Since I didn't find any decent explanation of this problem and no clean fix This new version will get a new icon within the Dock. In a Terminal simply enter for example: $ open -n -a Preview.appĪnd you will get a fresh new Preview running with all its usual preferences and functions available. Problem and none of its preference files.Ī simple demonstration can be obtained by starting it without the Finder: The application seen as a ghost by the Finder is not the origin of the Stupid because you can't give suchĪn advice when you don't understand a problem. It and doesn't provide any decent workaround or solution ( but the stupid and
It is a very large spectrum problem, and Apple doesn't look to have figured Might reach this state of ghost for the Finder and the Dock. Versions of MacOS exhibiting the problem:įrom what I read in different discussion groups, it looks like any application If you had the same problem on any more recent version of MacOS, could you To kill: /usr/bin/sudo shutdown -h now 'Finder see ghost applications'įrom my experience this problem is concerning Yosemite and High Sierra. Shutdown, since at the Unix level there isn't any application impossible On the other hand, a very basic Unix command permit to get a clean and fast It sees as running when it isn't, here Preview. since the Finder cannot get rid of the ghost application The MacOS cannot shutdown through the Finder menu entry: Killing the Finder or the Dock is possible but doesn’tįix the bad vision of the ghost application. Many not tested ( by their authors ) receipes talk of removing preferences files, but since theseįiles are only open by the running application, this advice can only lead to a waste of time and a loss of working preferences. The usual receipe ⌘+ ⌥+ escfrom the Finderĭoesn't permit to force quit the ghost application. Next, the Dock does display a small dot near the application icon, but refuse The Unix command ps either: # ps ax | egrep '(PID|Preview)' Meanwhile, Activity Monitor doesn't show any Preview process, and moreover Here is the usual error message the Finder does display when trying to start Version only visible at the Finder and Dock level but not at the basic Since many versions of MacOS, I got different applications leaving a ghost
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