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Relaunching Finder
Relaunching Finder
Tags
finder
force
forcequit
freeze
locked
lockedup
macOS
OSX
relaunch
unresponsive
Issue/Question
My Macintosh Computer is not responding.
Environment
macOS
OS 10.1+
Resolution
Save any open files, if at all possible.
Press
Command (⌘) + Option + Esc
on your keyboard at the same time.
From the
Force Quit menu
that pops up, select
Finder
.
Click
Relaunch
.
A warning message will appear. Click
Relaunch
.
Close the
Force Quit menu
.
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Article ID:
2382
Created
Tue 10/11/16 3:00 PM
Modified
Wed 7/29/20 1:30 PM
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Check out this knowledge base article I found in the Western Kentucky University knowledge base. https://td.wku.edu/TDClient/34/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=2382 Relaunching Finder Instructions for relaunching macOS's Finder in event of an unresponsive computer.