The other way of doing this is go to the Apple Menu and select FORCE QUIT. Select the Finder and you'll see the button say "Re-Launch". That will reboot the Finder for you.mad jew said:Try COMMAND-ALT-ESCAPE to get a dialogue box asking which apps you want to restart or force quit.
It's not normal to have to do this after a regular icon change though. How are you changing icons?
mmapples said:i'm copy-pasting from the get info screens.
mmapples said:nope. just changing the icon of an alias. you think something might be wrong?
I've NEVER used the terminal but this seems like a pretty simple way to break the ice. Are terminal commands case sensitive? Thanks.max_altitude said:You can always go into Terminal and type "killall Dock" which resets it.
max_altitude said:You can always go into Terminal and type "killall Dock" which resets it.
mad jew said:So you paste the new icon over the old one and close the Get Info page but don't notice any change until you've restarted Finder?
mmapples said:is there a way to restart/refresh finder without restarting the computer? and is it normal to have to do so in order to view an icon change?
mooman this thread is 2 years old and answers to the question have already been posted. so theres no reason to reply!