Downgrade Finder Interface Level

Speaking of tweaking Mac, Terminal commands are the simplest way of completing preferences tweak. However, try to avoid system tweak (command lines involving sudo) as the effect will be catastrophic if it fails.

This time, the tweaking will be done on Finder interface which the interface will be downgraded to its lowest level, as in Finder for Sharing-Only Account. Fortunately, this simple Finder isn't merely limited to Sharing-Only Account…

Simple Finder

Shown Above. Simple Finder Interface

In Simple Finder mode, most features are dropped to only few remainings basic features, such as Close Finder, Hide Others and Run Full Finder.

To turn on Simple Finder, just execute this Terminal command line:

defaults write com.apple.finder InterfaceLevel simple
killall Finder

Full Finder

To revert back to original setting, i.e. Full Finder Mode, this command line should be used:

defaults delete com.apple.finder InterfaceLevel
killall Finder

This tweak can be used to secure your Mac, where you can shift to simple Finder mode before moving away from your Mac; Administrator password is required to Run Full Finder.

Shown Above. Run Full Finder