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Finder - windows in Big Sur

Since I've made the update to the Big Sur, every-time I click on the Finder icon it opens a new finder window. Same thing if I click on the Bin.


In High Sierra, the same action did not open a new Finder window, but it switched to the existing Finder window instead.


The Finder windows just keep piling up, very annoying. How can I switch back to the way Finder behaved in the previous OSX version?


Is there a way to remove the Finder icon from the dock?




MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Dec 6, 2020 6:32 AM

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Dec 11, 2020 12:53 PM in response to jure254

I have this problem too. A little different than shown in the video. I am using an external monitor and my macbook pro. I also do use Spaces (multiple desktops) . In one space I keep two finder windows open with several tabs in each one. Any time i leave that space for other apps, then click on the finder icon in the dock, it returns to the finder space but opens a NEW TAB in whichever window was left active. Very frustrating. Never had this behavior in Catalina or any previous OS. It is very consistent and very frustrating. When I go to the finder I want to find it as I left it. Popping a new tab removes the focus from where it was and forces me to go and click it closed just to restore the view that was there when I left. Looked for any settings in finder prefs that would create this behavior but there was nothing there. All suggestions welcome.

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Dec 6, 2020 6:40 AM in response to jure254

I cannot replicate what you are describing. If I click on the Finder icon in the Dock, it activates Finder. If there is already a Finder window open, it activates that window. If not, then a new window is opened per Finder Preferences.


I couldn't find any settings that would make the behavior switch to what you are describing.

Perhaps deleting the com.apple.finder.plist from your user ~/Library/Preferences/, then Relaunch Finder (either log out and back in or hold down the Option key and press and hold the Finder icon in the Dock--Relaunch is at the bottom).

Is there a way to remove the Finder icon from the dock?

No.

Finder - windows in Big Sur

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