Add Quit item to the Finder's menu
Aug 27, '03 10:18:00AM
Contributed by: DHood
How to add a Quit item in the Finder File menu:
- In the Finder, got to your user's Library -> Preferences folder and locate the file named com.apple.finder.plist.
- Select the file and in the Finder File menu do a "Duplicate File" and drag the copy somewhere else, just in case you screw up.
- Double-click the file to open it in TextEdit, or drag it to your favourite text editor icon on the dock.
- Search for a line that says:
<key>PreferencesWindow.Location</key>
Below this line there is a tag; below that line, paste this code:
<key>QuitMenuItem</key>
<true/>
- Save the file and log out / login.
You'll see the Finder's File menu has a quit command! Now, whenever you need the desktop to be free of distracting icons, or need all system's resources, you may quit the Finder application. Note the desktop image is still mirrored from the one set for the Finder.
[robg adds: I could've sworn we'd run this before, but I can't find it ... the closest thing I found was this hint on adding Quit to the Dock's Finder menu, and a general hint on freeing RAM by quitting the Finder ... but no explanation of how to add the command yourself.]
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