arstechnica.com — Cocoatech's Path Finder has long been the choice of power users and frustrated Finder users alike, as it offers a veritable landslide of options and customizability for fitting into just about any workflow. The one thing it has never really been able to do, however, is truly replace the Finder (at least not without some nasty hacking that still ...
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gjscdsNov 12, 2007
I like pathfinder, but I've always thought the 35 dollar price point to be a bit high. So I continue using it on trial mode. They come up with enough updates that I'm rarely locked out of the trial version...
Closed AccountNov 12, 2007
The Leopard Finder is great, but Path Finder's got the straight-up features and customizability edge for those of us who don't need our images to dance around and give us a rub down. Mine's set up more minimally than a default Finder setup and is twice as useful for manual file management.
minibossNov 12, 2007
I quit using pathfinder when leopard was released just because i wanted to give Apple a fair shot in what they considered a "modern file manager". In some ways i'm impressed (quicklook), but the lack of tabs, contextual commands like cut/paste and the incessant need to have 20 windows open just didn't work for me. I'll try this pathfinder update and probably will stick with it for the next few years. Hopefully Apple wakes up by then and does some copying of their own.
Closed AccountNov 12, 2007
FWIW, holding the Command key (the Apple/clover key) while dragging and dropping a file will "move" or "cut/paste" it. It isn't as handy as a keyboard shortcut, but it should simplify things for you at least a little.
franckyNov 12, 2007
Well that was Pointless... All that crap does it move it to the trashcan. What I wanted was to move files, using keyboard shortcuts, like windows. Not have an extra shortcut to delete files. lol
r3zonanceNov 12, 2007
No, but it the Finder is standard on every Mac, unlike Path Finder, which may not exist on every Mac you go to. It's an unnecessary crutch.
redxxxNov 12, 2007
You would be if finder didn't suck donkey c**k.I seriously don't understand how they can let on of the most used portion of their OS suck so freaking hard.
mydaveJul 29, 2008
nearly a year I haven't used the Finder . Path Finder is much better. <a class="user" href="http://www.procleaner.net">http://www.procleaner.net</a><a class="user" href="http://www.yara-online.org/">http://www.yara-online.org/</a>