![]() ![]() Performance in general needs to be improved, with quick look previews generated properly in the background, rather than sometimes locking up the Finder (again, particularly with slower shared volumes). DS_Store juggling was an annoyance from day one of OS X, and one we've been stuck with ever since we're still stuck with view options that no-one fully understands and which half the time don't act the way you want them to. Navigated to a folder using an open/save dialogue? You've probably just screwed up your view options. Viewed a different folder with custom view settings then gone back to view a different folder in the same window? You've probably screwed up your view options. ![]() Really we just need a sensible, intuitive system, ideally with clear inheritance, so if I set all ~/Pictures to display in overflow mode then all sub-folders will display that way too unless one of them overrides that behaviour. If I set default for Macintosh HD then these are the defaults for all folders unless overridden with a different grid spacing or whatever. Highly recommended for anyone who uses the Finder a lot.Data stored in some kind of database rather than. I cannot detect any performance changes on my desktop Mac. And the little printer icon in the menu bar to the right of the Dropbox icon is Fingerprint which allows my iPad and iPhone to print to any Bonjour printer on the network. MacLampsX you ask? It’s a neat seasonal app which frames your display with Christmas lamps! X-Mas tree? More of the same. So now you can jump into finder rather than Command-Tab’bing or mousing to your on screen app display. TotalFinder integrates into Finder but is also available as a separate app, meaning it’s visible in HimmelBar which I use to avoid having on screen icons for applications. TotalFinder in dual window mode, with tabs shown. The multi finder window shown below is toggled with Command-U. You can also use cut-and-paste rather than Finder’s copy-and-paste, precluding the need to delete the source file if you really want to move it. Well, the folks at BinaryAge have fixed much of what ails the stock Finder in TotalFinder, adding the ability to use tabs and multi finder windows, allowing the drag and drop of files across directories/volumes/drives. ‘The Loser’ would be more like it, if you ask me. RIP – you will be missed.Īsk any Mac user what the single worst app which comes with every Mac is and the chances are pretty good that the answer will be ‘The Finder’. So for all practical purposes this great app is dead. The new security features in OS X El Capitan require a hack to keep Total Finder working, a hack which compromises security. ![]()
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