killall (Finder/Dock)

CautionRestart GUI processes

killall Finder

Finder and Dock auto-respawn after killall — the standard fix for glitches and for flushing cfprefsd.

Examples

killall DockRestart the Dock

Syntax

killall Finder|Dock|SystemUIServer|cfprefsd

Before you run it

Get the process name exactly right.

Related commands

killallKill all by exact name
defaultsEdit preferences (Mac)

The same reference, with no signal at all

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