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finder won't force quit .just sends me in a loop of relaunch

Finder won't force quit or relaunch

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 9:16 AM

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Posted on Jan 13, 2022 9:38 AM

Yes it’s supposed to always be open, that’s why you can’t force quit it…. It’s your File manager, its quite important that it’s running. Every Mac will have a dot under the Finder icon, and it will always be open, unless in the process of relaunching, in which it will temporarily be closed.

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Jan 13, 2022 9:38 AM in response to cliodhna257

Yes it’s supposed to always be open, that’s why you can’t force quit it…. It’s your File manager, its quite important that it’s running. Every Mac will have a dot under the Finder icon, and it will always be open, unless in the process of relaunching, in which it will temporarily be closed.

finder won't force quit .just sends me in a loop of relaunch

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