Both of these options will have the same result and will refresh the Finder window you are currently utilizing. If you would like the keyboard short cut to do this just hit Command+Up Arrow then Command+Down Arrow. This is the fastest way that it can be down. Check out these few tricks and tips to quickly refresh the Finder window:Ĭlick the back button and return to the directory – When you are working in a folder that has a hierarchy, you can easily just go back to the parent folder and then click back to the folder you were actively working in.
Since there isn’t a direct way to click a button to refresh a Finder window you have to know the tricks of the trade on how to refresh it manually instead.
Typically when you are utilizing a built-in hard drive this is not something you need to worry about but in the cases when you may be utilizing an external drive or a network drive to share files, it can be of great use to easily refresh a folder or directory. One of the biggest changes that did not go so well with Mac users was the lack of a refresh button to refresh a directory or window when something has changed. With the Mac OS X updates, there were quite a bit of changes that left Mac users confused and a bit frustrated with design implementations.