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Starlyght

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Jun 6, 2009
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I just tried both of these apps and they're like heaven compared to Finder, but can anyone with a little more experience tell me which one is better and why?

Also very important: is it possible to open folders found with Spotlight with a Finder replacement such as muCommander or ForkLift?

(PS: The muCommander nightly build is much, much better than the current stable build - it looks and feels much more OS X-y.)
 
After some searching I found it is possible:
A full Finder replacement can be done and that will fix this.
1. Copy your Finder from CoreServices to /Applications using Path Finder (you will need to authenticate). Next, use the Finder to rename the Path Finder to Finder. Then copy the re-named Path Finder to CoreServices.
2. Repair permissions and re-boot.
3. Next into the Path Finder resources folder and copy the file /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/PathFinder.icns to a temporary folder like the desktop. Rename it to FinderIcon.icns.
4. Move your new FinderIcon.icns to /System/Library/CoreServices/Core Types.bundle/Contents/Resources/. Replace the existing FinderIcon.icns with the new Path Finder one.
5. Delete the file /Library/Caches/com.apple.dock.iconcache.xxx (x represents some number that will be different for each user.
6. Repair permissions and re-boot.

And also, ForkLift is the winner for me, it's like it reads my mind.
 
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