One my favorite OS X features is creating folders through the "Save As…" dialog. But recently I've run into an issue. When I try to browse to folders recently created using the "Save As…" dialog, they are not visible in the Finder. Mysteriously, they do appear in applications' "Open" and "Save As…" dialogs. I have to relaunch the Finder (I used killall Finder in the Terminal) to get the folders to show up. When they appear, they don't disappear again, and the contents I saved are there and are intact.
How can I restore the Finder's ability to see all newly created folders as soon as they appear in the file system?
One note: I've installed Hazel and Dropbox, which may have disturbed some Finder .plist file somewhere. Hazel is no longer installed, but Dropbox is.
Best Answer
I have that as well on my MBA with Mavericks, occasionally, even with things like screenshot that I have just taken not showing in finder. And the files can not be found with spotlight, nor are they hidden kind.
Have not found what causes it (still looking, since it is not reproducible event), but I use the keyboard shortcut to reset the finder after which it works again.
alt+cmd+esc then click on Finder Relaunch.
I know it is not a fix, but bit faster way then using terminal.