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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dialabrain

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Dec 6, 2020 11:43 PM in response to jure254

jure254 wrote:

Thanks for trying, stupid question…

You're welcome and there are no stupid questions.

Barney-15E

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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.

Dec 16, 2020 8:50 AM in response to jure254

11.1 upgrade APPEARS to have resolved this problem for me.

The update did seem to solve the issue of the finder insisting on opening new windows and changing its focus every-time you returned to it via the dock icon.

I am now seeing the focus maintained and no new window opened when I click the finder icon in the desktop. I will mponitor and advise.

jure254 Author

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Dec 16, 2020 8:54 AM in response to Gregg Radell

I think you might be right, I have noticed the same.

The problem before the upgrade, could only be replicated if one of the apps was running in full screen mode i.e. Safari. You do things in Safari, and when you click on the Finder icon, voila new window/tab.

But now it seems to show the active Finder window instead.

Dec 16, 2020 12:53 PM in response to jure254

Update to 11.1 it fixed this issue for me

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Finder - windows in Big Sur