There are times when it's necessary to restart the Mac's Finder. (It is, after all, just an app.) Perhaps it's locked up. Or perhaps you've made a configuration change that requires a Finder restart. Here are four different ways to handle the Finder with a view to a kill.

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These techniques generally assume you are doing a configuration change that requires a benign relaunch (kill and restart) of the OS X Finder. If the Finder is really hosed, you may not be able to launch apps as in technique #3 below and you may have to resort to Unix trickery as in technique #4. Worst case, of course, is a restart of your Mac. For example, 'Frozen: How to Force the Restart of a Mac.'

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Apr 15, 2020  This means any apps that don't have a 64-bit version will no longer work. Apps that will be killed off in macOS Catalina include Transmist 4.1.7, 1Password 2.12.2. May 17, 2013  In fact, you can view all running processes and apps this way using any version of Mac OS or Mac OS X, whether that is macOS High Sierra, Sierra, OS X EL Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Snow Leopard, Tiger, Mountain Lion, or any other version, they all include “Activity Monitor” and the various tools to monitor and observe processes this way. Apr 27, 2019  If not, click on the magnifying glass in the top right corner of your screen, and search for the name of the application. It should come up. My Mac said it couldn't delete the app because it was running, but the Force Quit didn't show it. The trick with Terminal did the job. Stop an Application from Opening at Startup With Mac OS X.

1. From the GUI.

a. Make sure the Finder is the frontmost app.

b. Hold down the SHIFT key and open the Apple menu.

c. Select Force Quit Finder.

The Finder will automatically relaunch.

Alternatively, you can simply select Force Quit and relaunch the Finder from the list of running apps. (Apps that aren't responding will be shown in red.) Note that the button in Force Quit is different for the Finder app. It says 'Relaunch' instead of 'Force Quit' — which is probably what you want. The Finder should always be running.

Note, you can always open this window directly with CMD+OPTION+ESC.

2. From the GUI.

a. Right-click the Finder icon in the Dock while holding down the OPTION key.

b. Select Relaunch at the bottom.

The Finder will, as it says, relaunch.

3. From Activity Monitor.

a. If you can, launch the Activity Monitor app from /Applications/Utilities.

b. Optional: Click the Process name header to alphabetize the process names. It doesn't matter which tab you're in.

c. Select the process named Finder.

d. Click the 'x' icon on the top left under the colored buttons.

e. A window will open. Try a simple Quit first. If that doesn't work, try again with Force Quit. The reason for that is that Force Quit is a brutal way to stop an app, and we always want to stop an app with the least force required in order to avoid potential damage to the system.

f. In this technique, the Finder really is stopped for good and is not relaunched. To relaunch, click the Finder icon on the left side of the Dock. If that's not possible, log out then log in.

4. UNIX Geekdom.

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The Terminal app on the Mac (or remotely)

a. Launch the Terminal app. (If you can't do that from the Finder, try an SSH from another computer. The SSH daemon will probably be running even if the Finder is locked up.)

b. Enter the command:

c. OS X will relaunch the Finder automatically.

If you run into a problem, one of these techniques should work for you. My personal favorite is #2 for a benign restart, but I probably haven't discovered all the unique ways. If you have a different favorite, tell me about it in the comments.

Open Mission Control

• Swipe up with three or four fingers on your trackpad, or double-tap the surface of your Magic Mouse with two fingers.
• Open the Mission Control app, which is in your Applications folder.
• Press the Mission Control key on your Apple keyboard or Touch Bar.
  

Add spaces and switch between them

The Spaces bar at the top of the Mission Control window contains thumbnails of each desktop space and each window that is in full screen or Split View.

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To add a space, move your pointer to the Spaces bar, then click the add button on the right:

When you have multiple spaces, you can switch between them by clicking the thumbnails the top of the Mission Control window. Or use these methods, which work even when you're not in Mission Control:

• Swipe left or right with three or four fingers on your trackpad, or swipe left or right with two fingers on your Magic Mouse.
• Press Control–Right Arrow or Control–Left Arrow on your keyboard.

Move windows to spaces

When you have more than one space, you can move windows to and from each space. Just drag the window onto the other space's thumbnail in the Spaces bar.

If you drag a window onto an empty area of the Spaces bar, that window opens in full screen in its own new space:

If you drag a window onto the thumbnail of a full-screen app, that window joins the other window in Split View:

Move or remove spaces

To move a space, drag its thumbnail to the left or right of another space in the Spaces bar.

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To remove a space, press and hold the Option key, then click or next to the space's thumbnail in the Spaces bar. Any windows in that space then automatically move to your first desktop space.