why the finder is always running even Mac in shutdown?

I want to know that is finder will run even in shutdown stat? I monitored through screen timer it show the time for finder even in shutdown. It's runtime is 18hrs and my work hrs is 6hr.

My spec: MacBook Pro M3pro chip

Posted on Sep 26, 2024 7:04 AM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2024 8:08 AM

Closing the lid on the laptop does not shut it down.

The proper shut down for the MacBook Pro is to click the Apple menu () > Shut Down...


You can check the "Time since boot:" of your Mac by opening the Terminal app and typing uptime followed by the enter key.

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Nov 16, 2024 7:58 PM in response to dhamodharan241

I am having this issue on my iPad. I turned it on at 8am today and it already had 8 hours of screen time. It’s just a gray bar but no app is showing that many hours in the list. That was an air 4 and today I received my air 5 and it shows finder in the list now. But this is showing use on my iPad itself, my MacBook Air shows zero screen time. How can I fix this? It’s been about a month I think of having 16+ hours daily of screen time on my iPad, which maybe does coincide with sequoia yet i don’t have that usage on my Mac…

Nov 17, 2024 8:31 AM in response to poetangel

poetangel wrote:

I am having this issue on my iPad. I turned it on at 8am today and it already had 8 hours of screen time. It’s just a gray bar but no app is showing that many hours in the list. That was an air 4 and today I received my air 5 and it shows finder in the list now. But this is showing use on my iPad itself, my MacBook Air shows zero screen time. How can I fix this? It’s been about a month I think of having 16+ hours daily of screen time on my iPad, which maybe does coincide with sequoia yet i don’t have that usage on my Mac…

The screen time includes the past 24 hours. Are you saying you used the iPad for less than 8 hours in the past 24 hours?


When you say you "turned it on” do you mean you locked the screen earlier (or it auto-locked) and you just woke it up, or that you shut it down completely earlier:


To turn off iPad, do one of the following:

  • Models with the Home button: Press and hold the top button until the slider appears, then drag the slider.
  • Other models: Simultaneously press and hold the top button and either volume button until the sliders appear, then drag the top slider.
  • All models: Go to Settings  > General > Shut Down, then drag the slider.


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