Ratings and reviews

I’ve been using this app for years and it has nearly always be a trusted companion. Only once, years ago, PathFinder was broken with a new version of OS X and it took time for Cocoatech to fix it. But that has never been the case anymore, and today I consider this to be one of the key tools in my toolbox, along with 1Password and Setapp.

Been a loyal Path Finder user for decades, and will always use it whenever possible.

The only problem is it crashes alot

I used to love Pathfinder but since a couple of days now it does not show changes in a folder. I’ve to close that tab and reopen it to see a new file!

I’ve used Path Finder for many years (well before it was on Set App) and overall love it. However, I’m having nothing but trouble with it since updating to Tahoe, so I’m going to have to uninstall for now. An app that’s so core to daily usage really should be ready to go on public release day one of a new macOS.

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Pathfinder is the best. Pretty much mandatory for every Mac user so far as I’m concerned.

Path Finder is still so much more useful than Finder. It does have certain triggers that make it crash. A peculiar one I found recently is when trying to open a very large txt file (10000+ lines) using textedit - both PF and textedit remain unresponsive and you’d have to force quit it. Finder has no such issues.

Setapp is the best way to use Path Finder, which is still the best Finder alternative. Over the years, Path Finder has managed to decline in value by including trivial new functions. The Path Finder app has improved its stability but it’s very important to regularly back up your personal settings in the Sidebar section so your work at configuring Path Finder is not lost after an expected crash. The best thing about Path Finder is that you can create and save whole configured sets of tabs for specific types of work or files. Four stars.

No Cloud connections to see, only dropbox

Best finder Replacement ever!

It crashes all the time

This app is great! However, it has issues understanding how Dropbox for Business works. Basically, the context menu only works within my private folder, not my team folder. I work within the Dropbox folder 90% of the time. Hence, I can't use the app. Also, I contacted support regarding this. When they replied after more than a month, their response was some generic copy-paste stuff that makes me believe they didn't spend the time to understand what I was asking. I then responded with more clairity in my error. Only after about a year did i hear from them, again with “does these generic links help?”. Very disapointing.

It#s a nice alternative to the Finder

Since 2002, I’ve had several different Macs — eMac, PowerMac G4, PowerMac G3, PowerBook G4, Mac mini M2 and a MacBook Air M4… Just like File Explorer is virually useless for my Windows PCs, Finder is just not enough of most everything. Path Finder is THE file manager I would choose for every Mac I might own. But, I do wish Path Finder was a bit more like Directory Opus…

After upgrading to Tahoe, I find that my Dropbox link in Pathfinder is outdated and not getting updates correctly. Also not seeing other cloud storage in its interface like Proton Drive or iCloud Drive.

I have loved Path Finder for years and was glad to see it in the Setapp list so I could use it again affordably.

I feel like I was able to convert images more easily previously, idk for sure tho but anywho.. I like it more than I dislike it. Still have issues like using my Apple Pencil and Sidecar on my iPad, I continue to inadvertently swipe off different folders or modules from the sidebar or even different panes whenever my pointer gets too close and I accidentally pull away from any of them… swish, they’re gone ha so If I haven’t saved the set yet + can’t rmr which folders were where, it sucks, but mostly tedious. That’s a common thing I’ve noticed with Path Finder, small clicks anywhere where you didn’t mean to click can slow workflows. It would be better if there were some sort of 'lock sidebar’, as in you can’t remove something you swiped away accidentally unless you uncheck that 'Lock Module' doesn’t seem to do much unless it just keeps it there whenever you quit Path Finder, I’m guessing on that tho. So idk, I do like it but smaller details could use some work.

I have to reboot at least once a day because it stops refreshing. Something I know just downloaded doesn’t show up in my downloads folder in PF, but does in Finder. Reload doesn’t help. Nothing short of quitting PF and starting it up again fixes the issue. I’m deleting this app. It just keeps getting worse and more bloated. It takes more work to use this app than it does to just use 2 Finder windows open side-by-side.

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