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CocoaTech PathFinder manages files, shows more info, has tabs and best of all shows the files path. [More notes go here...]
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CocoaTech PathFinder manages files, shows more info, has tabs and best of all shows the files path. [More notes go here...]
Link: CocoaTech PathFinder
November 20th, 2007 at 7:46 am
Not a bad review at all. John, I am flabbergasted that you had never given Path Finder a chance earlier? You are loosing a bit of geek cred in my books, LOL.
One thing you guys really overlooked is the built in image converter. What makes Path Finder soooo powerful in my mind is the fact that it is an all in own management system that taps into so many many other OS X services without launching a separate app. Stuff like PDF viewing and editing, doc writing, movie watching. etc… and then you have image conversion.
Apart from all the obvious things the image converter does (like… uh… convert images), it is file type agnostic. So if there are pixels to display, regardless of the extension (or absence of, in the case of some icons), it will pop it open and allow you to swap that type for any other. The best part is, again going back to the icon idea, if there is an implied alpha channel (even if it’s the black icon mask), Path Finder will translate that into a true transparency. It is, by far, the easiest and fastest way to convert icons into any other useable format. It’s something I wrote about on nutMac.com ( http://www.nutmac.com/index.php/2007/09/17/convert-icons-in-one-click/ ).
Anyhow, for me, Path Finder *IS* a Finder replacement and I can count how many times on one hand that I will actually open Finder in the span of a year. It’s like the MCP in Tron, it runs all, knows all, does all without further commands and short cuts. I have it configured to that all panels or *wings* are open at all times, and the left and right panel contain two shelves each. My main window is divided into 3 panels; Column view on top, and Attributes and Preview splitting the bottom. There is no place I can’t get to in one or two clicks.
AND ONE MORE OVERSIGHT!!! You guys totally overlooked the “Copy Path” function in the contextual menu! Uh… hello? As geeks, how many times have you needed to know the Unix path, HFS path or Windows path a directory can be found on in any given networked system? I use this all the time when writing cron jobs for the network.
As for Leopard compatibility… Can you say “Quick Look”? Oh yeah baby! And finally! “Open in Path Finder”, so when I click on an icon in my dock stack, it reveals that selection in Path Finder instead of Finder!
Finder be gone! I banish the to the pits of hell! Path Finder is now your Master!