Refresh your Mac Desktop

I've always been encountering weird problems like saving a file in my desktop and the desktop not reflecting the change. The weird part is if I use my finder to look at the desktop folder, the same thing happens! The only way I can access the file is to use the Terminal application to move the file to another folder.

Anyway, I have finally found out how to refresh/reset the Mac desktop so that it'll reflect the items saved on the desktop. Just do the following:

1. Click on the Apple icon on the top left-hand corner and click on Force Quit
2. Click on the Finder application and click on Relaunch.
   

That's all to it. You can do this even though you have other applications open. It will not affect your other applications. At least it did not affect mine. :)

Hope this helps...