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> Why is it that when I click Finder, nothing actually opens? I'm not sure what you're doing wrong here - when I click the Finder icon it shows me the top Find

> Why is it that when I click Finder, nothing actually opens? I'm not sure what you're doing wrong here - when I click the Finder icon it shows me the top Finder window, or opens a new one if there is no window. Is this not what it does for you?

scotty79 5y ago
Maybe it's a bug. I had plenty of those accumulating using mac for few months.
- bombcar 5y ago
  If finder has a window anywhere clicking on the finder in the dock doesn't open a new finder window - it just tries to bring the current one forward. If you have many windows, it can be hard to notice (especially if you have many monitors).
  - vladvasiliu 5y ago
    But this is the standard behavior for pretty much all apps on Mac OS, so if their complaint is specifically about Finder and not about the general behavior, that sounds like a bug to me.
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culturestate 5y ago
If you use an external monitor, Big Sur has a tendency to hide windows off the edge of the screen when it wakes. macOS will do its thing when you click the dock icon and bring the window to the front, but it can be hard to notice because only a sliver of the window will actually be visible.
gowld 5y ago
That's only if the app is already open. If you Quit Finder when no windows are open, the first click opens no windows. Arguably, it's intuitive: * If you know what you are doing, you can go to the menu bar or click on the icon again. * If you don't know know what you are doing, the obvious action is to blame yourself and click the icon again, which does open a window (to the Recents folder). So it's gaslighting a little, but it is intuitive.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  > That's only if the app is already open. If you Quit Finder when no windows are open, the first click opens no windows. I'm not sure what you're talking about - you cannot quit Finder and the app is always open. You can only force restart it but it is never in a quit state for you to do what you're say you're doing, and if you do force-start it it behaves as already described.
- qubitcoder 5y ago
  Try closing Finder and report back ;-). And that was definitely a bug at one point. Whenever I encountered it years ago, I was always bemused thinking about how a typical user would ever figure out how to open Finder and get to their files. No matter how many times you clicked the dock icon, the window would never appear. Of course, I know to use Cmd+N; and nowadays, a new Finder window opens as expected when clicked.

scotty79 5y ago

Maybe it's a bug. I had plenty of those accumulating using mac for few months.

bombcar 5y ago
If finder has a window anywhere clicking on the finder in the dock doesn't open a new finder window - it just tries to bring the current one forward. If you have many windows, it can be hard to notice (especially if you have many monitors).
- vladvasiliu 5y ago
  But this is the standard behavior for pretty much all apps on Mac OS, so if their complaint is specifically about Finder and not about the general behavior, that sounds like a bug to me.
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culturestate 5y ago

If you use an external monitor, Big Sur has a tendency to hide windows off the edge of the screen when it wakes. macOS will do its thing when you click the dock icon and bring the window to the front, but it can be hard to notice because only a sliver of the window will actually be visible.

gowld 5y ago

That's only if the app is already open. If you Quit Finder when no windows are open, the first click opens no windows. Arguably, it's intuitive: * If you know what you are doing, you can go to the menu bar or click on the icon again. * If you don't know know what you are doing, the obvious action is to blame yourself and click the icon again, which does open a window (to the Recents folder). So it's gaslighting a little, but it is intuitive.

chrisseaton 5y ago
> That's only if the app is already open. If you Quit Finder when no windows are open, the first click opens no windows. I'm not sure what you're talking about - you cannot quit Finder and the app is always open. You can only force restart it but it is never in a quit state for you to do what you're say you're doing, and if you do force-start it it behaves as already described.
qubitcoder 5y ago
Try closing Finder and report back ;-). And that was definitely a bug at one point. Whenever I encountered it years ago, I was always bemused thinking about how a typical user would ever figure out how to open Finder and get to their files. No matter how many times you clicked the dock icon, the window would never appear. Of course, I know to use Cmd+N; and nowadays, a new Finder window opens as expected when clicked.