TOTALFINDER VS XTRAFINDER VS PATHFINDER FREE
I've just come across XtraFinder ( ), which is a free plugin for Finder.
I've previously used PathFinder as I find the native Finder app to be extremely bad, but it's a paid app, and it doesn't integrate very nicely with the system IMO (running side-by-side with the native Finder, destroying the gesture for revealing the desktop so that it's just a blank wallpaper, etc.).
Hacks that used to work to get Finder to do things Apple don't think it's supposed to, are blocked with updates, like this hack to get folders listed before files, which was blocked with Lion: If you look in the drop-down, the Cmd+O shortcut is no longer listed there, and neither is Opt+Enter, it's just blank! And even if you assign something close, like Option+Enter, Finder will just ignore it. This is unique to OS X AFAIK, and it's bloody awesome!).Īs it turns out, you cannot assign the enter key alone to any action. I was trying myself to circumvent it by redefining the shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Application Shortcuts (which is a goldmine, you can use it to assign pretty much anything that exists in a regular or context menu in any program to whatever you want (such as F10 to create a folder in Finder, F5 for refreshing pages, etc. If you want to convert Finder in a modern and productive file explorer for the current century, try XtraFinder and FinderPop.įinderPop FinderPop review from Rocketink.This behavior is not just intended by Apple, it's forced. So I think that TotalFinder got first, but XtraFinder is getting better in each release. There are more features worth checking (selecting files using patterns for example). These are the main reasons that made me switch to XtraFinder. Support templates (also, I use FinderPop for this)ĭisplay a panel to select destination, and save last used path (I use this a lot, but I had to open a default window, navigate, align right of the screen) dual window - vertical (with hotkey) (awesome!) (no more ⌘+i, new window, close new window) show total size of selected items in Status Bar (awesome!) click any item in the path bar to show contents menu (though I use FinderPop) I need to use and test XtraFinder more time to check its stability, but TotalFinder is pretty stable so far.Įxtra features I love from XtraFinder Exclusive features I find XtraFinder faster when drag'n'dropping files to move or copy, specially in remote drives using afp protocol. These are the reasons: TotalFinder v.1.6.2 XtraFinder v0.23 Today I've installed XtraFinder and I'm considering never look back.
TOTALFINDER VS XTRAFINDER VS PATHFINDER LICENSE
I had already paid my TotalFinder license so I didn't considere try or switch. Not so long ago XtraFinder appeared as a free alternative. I've been using TotalFinder since the first versions, just for the tabs and folders first features. If you want to improve Finder (I said improve, not replace (PathFinder, Forklift)) you have 2 options: TotalFinder, XtraFinder. It's a shame that apple sells OSX as the most modern OS and it has a so limited file explorer. As a totally obsessed "best tool for the job" osx user I need to keep looking for new apps or for better apps than the ones I'm using now.Īs a lot of users I spend a high percent of my time using the OSX Finder.
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