Geek Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/relaunch-finder-mac-os-x.jpg" alt="Relaunch Finder from Mac OS X" title="relaunch-finder-mac-os-x" width="481" height="289" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15916" /></p> <p>Don’t want to dig out the Terminal or <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/15/mac-task-manager/">Activity Monitor</a> to relaunch the Finder? No sweat.</p> <p><strong>Hold down Option and then right-click on the Finder icon in the Dock</strong>. You’ll now see an otherwise hidden “Relaunch” option, select it and Finder will quit and relaunch. It only takes a few seconds to reload.</p> <p>Relaunching the Finder is sometimes necessary for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/troubleshooting/">troubleshooting</a> reasons, but it’s also required for many Mac OS X <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/customize/">interface</a> <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/09/disable-the-spaces-animation-in-mac-os-x/">tweaks</a> to take effect, including many defaults write commands.</p> <p>On the other hand, if you’re already in the Terminal with a defaults write command, maybe it’s easier to just type the standard:</p> <p><code>killall Finder</code></p> <p>This also causes the Finder to relaunch, as does killing it in the Activity Monitor… but if you don’t have to leave the Finder, why bother?</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G-QWLFT-J3VQPdACZ-RghMzDcic/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G-QWLFT-J3VQPdACZ-RghMzDcic/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G-QWLFT-J3VQPdACZ-RghMzDcic/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G-QWLFT-J3VQPdACZ-RghMzDcic/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=c9FiIMn0ZpQ:e3ZnOKW7g4Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=c9FiIMn0ZpQ:e3ZnOKW7g4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=c9FiIMn0ZpQ:e3ZnOKW7g4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=c9FiIMn0ZpQ:e3ZnOKW7g4Q:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=c9FiIMn0ZpQ:e3ZnOKW7g4Q:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=c9FiIMn0ZpQ:e3ZnOKW7g4Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=c9FiIMn0ZpQ:e3ZnOKW7g4Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/c9FiIMn0ZpQ" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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