How to Open Finder using Mac Terminal (update for Sequoia)

To open Finder using Mac Terminal, you can type open . and you should have Finder app,

  • Open Mac Terminal App,
  • Type open . (open followed by dot)
  • Finder Window should be visible.

Some more Examples

    Open the Downloads Folder in Finder using Terminal

    % open Downloads

    Open the Downloads Folder in Finder using Terminal

    % open Downloads

    Open Applications in Finder using Terminal

    % open Applications
Open Finder using Mac Terminal

This is not an AI-generated article but is demonstrated by a human on an M1 Mac running macOS Sonoma 14.0.

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Updated for macOS 15 Sequoia.

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