Back فايندر Arabic Finder Catalan فیندەر CKB Finder (Mac) German Finder Spanish Finder (Apple) Finnish Finder French Finder Italian Finder Japanese Finder KK
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&sq=custom_desktop_logo&lang=en&file=File:Big_Sur_Finder_screenshot.png) Screenshot of a Finder window in macOS Big Sur displaying files in column view | |
| Stable release | 14.2
/ December 11, 2023 |
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| Operating system | Classic Mac OS, macOS, GS/OS |
| Type | File manager |
| Website | support |
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The Finder is the default file manager and graphical user interface shell used on all Macintosh operating systems. Described in its "About" window as "The Macintosh Desktop Experience", it is responsible for the launching of other applications, and for the overall user management of files, disks, and network volumes. It was introduced with the first Macintosh computer, and also exists as part of GS/OS on the Apple IIGS. It was rewritten completely with the release of Mac OS X in 2001.
In a tradition dating back to the Classic Mac OS of the 1980s and 1990s, the Finder icon is the smiling screen of a computer, known as the Happy Mac logo.