If any user of mac wants to restart Mac Finder on OS X, then system may stop working, or you may enact some change that requires a Finder restart. On these rare occasions, it’s good to know how to quickly relaunch the Finder. There are actually several ways to do so and some of them are given below :
simplest and easy way to do restart Finder is from Finder icon on dock :
- Initially hod alt/option key on your Mac keyboard.
- Right click on the Finder icon in your dock.
- Now click on relaunch.
The another way to restart Finder
- Launch Finder on your Mac OS X.
- Click on Menu and hold shift on your Mac keyboard.
- Click force quit finder.
One more easiest way to restart Finder
- Open terminal on your Mac and type killall finder.
For all above mentioned methods the finder will automatically restart, if not you can launch it from the dock by clicking on the Finder app icon. Even there are other ways to restart the Finder but the thing is the mentioned ways are simple and easy. If you’re in the situation to restart or relaunch the finder on Mac OS X, blindly follow the above mentioned ways.
