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Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)

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Post by whimbyte »

jaffa2 wrote: post #49
frizlab wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people having issues with the finder do not know half of what it can do; it’s interesting, really.

Is there any way to stop /prevent it enumerating tif files over the network ? When i open a directory of 400 30MB tif files it grinds to a halt while it thumbnails them all over the network. Its unusable.

Just pushed an update. There's now a setting in Preferences to disable icon previews on network volumes. You can also set which file extensions should be excluded, which I hope will fix the grinding. Grab the latest build from the site. Thanks for the catch.

Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)

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Post by lenkite »

ninefathom wrote: post #25

//confused noises// Wait, are you telling me that macOS has gotten so ensh---ified that many of its users feel the need to purchase a bespoke file manager , arguably one of the most fundamental functions of an operating system? Surely this is a very specific product for a very specific class of users? This can't be a widespread need, right? RIGHT? (Context: I haven't used modern macOS in roughly a decade and have no…

Apple makes good hardware but their software is really sucky nowadays. Finder was always crap but today even Windows Explorer is crap so all the default OS file managers stand in the same shit pool.

Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)

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Post by zuhsetaqi »

flyingshelf wrote: post #39
ninefathom wrote: post #25

//confused noises// Wait, are you telling me that macOS has gotten so ensh---ified that many of its users feel the need to purchase a bespoke file manager , arguably one of the most fundamental functions of an operating system? Surely this is a very specific product for a very specific class of users? This can't be a widespread need, right? RIGHT? (Context: I haven't used modern macOS in roughly a decade and have no…

Finder has always been crap. When Windows Vista came out, using Finder was like playing with a toy. IYKYK.[1] Sadly, it has received effectively zero updates since. The only amazing things about the Finder are column view and QuickLook, both of which we've had forever For reference, both Windows Vista and QuckLook came out nearly 20 years ago. TWENTY. [1]: One example: you could customize it to show fields from your…

> macOS, today, won't even show you something as basic the image dimensions (not file size)

That’s just wrong. That’s possible since at least 8 years.

ttps://www.macg.co/os-x/2018/11/astuce-afficher-les-metadonnees-completes-exif-des-images-dans-le-finder-104455

Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)

#54

Post by frizlab »

jaffa2 wrote: post #49
frizlab wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people having issues with the finder do not know half of what it can do; it’s interesting, really.

Is there any way to stop /prevent it enumerating tif files over the network ? When i open a directory of 400 30MB tif files it grinds to a halt while it thumbnails them all over the network. Its unusable.

AFAIK, yes.

`cmd-J` -> Uncheck “Show icon preview”

Hopefully it’s enough, but I haven’t tried.

Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)

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Post by rspoerri »

jwr wrote: post #41

I really, really need a better Finder. I've been using Path Finder for many years, but it was always a so-so replacement and the company wasn't very interested in moving it forward (even fixing bugs took many years). I eventually gave up and stopped paying for it. I now use the Finder (column view) and it sucks. At a first glance, I like this app. The problem I have is that I tend to think about the long term: will t…

i have been searching and using all kinds of finder replacements and i actually tried and bought about 4 of them (qspace pro, forklift, marta, spacedrive, path finder, commander one, double commander and more)

the one i am sticking with since quite a while and fits my requirements is bloom . It had some issues early on, but i had no problems with it since a long time.

Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)

#56

Post by ApolloRising »

jwr wrote: post #41

I really, really need a better Finder. I've been using Path Finder for many years, but it was always a so-so replacement and the company wasn't very interested in moving it forward (even fixing bugs took many years). I eventually gave up and stopped paying for it. I now use the Finder (column view) and it sucks. At a first glance, I like this app. The problem I have is that I tend to think about the long term: will t…

Try Bloom, I liked it dual pane manager

Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)

#57

Post by ThePinion »

whalesalad wrote: post #42
msephton wrote: post #28

I like many of the ideas in this app, but IMHO it does not yet look like a macOS app: eg. strange blue focus outlines to denote active state, which on my system are larger vertically than the button they contain but not horizontally which results in a very untidy display, some buttons are smaller than the required/recommended minimum size. Some other things I've noticed, compared to Finder: far less items in the same…

https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline...

I think it's arguable that following the guidelines post-Tahoe will lead to a worse UI.

Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)

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Post by andrekandre »

cosmic_cheese wrote: post #43
jwr wrote: post #41

I really, really need a better Finder. I've been using Path Finder for many years, but it was always a so-so replacement and the company wasn't very interested in moving it forward (even fixing bugs took many years). I eventually gave up and stopped paying for it. I now use the Finder (column view) and it sucks. At a first glance, I like this app. The problem I have is that I tend to think about the long term: will t…

Would you mind elaborating on how the Finder isn’t your cup of tea? I’m curious, because at this point I’ve used everything from the spatial Classic Mac OS Finder to to every OS X Finder to every Windows Explorer version since to Windows 95 to Dolphin to the menagerie of Nautilus forks, and I don’t quite understand the discontent with the Finder for the most part. If anything I find the W11 Explorer overall more frus…

i have a theory: all file browsers suck, they just suck in different ways for different people

my other theory is that its entirely possible to make a good file browser, but nowadays theres not much investment in them beyond fixing major issues for most users...

  > I don’t quite understand the discontent with the Finder for the most part
its got a lot better over the years (old pathfinder user here) but for me anyways its the constant explosion of new windows and lack of split-view (and also integrated terminal but i know apple will never do that)

also, i love column view in finder and that makes every other fileviewer (even the one in kde with the terminal) suck for me...

Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)

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Post by jwr »

cosmic_cheese wrote: post #43
jwr wrote: post #41

I really, really need a better Finder. I've been using Path Finder for many years, but it was always a so-so replacement and the company wasn't very interested in moving it forward (even fixing bugs took many years). I eventually gave up and stopped paying for it. I now use the Finder (column view) and it sucks. At a first glance, I like this app. The problem I have is that I tend to think about the long term: will t…

Would you mind elaborating on how the Finder isn’t your cup of tea? I’m curious, because at this point I’ve used everything from the spatial Classic Mac OS Finder to to every OS X Finder to every Windows Explorer version since to Windows 95 to Dolphin to the menagerie of Nautilus forks, and I don’t quite understand the discontent with the Finder for the most part. If anything I find the W11 Explorer overall more frus…

Mostly because I have to do way too much clicking to see things in the column view. Columns are usually too narrow. Then you have to scroll horizontally to get to see your files. Search is slow. Open windows are kinda-remembered, but not always, it seems. And I'd like some folders to be sorted by date modified (downloads, anyone?) and most others by name. Then there is no quick "fuzzy find in a subtree" fzf-like functionality. I mean, compared to the Windows garbage this is better, but it has seen little love over the last 20 years or so and it shows.
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