On 02/04/16 23:14, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
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On 02/04/16 22:58, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 02/04/16 22:54, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 02/04/16 22:06, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 02/04/16 18:48, Tim Streater wrote:

No it doesn't. It opens a window showing the files on that
volume. A
Finder window. The Finder is already running.

How do you know the finder is already running?

It's always running, although there are ways to quit it. It's
straightforward to relaunch it if desired.

I repeat, how do you KNOW its always running?

Rather than just appearing to be running?

1) It wouldn't be marked as running in the Duck.

2) All the volume and file icons on my Desktop would vanish.

3) And I can look in Activity Monitor and see it running.

The only one that actually proves it is 3.

While I agree that (1) could be faked, if I relaunch the Finder the
running marker goes off and (2) happens. Now, what would be the point
of faking all that?

With apple, fake is the name of the game.

Incidentally, with linux, the icons don't disappear and reappear,

Since I'm restarting the Finder once a year or less, I really don't
care. In fact, it's a useful indicator that I *have* restarted the
Finder. What is much more to the point is that the Finder (and other
apps) keep themselves updated. That Linux and Win don't do that, and
require a refresh button on their Finder window equivalents, I find
primitive.


Hahah. I've broken finder easily enough with network mounted volumes.




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