4 Ways to Restart the Mac Finder - The Mac Observer
These techniques generally assume you are doing a configuration change that requires a benign relaunch (kill and restart) of the OS X Finder. If the Finder is really hosed, you may not be able to launch apps as in technique #3 below and you may have to resort to Unix trickery as in technique #4. Worst case, of course, is a restart of your Mac. For example, "Frozen: How to Force the Restart of a Mac."
1. From the GUI.
a. Make sure the Finder is the frontmost app.
b. Hold down the SHIFT key and open the Apple menu.
c. Select Force Quit Finder.
The Finder will automatically relaunch.
Alternatively, you can simply select Force Quit and relaunch the Finder from the list of running apps. (Apps that aren't responding will be shown in red.) Note that the button in Force Quit is different for the Finder app. It says "Relaunch" instead of "Force Quit" — which is probably what you want. The Finder should always be running.
Note, you can always open this window directly with CMD+OPTION+ESC.
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