Introduction
Just making this post to share my experience about Commander One, which is a cool file manager for Mac. It has both a free and a pro version (which costs $30). The pro version gets you several features, such as an FTP client, integration with cloud services such as Box, Google Drive, and OneDrive, and also gives you a command line interface. The pro version also allows you to access files off a server at "near-native" speeds. Of course, this is not a complete list of features in the pro version, but these are some that stood out to me. I have not bought the pro version yet.
Keyboard Shortcuts (Hotkeys)
A big feature of Commander One is assignable hotkeys (see Fig 1). There are lots of choices; however, sometimes, they override the system shortcuts. For example, I had to disable F3 "View File" as a hotkey because it was replacing F3's system action to show Mission Control—so that's a bit annoying... but it's not a huge deal.
Figure 1 - Hotkey Menu in Commander One Preferences
Themes
Commander One has various themes available. One thing I noticed is that they closely follow the macOS terminal themes. See Fig 2 below.
Figure 2 - Context menu for themes
Dual Panel File Manager
The biggest reason to use Commander One is because of its dual panel system. See Figure 3 below for an example of this. It comes in very handy when accessing multiple folders at once, because you can have them side by side. Not only can you have multiple folders, but it works just like Finder—you can have tabs within each panel for quicker access.
Figure 3 - Commander One's "main window," showcasing the "dual-panel" capabilities.
Flaws/Feature Requests
One major thing I wish you could do (maybe you can but I just don't know) is to either have multiple instances of Commander One and/or have more than two panels in a larger window.
The other thing I would enjoy having is a built-in launcher like Raycast, but integrated into Commander One.
Should you download/buy it?
Absolutely. I've only been using it for about a day or so, so I don't have a ton of experience with it, but it has come in extremely handy when working on my various projects.
Download link - You can also get it off MacUpdate, but I'll post the official link below:
https://ftp-mac.com/
Please reply to this thread and post your suggestions, questions, thoughts, experience, or anything else you'd like to share!
Just making this post to share my experience about Commander One, which is a cool file manager for Mac. It has both a free and a pro version (which costs $30). The pro version gets you several features, such as an FTP client, integration with cloud services such as Box, Google Drive, and OneDrive, and also gives you a command line interface. The pro version also allows you to access files off a server at "near-native" speeds. Of course, this is not a complete list of features in the pro version, but these are some that stood out to me. I have not bought the pro version yet.
Keyboard Shortcuts (Hotkeys)
A big feature of Commander One is assignable hotkeys (see Fig 1). There are lots of choices; however, sometimes, they override the system shortcuts. For example, I had to disable F3 "View File" as a hotkey because it was replacing F3's system action to show Mission Control—so that's a bit annoying... but it's not a huge deal.
Figure 1 - Hotkey Menu in Commander One Preferences
Themes
Commander One has various themes available. One thing I noticed is that they closely follow the macOS terminal themes. See Fig 2 below.
Figure 2 - Context menu for themes
Dual Panel File Manager
The biggest reason to use Commander One is because of its dual panel system. See Figure 3 below for an example of this. It comes in very handy when accessing multiple folders at once, because you can have them side by side. Not only can you have multiple folders, but it works just like Finder—you can have tabs within each panel for quicker access.
Figure 3 - Commander One's "main window," showcasing the "dual-panel" capabilities.
Flaws/Feature Requests
One major thing I wish you could do (maybe you can but I just don't know) is to either have multiple instances of Commander One and/or have more than two panels in a larger window.
The other thing I would enjoy having is a built-in launcher like Raycast, but integrated into Commander One.
Should you download/buy it?
Absolutely. I've only been using it for about a day or so, so I don't have a ton of experience with it, but it has come in extremely handy when working on my various projects.
Download link - You can also get it off MacUpdate, but I'll post the official link below:
https://ftp-mac.com/
Please reply to this thread and post your suggestions, questions, thoughts, experience, or anything else you'd like to share!
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