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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 msephton »

jaffa2 wrote: post #4
ttoinou wrote: post #3

Earlier 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

One thing worth knowing is in the mac file dialogs you can drop a file from finder into these and it will change directory to where that file is. The other thing is in most apps in the title bar there is an icon. Drag that to finder and it saves the file. Kinda Risc os style.

You can also paste whatever file path is on the clipboard into a file dialog to instantly go to that path.

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

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Post by hurril »

frizlab wrote: post #17
whimbyte wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Do you have anything in particular in mind here? Long time macOS user but I like a good pro tip :)

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

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Post by tl »

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…

It's not a widespread issue but it's hardly new. DiskTop was an add-in that's almost as old as the Mac itself, and PathFinder has had a business model for most of the life of OSX.

Alternative file managers are arguably a healthy property; the alternative is the phone where you cannot compete meaningfully with the Files app. And Finder works for most basic needs, something which is not true of its mobile counterpart.

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

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Post by frizlab »

frizlab wrote: post #15
nubg wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You can downvote me all you want, but morally, what has been done is unacceptable.

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

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Post by Hugsbox »

nubg wrote: post #13
seanclayton wrote: post #9

Do 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.

Some people may not trust vibecoded projects with their entire filesystem if they don't know how much human review the code has underwent. Worst-case scenario could be a catastrophe.

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

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Post by embedding-shape »

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…

I had a gap of 5-6 years of not using macOS, now I'm kind of forced as I want my cross-platform native applications to also be available on macOS.

The file manager definitely got a lot worse than it used to be. It doesn't even seem like you can properly move up/down the directory hierarchy anymore with just the keyboard, I think the sequence of holding down "CMD" then spamming "up arrow" no longer takes you to the root, as just one example of workflows they've broken since then.

In comparison though, Windows' file browser is a completely dumpster-fire that sometimes takes 10-20 seconds to load for me, in a relatively barebones Windows 11 installation with 0 network drives. The only stuff that keeps being the same or slightly improving, is the various file managers on Unix/Linux systems, although Gnome's latest iteration took some time before it was as good as the previous versions, for whatever reason.

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

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Post by belthesar »

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…

During the days of my Powerbook G4 and 1st gen Intel Mac days, I used to use Path Finder [^1] over the native Finder, as it provided a richer and more comprehensive toolset. The base Finder wasn't bad, but Path Finder did more. Totally understand in today's era why you might jump to enshittification as the reason for this. Sometimes though, someone see the functionality a tool does, and goes "I wish it did this, but a little bit more".

^1: https://cocoatech.io/

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

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Post by flyingshelf »

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 MP3 files, including the artwork, and *edit* the files inline. Some goes for EXIF. macOS, today, won't even show you something as basic the image dimensions (not file size)

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

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Post by saithir »

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…

Guess you have never used norton/windows/midnight commander either?
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