08-10-2014, 08:49 PM
Black wrote:
I thought the "too many files on desktop slowing down finder" canard died with OS9.
If you have "show icon preview" enabled in the view preferences for the Desktop then the Finder will be constantly refreshing those icons on the Desktop, providing "live" and potentially interactive previews for every item on the Desktop.
You can actually navigate multi-page PDF documents and play movies in tiny thumbnail form.
It's clever, but it's also a huge waste of processing power. With dozens of icons on the Desktop -- especially for images, PDFs and video files -- the Finder's speed will take a hit.