl > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > > -D. Israel > d...@ebji.org > AIM: JudoDanIzz > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > -- arno s hautala /-| a...@alum.wpi.edu pgp b2c9d448 _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
