Alternative to finder?

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viewing that new finder for leopard and windows's explorer for years i get more and more annoyed with current finder in tiger, do you know another app to view and manage files?
 
psychofreak said:
There is Path Finder, nowhere near as full as Leopard's Finder though...
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um, its less 'fluff' than leopards if you ask me. and certainly a viable alternative. if not the only alternative. i'm sure that some would argue that Quicksilver is in its own way a different way to manage your files too.

and that said, some will still prefer pathfinder over the leopard finder.
 
I use QuickSilver but still find myself instinctively using the Finder. Once you've learnt all the little shortcuts it ain't that bad imho ;)
 
Roco said:
There seems to be some alternatives:
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But nothing can replace the Finder. What is that you don't like about the Finder?
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This is my biggest beef with Finder "alternatives," they have to be run ON TOP of the Finder. I might consider running one of these if they could actually replace the Finder, but since they don't, none for me, thanks.
 
epochblue said:
This is my biggest beef with Finder "alternatives," they have to be run ON TOP of the Finder. I might consider running one of these if they could actually replace the Finder, but since they don't, none for me, thanks.
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i thought you could kill finder with Pathfinder? if not you could always kill it with Tinkertool or some such no? (well at least you used to be able too, i haven't used those apps in a loooong while)
 
Hi with pathfinder there is an option in the preferences using which replaces the finder completely. First of all check: load at login, then: quit finder at startup, then there is an option like: show pathfinder desktop. Using these three options the finder is completely replaced...you might wanna check the preferences pane more carefully since I'm not sure if there was more or not.

byakuya
 
What don't you like about the finder? It seems pretty great to me.

The only problems I have with the finder aren't so much problems with the finder as much as they are problems with the OS. Like when a shared folder mounted on the desktop stops responding it brings the entire finder to a grinding halt for a couple of minutes. But I don't think that the finders fault as much as it's a problem with the underlying networking system. And I really don't like the dock, but that's not really the finder.
 
byakuya said:
Hi with pathfinder there is an option in the preferences using which replaces the finder completely. First of all check: load at login, then: quit finder at startup, then there is an option like: show pathfinder desktop. Using these three options the finder is completely replaced...you might wanna check the preferences pane more carefully since I'm not sure if there was more or not.

byakuya
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PF Desktop screws up expose
 
hhhmm i have some positive comments about path finder, and neagtive ones...

+ve
•very easy to use
•has a lot of expandability
•tabs!!!!!!!!!!!

-ve
•stuffed up my finder!
•i now have a bagillion icons on my desktop cauz i just have a list view on my desktop in pathfinder
•stuffed up my finder!!
•did i mention it stuffed up my finder?? finder uses up 99% of CPU now when i open it back up. so i am now forced to use pathfinder until i can fix it.

good program tho, very easy to use.
 
@DoFoT9 & iW00t

Regarding both of your complaints against Path Finder. I have tried the newest version (trial) for a few days and none of your problems above happened to me. Could it be that you guys used an older version? The newest version really is able to completely replace the Finder.

byakuya
 
im downloading the update for it now... its 4.7.2, i had 4.7.0. i dont see how it will fix anything, but lets see how it goes (its 24mb and ive been capped to dialup :()

ill get back with some comments laters.
 
byakuya said:
Hi, I'm kind of really interested in this browser...unfortunately I couldn't find it on macupdate. If you're using this software would you mind posting some thoughts about it?

byakuya
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Just go to the Rixstep site. They have a demo and everything you'd ever need to know about anything.
 
PlaceofDis said:
and that said, some will still prefer pathfinder over the leopard finder.
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Sorry, but what's to "prefer" about Leopard Finder? It sure looks good - but does it do the job? Few of us know because few of us have been able to test it. If previous versions of Finder are any indication then this one will not be very different - except for Cover Flow which is a technology Apple bought rather than created anyway. It looks good - it's "fluff" as you say - but it doesn't mean that on a daily basis my work is going to be any more effective. And with Finder as it is today it seriously cannot be worse.
 
Fairly said:
Sorry, but what's to "prefer" about Leopard Finder? It sure looks good - but does it do the job? Few of us know because few of us have been able to test it. If previous versions of Finder are any indication then this one will not be very different - except for Cover Flow which is a technology Apple bought rather than created anyway. It looks good - it's "fluff" as you say - but it doesn't mean that on a daily basis my work is going to be any more effective. And with Finder as it is today it seriously cannot be worse.
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Quick Look seems great, and CoverFlow will be fantastic for me - I have hundreds of documents for school, often not well named, and I would like to see at a glance what they are, instead of opening ten with similar names.
 
psychofreak said:
a lot of people will find a huge amount of features in Leopard's Finder (like CoverFlow)
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Cover Flow isn't a feature. It's "fluff". It doesn't do anything you can't do today. It looks good but it doesn't accomplish anything. The old "FTFF" still applies, and what people meant by that was not purchase del Strother's hack.
 
Fairly said:
Cover Flow isn't a feature. It's "fluff". It doesn't do anything you can't do today. It looks good but it doesn't accomplish anything. The old "FTFF" still applies, and what people meant by that was not purchase del Strother's hack.
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What about my example of documents? What about Quick Look, seeing which badly named file is which without opening their respective applications?
 
Fairly said:
Cover Flow isn't a feature. It's "fluff". It doesn't do anything you can't do today. It looks good but it doesn't accomplish anything. The old "FTFF" still applies, and what people meant by that was not purchase del Strother's hack.
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If you have a lot of documents, I guess that seeing quickly the cover would be a nice addition to finder.
It may not be a revolutionary change, but it is not useless.

psychofreak just said one way it would help him, and I guess a lot of people would find it helpful.
 
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