How Do You Create A “Quit Finder” Menu Item With Terminal?
• Open up Terminal. This is found by opening a Finder window, navigating to the “Applications” on the side bar, and then to the “Utilities” sub-directory. Alternatively, you can spotlight (command-space) for the word “terminal”. • Type/Copy and Paste the following command (don’t copy the quotes): “defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES”. And now a second command: “killall Finder”. • Open Up the “Finder” Menu in the Menu Bar, then click “Quit Finder” or, while on Finder, Press CMD-Q You can reverse this by typing in the commands “defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool NO” and “killall Finder”, again without the quotes.
