Why would anyone trust an app from an anonymous source access their whole filesystem with read/write access? Who are you hello@whimfiles.com and where are you from?
Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
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#12Just switched from windows to Mac and the rumors are true. Finder is terrible.
Slightly unrelated but do yourself a favour and download the Alt Tab app for MacOS. I haven't used a Windows machine daily for a long time but that window switching behaviour never went away for me, especially if I'm working on just the laptop screen.
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#13Do you have any kind of public AI statement on the ways this product utilizes or is built with generative AI, if any?
the point being? the battle of using agentic AI for software development being "stealing" has long been lost.
Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
#14First screenshot on the front page has a design issue: text of selected file is in black instead of white.
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#15Do you have any kind of public AI statement on the ways this product utilizes or is built with generative AI, if any?
the point being? the battle of using agentic AI for software development being "stealing" has long been lost.
Says who?
I do not think people actually think it’s not stealing in all honesty. I’m pretty sure it’s something like “but we cannot do differently” and we kind of collectively “decided” to stop talking about it.
It’s still plainly wrong, and a theft.
Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
#16First screenshot on the front page has a design issue: text of selected file is in black instead of white.
> First screenshot on the front page has a design issue: text of selected file is in black instead of white.
Good catch. That's already fixed (selected-row text is white now, matching Finder). Just an old screenshot on the site. I'll get it updated. Thanks for flagging it.
Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m in the same boat, I don’t like Finder (better than Windows Explorer though), nor do I like default macOS files / folders dialogs, and I really dislike drag and drop behavior on macOS I dont understand why we are stuck in stone’s age with filesystems GUI
> and I really dislike drag and drop behavior on macOS In the app you can have a dual pane with two folders side-by-side and select the file(s) you want to move/copy to the other folder and right click or open the command palette to do the operation, so you do not have to drag them (though dragging still works too). It's also possible to cut files with CMD + X and paste them somewhere else with CMD + V.
Most people having issues with the finder do not know half of what it can do; it’s interesting, really.
Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
#18Why would anyone trust an app from an anonymous source access their whole filesystem with read/write access? Who are you hello@whimfiles.com and where are you from?
nothing beside the lack of willing is stopping you from removing its internet access before giving it the file system permissions
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#19Just switched from windows to Mac and the rumors are true. Finder is terrible.
Slightly unrelated but do yourself a favour and download the Alt Tab app for MacOS. I haven't used a Windows machine daily for a long time but that window switching behaviour never went away for me, especially if I'm working on just the laptop screen.
I've been using it for the last 3 years since I needed to use Macs for work and it is a boon compared to the janky/jarring native Mac app switching behaviour.
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