diff --git a/yazi-fs/src/mounts/partition.rs b/yazi-fs/src/mounts/partition.rs
index e7721f69..ccbab9da 100644
--- a/yazi-fs/src/mounts/partition.rs
+++ b/yazi-fs/src/mounts/partition.rs
@@ -14,11 +14,18 @@ pub struct Partition {
 }
 
 impl Partition {
-	// Match mount types that do not reliably emit change notifications, or do not
-	// update directory metadata on changes, and should be refreshed frequently.
-	pub fn heuristic(&self) -> bool {
+	// Match mount types that do not update directory mtime on changes,
+	// and should be refreshed frequently.
+	pub fn timeless(&self) -> bool {
 		let b: &[u8] = self.fstype.as_ref().map_or(b"", |s| s.as_encoded_bytes());
-		matches!(b, b"exfat" | b"fuse.rclone")
+		matches!(b, b"exfat")
+	}
+
+	// Match mount types that do not reliably emit change notifications,
+	// and should be polled for changes.
+	pub fn soundless(&self) -> bool {
+		let b: &[u8] = self.fstype.as_ref().map_or(b"", |s| s.as_encoded_bytes());
+		matches!(b, b"fuse.rclone")
 	}
 
 	#[rustfmt::skip]
diff --git a/yazi-fs/src/mounts/partitions.rs b/yazi-fs/src/mounts/partitions.rs
index 032ef220..dde393f3 100644
--- a/yazi-fs/src/mounts/partitions.rs
+++ b/yazi-fs/src/mounts/partitions.rs
@@ -31,14 +31,26 @@ impl Partitions {
 		self.inner.iter().find(|p| p.rdev == Some(dev))
 	}
 
-	pub fn heuristic(&self, _cha: Cha) -> bool {
+	pub fn timeless(&self, _cha: Cha) -> bool {
 		#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos"))]
 		{
-			self.by_dev(_cha.dev).is_some_and(|p| p.heuristic())
+			self.by_dev(_cha.dev).is_some_and(|p| p.timeless())
 		}
 		#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos")))]
 		{
-			// For now, assume other targets update directory stat data correctly
+			// For now, assume other targets update directory mtime correctly
+			false
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn soundless(&self, _cha: Cha) -> bool {
+		#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos"))]
+		{
+			self.by_dev(_cha.dev).is_some_and(|p| p.soundless())
+		}
+		#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos")))]
+		{
+			// For now, assume other targets emit change notifications correctly
 			false
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/yazi-vfs/src/files.rs b/yazi-vfs/src/files.rs
index 7440888d..726cb90a 100644
--- a/yazi-vfs/src/files.rs
+++ b/yazi-vfs/src/files.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl VfsFiles for Files {
 		use std::io::ErrorKind;
 		match Cha::from_url(dir).await {
 			Ok(c) if !c.is_dir() => FilesOp::issue_error(dir, ErrorKind::NotADirectory).await,
-			Ok(c) if c.hits(cha) && !PARTITIONS.read().heuristic(cha) => {}
+			Ok(c) if c.hits(cha) && !PARTITIONS.read().timeless(cha) => {}
 			Ok(c) => return Some(c),
 			Err(e) => FilesOp::issue_error(dir, e).await,
 		}
diff --git a/yazi-watcher/src/local/local.rs b/yazi-watcher/src/local/local.rs
index 665691b4..56a08c1f 100644
--- a/yazi-watcher/src/local/local.rs
+++ b/yazi-watcher/src/local/local.rs
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ impl Local {
 		}
 	}
 
-	pub(crate) fn heuristic(path: &Path) -> bool {
+	pub(crate) fn soundless(path: &Path) -> bool {
 		if cfg!(target_os = "netbsd") || yazi_adapter::WSL.get() {
 			return true;
 		}
 
 		let Ok(meta) = path.metadata() else { return true };
-		PARTITIONS.read().heuristic(Cha::new(path.file_name().unwrap_or_default(), meta))
+		PARTITIONS.read().soundless(Cha::new(path.file_name().unwrap_or_default(), meta))
 	}
 
 	async fn changed(rx: UnboundedReceiver<UrlBuf>) {
diff --git a/yazi-watcher/src/watchee.rs b/yazi-watcher/src/watchee.rs
index abb9bda5..bcb14f9b 100644
--- a/yazi-watcher/src/watchee.rs
+++ b/yazi-watcher/src/watchee.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl<'a> Watchee<'a> {
 	{
 		let url = url.into();
 		if let Some(path) = url.as_local() {
-			let b = Local::heuristic(path);
+			let b = Local::soundless(path);
 			Self::Local(url, b)
 		} else {
 			Self::Remote(url)