Finder window blurred

ukhanlists · September 28, 2010

Hello,

I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on a Gigabyte EP45-DS3R with Intel Quad Core. I have a eVGA GeForce GTS-250 with 512MB. I am using DSDT for most things, except I am using GFI Strings for video:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x1)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
	<key>@0,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@0,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@0,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
	<key>@1,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@1,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@1,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
	<key>@2,#adress-cells</key>
	<string>0x01000000</string>
	<key>@2,#size-cells</key>
	<string>0x00000000</string>
	<key>@2,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,sensor-parent</string>
	<key>@2,device_type</key>
	<string>NVDA,gpu-diode</string>
	<key>@2,hwctrl-params-version</key>
	<string>0x02000000</string>
	<key>@2,hwsensor-params-version</key>
	<string>0x02000000</string>
	<key>@2,name</key>
	<string>sensor-parent</string>
	<key>@2,reg</key>
	<string>0x02000000</string>
	<key>NVCAP</key>
	<data>BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=</data>
	<key>NVPM</key>
	<data>AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==</data>
	<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
	<data>AAAAIA==</data>
	<key>device_type</key>
	<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
	<key>model</key>
	<string>NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250</string>
	<key>name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Parent</string>
	<key>rom-revision</key>
	<string>3172a</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

From time to time, icons on the Finder window become blurry or partially disappear. I am attaching a screenshot. If someone had similar problems and managed to resolve the issue, then please let me know how you resolved the problem.

Thanks

ukhanlists · September 29, 2010

I found some information online:

http://www.powerpage.org/2009/11/24/how-to-repair-fuzzy-icons-in-snow-leopard/

Seems this is a common problem. For me removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Finder.plist did the trick for the time being. I hope it doesn't creep up again. It might also be useful to go into DiskUtility and running "Verify Disk Permissions."

If you anyone has any other pointers, feel free to share.