Over the years, the Mac OS has been improved upon its preceding versions in terms of speed, efficiency and User friendly interface. The Finder is the best example of the same. Finder is an added application by Apple that comes with Mac Operating System, it allows us to manage almost everything on our Mac machine, such as our files, folders, application and shared drives on the network. In certain circumstances, the Finder fails and many applications in our system don't work thereof, even we may not be able to view anything on our Mac machine . These situations leave us stranded,
Cause behind the problem:
Finder learns the applications at the system start-up and stores the information about the files that it manages. As the Finder manages every single application on a Mac system, any error in the Finder file, may lead to the above discussed scenario.
Brief about Finder:
Mac Operating System incorporates Finder as its default file manager, which makes the organization and access of Mac files more comfortable for the user. Features like rich preview of files and attractive GUI make Finder almost a necessity. Apart from this, Finder maintains and stores the view of the file system, that is the files, folders, directories inside the Mac. Furthermore, Finder adds many feature for flexible usage, such as New folder command, Shutdown command, quick lunch option to access frequently opened applications etc.
Resolution
In order to resolve the error related to the Finder, we need to check, whether the Finder is enabled or not. For this, we have to check the Finder preferences.
However, if we still fails to view any file/folder on the desktop, we need to ensure a fresh installation of the operating system. Fresh installation requires formatting of the storage media and if we don't have updated backup with you, it is sure that we are in a verge of loosing mac files data. Hence, to recover the invaluable data, Help of mac recovery software is needed.
