Woah, I managed to quit finder?

[angemon89]

So, I ran the terminal command to show hidden files and folder. I then restarted finder to expose those files.

When I was done, I entered the terminal command to hide hidden files and folders. Typed in "killall Finder," but then nothing happened. My hard disk disappeared from my desktop and the light below the finder turned off.

Anyone ever have this happen to them?

I didn't know what to do so I just ended up restarting my iMac.

 

[DoFoT9]

type

open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder

into Terminal.

works for me but i get an error once the Finder starts back up again, gets it working at least

 

[Teej guy]

If you're running another program other than finder, you can click Finder in the dock, Command-Q it and it'll quit.

 

[angemon89]

type

open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder

into Terminal.

works for me but i get an error once the Finder starts back up again, gets it working at least

Cool

The only thing I tried was relaunching finder from the "Force Quit Applications" window but that didn't work.

 

[frenetic]

also, clicking your finder icon in the dock will do the trick

 

[angemon89]

also, clicking your finder icon in the dock will do the trick

I tried that but it didn't work either.

 

[Daveoc64]

I've had this problem a few times. The only way I could get rid of it was to reboot.

 

[maclover001]

Wait - you're saying that being Finder-less made your dock black? It looks better like that.

 

[lopoz]

Wait - you're saying that being Finder-less made your dock black? It looks better like that.

Probably not. He meant the activity indicator (little blueish orb under running apps).

You can customize the dock appearance with some 3rd party apps like Docker

 

[darkcurse]

Off-topic: Geez Louis you guys have tiny docs. Mine is like *HUGE* to the point of insanity. Anyway, back to the point

When I relaunch Finder it usually comes back by itself. When I could quit finder (this was when I was trying out Path Finder -didn't really like it btw- ) clicking on the Finder icon in the Dock always brought it back. Something isn't quite right here hmmm...

On hindsight, maybe you shouldn't have "killed" Finder. Just relaunch it from the force quit menu. Just a thought.

 

[GGJstudios]

 

[maclover001]

What? (Too lazy to close my uninstaller)

 

[r.j.s]

What? (Too lazy to close my uninstaller)

http://lifehacker.com/software/mac-os-x-tip/add-quit-to-the-finder-menu-333819.php

 

[GGJstudios]

What? (Too lazy to close my uninstaller)

To add a Quit Finder entry to the Finder menu, in Terminal type:

defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool yes