Just add an Up Directory button and you’ll be infinitely better than Finder.
Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
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Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
#62Just switched from windows to Mac and the rumors are true. Finder is terrible.
Feel like using the terminal CLI directly is better than Finder.
Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
#63The 9MB size alone got my attention. It's refreshing to see a native macOS app that doesn't pull in Electron for everything.
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#64I'm not familiar with .net on Mac, what binding did you use to make this? .NET MAUI? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/developer-tool...
Not MAUI. It's .NET's macOS target (net10.0-macos, the macos workload that descends from Xamarin.Mac), which ships C# bindings for the native Apple frameworks. So the UI is plain AppKit used directly from C#.
Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Not anymore, I suppose: https://imgur.com/a/cGxXBiN
I just took this screenshot in macOS 18, same view (gallery)
Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
#66The 9MB size alone got my attention. It's refreshing to see a native macOS app that doesn't pull in Electron for everything.
Could be pulling in webkit. 9MB doesn't mean it isn't based on a web renderer. It would be awesome if software came with a nutrition label. IO, does it phone home, memory safety, does it use web renderer, memory usage, etc.
Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
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Do you have anything in particular in mind here? Long time macOS user but I like a good pro tip :)
I don’t have much actually, but at least: - Batch rename files (select multiple files, right click, “Rename…”); - Show/hide hidden files: `shift-cmd-.`; - Go to folder: `shift-cmd-G`; - `cmd-1` to `cmd-4` to quickly change view.
All four of these are awesome tips, thank you!
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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
Not anymore, I suppose: https://imgur.com/a/cGxXBiN I just took this screenshot in macOS 18, same view (gallery)
macOS 15 *
Re: Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
#70The 9MB size alone got my attention. It's refreshing to see a native macOS app that doesn't pull in Electron for everything.
Could be pulling in webkit. 9MB doesn't mean it isn't based on a web renderer. It would be awesome if software came with a nutrition label. IO, does it phone home, memory safety, does it use web renderer, memory usage, etc.
There's no web renderer at all. The UI is native AppKit (NSTableView, NSOutlineView, NSPanel, etc.) driven from C#/.NET via P/Invoke. It uses real Cocoa controls, not HTML/CSS in a Webview. The app doesn't phone home except for checking if there is a new version (and only does this in the registered version) and the only information sent is the current version number.