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Ways to Relaunch Finder
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If something happens to our Finder (freeze, perhaps), without the provision of quit option we will be certainly forced to restart our Mac. But that won't be the case if we have the know-how to relaunch Finder.
There are many ways to relaunch Finder, until now I've found 4 ways for relaunching Finder. Let's master all of them.
Relaunching with Dock
This is probably the fastest way to relaunch Finder.
- Hold down control-option and click on the Finder icon stuck onto Dock
- Choose Relaunch option from appearing contextual menu
- Finder should be relaunched by then
Relaunching with Terminal
As usual, Terminal lends us a great help in relaunching Finder.
- Open Terminal
-
Execute command line
killall Finder
- Finder will be quitted and relaunched after a while
Relaunching with Force Quit Pane
We can use force quit pane to quit any running applications, including relaunching Finder (we can quit Finder).
- Hit command-option-escape to open Force Quit Pane
- Select Finder
- Click on Relaunch button
Relaunching with Quicksilver
Besides using Quicksilver as applications launcher, we can also use it to relaunch applications. This relaunch feature is also applicable to Finder.
- Download Quicksilver and launch it
- On the application box type Finder and type Relaunch on action box
- Hit return key to execute
- Your Finder should be relaunched by now
Perhaps you've known better way to relaunch Finder, let us know by shouting on provided comment box. Our ears are always wide-open to hear your trick.
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8 Comments
Pierre
Idk what the command was but there is a way to add the quit command and shortcut to the finder menu.
Eddie
Holding option is definitely a neat trick.. but i hadn't noticed that QS had that feature.. great stuff like always.. thanks
Sajjad K
"Hold down control-option and click on the Finder icon stuck onto Dock" You only need to hold down option and click.
ric
You can kill the process in Activity Monitor. To keep it in the dock is a good idea.
jrc
If you only hold down the option key, you also have to hold down on the mouse button for a short while before the selection panel pops up. Otherwise, if you click on the mouse button you will bring up a Finder. Holding the Option key and clicking repeatedly on the same dock icon does some strange stuff.
AceDecade
Actually, when accessing the menu, you can either control-click or hold down the mouse for a few seconds. Holding down the option key is useful when hiding apps. When you are focused on one app and you option-click it, it will hide the app. For instance, as I type this, if I option-click safari, it will hide safari and focus on the next app down. However, if the app i option-click is not the one focused on. I.e. using safari, I option-click Finder, it will hide the app you are focused on and focus on the app you clicked on instead. Repeatedly clicking on an app will systematically hide every other app you currently have open, because when it hides the app, it focuses on another one, then hides that to bring back the original app. Repeat for every app running and you've hidden them all. Just my four cents.
Paul Brainerd
Here is the cool way to force quit if you are not a Mouser. Just hold down the Command+Option+Shift+Escape for about 3 seconds and viola...... it shuts down directly without going to the Force Quit window. With practice, you can do it with one hand.
Axel Frotscher
Hey Guys, when I do this in Snow Leopard (the 1st way), then the Finder quits xDDD, i have to click on it in the dock to restart...
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