Quit Finder when Nimble Commander launches [CLOSED]
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 4:26 pm
[I'm just throwing this out there, and I don't think it would be a really necessary addition, because the user can hack stuff like this by himself if he wants to.]
On my system I have hacked the Finder plist (I think it's the Finder plist) to get the Quit Finder menu item; killall only restarts the Finder. Maybe that's an option for an additional setting in Nimble Commander Preferences, something like "Quit Finder at Nimble Commander launch" plus a checkbox. If checked, NC would then add the relevant setting to the Finder plist, relaunch Finder with killall, and then quit Finder in a regular way, comparable to osascript 'tell application "Finder" to quit', and do so on every launch.
Additional possible setting would be: "Restart Finder at Nimble Commander exit"
[I think there are also ways to remove the Finder icon from the Dock, but that would be too much serious system hacking; and it wouldn't work on SIP-enabled systems anyway.]
On my system I have hacked the Finder plist (I think it's the Finder plist) to get the Quit Finder menu item; killall only restarts the Finder. Maybe that's an option for an additional setting in Nimble Commander Preferences, something like "Quit Finder at Nimble Commander launch" plus a checkbox. If checked, NC would then add the relevant setting to the Finder plist, relaunch Finder with killall, and then quit Finder in a regular way, comparable to osascript 'tell application "Finder" to quit', and do so on every launch.
Additional possible setting would be: "Restart Finder at Nimble Commander exit"
[I think there are also ways to remove the Finder icon from the Dock, but that would be too much serious system hacking; and it wouldn't work on SIP-enabled systems anyway.]