Editing Finder (software) (section)

{{short description|Macintosh file manager and GUI shell}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Finder
| logo = FinderBigSur.png
| logo_size = x128px
| screenshot = Big Sur Finder screenshot.png
| screenshot_size = 300px
| caption = Screenshot of a Finder window in [[macOS Big Sur]] displaying files in column view
| operating system = [[Classic Mac OS]], [[macOS]], [[Apple GS/OS|GS/OS]]
| genre = [[File manager]]
| latest release version = 15.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|09|16}}
| website = {{URL|https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201732}}
}}
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The '''Finder''' is the default [[file manager]] and [[graphical user interface]] [[shell (computing)|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 [[Macintosh 128K]]—the first Macintosh computer—and also exists as part of [[Apple GS/OS|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.