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"Relaunch" from the Finder's Dock menu
Authored by: VRic on Sep 27, '04 09:03:48PM
sudo killall Finder in the Terminal

Sure this should have the side effect of relaunching the Finder. But wouldn't it be more straightforward to suggest option-clicking (and holding, or option-control-click, or option-right click) on the Finder icon in the Dock and choosing "Relaunch" from the resulting menu?

Or maybe I added that item myself using a previous hint from this site and forgot about it.



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"Relaunch" from the Finder's Dock menu
Authored by: PCheese on Sep 27, '04 09:19:39PM

Woah, I just noticed that was there, and I know I've tried to Relaunch the Finder like that before with no luck. Maybe this is new to 10.3.5? I'm pretty sure that previously, holding down option when control-clicking the Finder only showed the Hide Others menu item...



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"Relaunch" from the Finder's Dock menu
Authored by: robg on Sep 27, '04 11:20:45PM

I believe you added it; the default doesn't show relaunch...

-rob.



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Then click "Relaunch" in the Force quit window
Authored by: VRic on Sep 28, '04 03:00:53AM

Still simpler/faster than typing in a Terminal :
- hit Command-Option-Escape (or choose "Force quit…" from the Apple menu)
- select Finder
- hit Return or click the Relaunch button (it reads "Force quit" for other apps but switches to "Relaunch" for the Finder)



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"Relaunch" from the Finder's Dock menu
Authored by: susfour on Sep 28, '04 09:59:58AM

I have never added anything to allow me to relaunch Finder from the dock's conceptual icon, but "Relaunch" is there in 10.3.5 and I remember seeing it in versions past.



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"Relaunch" from the Finder's Dock menu
Authored by: robg on Sep 29, '04 08:06:50AM

You're right; I missed the ctrl-option bits :)

-rob.



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