![]() ![]() TotalFinder re-enables color sidebar icons – Yipee! This has cost me lost of time when hunting for particular folders that I place there and used custom color icons to help me find them. I can’t remember when we lost this but a few years ago we lost color icons in the sidebar of the Finder. To open TotalFinder preferences simply type Command-comma while in the Finder They also have an option to set the minimum and maximum widths, just in case you have some super long files that bogart your screen space □ I primarily use column view and I always need to resize the column so I can see the full file name. This is a feature I’ve googled trying to find someone who has found a way to hack the Finder into doing this seemingly obvious need that computers are made to do. The features I LOVE: Automatically adjust widths in Column View Secondly I’ll say that this isn’t going to be a review or description of all the features of TotalFinder, but just feedback on the ones I’ve used. I ran across TotalFinder and noticed they give f ree licenses to bloggers for reviewing their product so I applied and received a free license, so here’s my take… Review of TotalFinder–a Replacement Finder For Mac OS Xįirst of all I guess I should say that TotalFinder isn’t a “replacement Finder” but it overlays itself over the existing Finder. I was curious to read why they would write that article given the improvements that were made in the recent release of Mavericks OS 10.9 (tabbed browsing, tags…). ![]() I ran across an article entitled “ Why a Finder Replacement is Still a Good Idea” on the tuts+ website while I was looking for solutions to why the Mavericks’ Finder lags so much for me when I create new Tags. Mac Gems newsletter for a weekly e-mail summary of Gems reviews sent directly to your Inbox.Review of TotalFinder-a Replacement Finder For Mac OS X Want to stay up to date with the latest Gems? Sign up for the (It was especially problematic when used on a Mac with multiple displays.) But for those who generally like the Finder but just want to cut down on window clutter, an official release of TotalFinder is something to look forward to. I found the current alpha to be fairly buggy, with most of the issues I encountered relating to the display of windows and tabs. ![]() DS_Store files from being created in folders show hidden files (an option also available from the Finder’s View menu with TotalFinder installed) sort folders above files in List view and force the green Zoom button to always maximize Finder windows to fill the screen.Īs alpha software, TotalFinder is obviously not polished. For example, you can enable a quick-access Finder window that pops up from the bottom of the screen whenever you press a keyboard shortcut. This feature ends up being quite convenient with tabbed Finder windows, as it lets you move and copy files between different tabs in the same window.Ī number of other useful options are available via a new screen in the Finder’s own preferences. If you drag a file or folder onto a tab in a Finder window, that tab is brought to the front, allowing you to drop the item into the folder represented by that tab. ![]() These tabs also support Mac OS X’s “spring-loaded” feature for folders and windows. ![]()
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