Option + Command + Spacebar opens Searching this mac window instead of Finder

A normal Finder window used to open when I pressed Option + Command + Spacebar but not its a Search window. I know this happened once and I found how to fix it but I can't find it anymore.


I found a solution to the issue. OptCmdSpace has always been a command for showing a "finder search window". If you now just see a window without the sidebar just do this:

  • press OptCmdSpace To open this window
  • Press OptCmdT or go to "view>hide toolbar".

Sometimes we just press it accidentally and this hides the toolbar, which makes this searching window into a "normal finder window".


look in system preferences > keyboard > shortcuts pick spotlight. see Show Finder search window. maybe it got unchecked?

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