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ForkLift 2.5 Alpha 8

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What's New

Version 2.5 Alpha 8:

Requires Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Fixes the missing eject buttons of external drives
Visual feedback added to the path bar when clicked
Tabs are restored on startup when enabled
Transfer queue fixes and improvements
SMB/AFP fixes and improvements
Numerous other fixes and stability improvements

Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.7 or later

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ForkLift User Discussion (Write a Review)

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Miklo78 reviewed on 09 Feb 2012

I recently switched to Mac after 18 years of working with a PC, where I used Altap Salamander (alternative to Total Commander). On a Mac, so I was looking for a similar application, and I found it in the Forklift.

Forklift is an excellent application, full of features that makes my switch from Windows and every day work with Mac easier.

Question: will the 2.5 update also available via Mac AppStore? I bought Forklift 2.0.8 there...

[Version 2.5 Alpha 8]

1 Reply

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Dev replied on 09 Feb 2012

Yes. As soon as ForkLift can meet the requirements of sandboxing.

Julian Kingman commented on 07 Feb 2012

I asked elsewhere of an issue I had with forklift, where after creating it's preferences, when I start it up it would take 100-150% of the CPU indefinitely. Removing all the files besides forklift.app would fix it temporarily, but it would recurr every time I started it again. I encountered this problem after mounting an SFTP server. I had no problem connecting to the server.

Is this fixed in this version?

[Version 2.5 Alpha 8]

1 Reply

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Dev replied on 08 Feb 2012

Did you try this with Alpha?

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Philipwheelock reviewed on 07 Feb 2012

Forklift 2.08 has more functionality than any utility app I know of. Handsome UI, intuitive functions & fast ftp transfers. Only quibble: Cover Flow view is a bit pokey in folders with lots of files. Excellent value at $30.

[Version 2.5 Alpha 8]

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A380 commented on 03 Feb 2012

10.7 requirement : Please, show me the fantastic new features in ForkLift 2.5 that are only possible in Lion. As far as I can tell it is only a requirement because the programming APIs available made it easier for the developer, nothing more. Transmit, for example, works in 10.5 and up, and their UI is regarded as the best available.

Support : Where is the update to 2.0.x to fix all the bugs users have reported? The 2.0.8 version was released almost a year ago. Forcing everyone to go to Lion to get an update to fix bugs is not acceptable. Assuming of course that 2.5 will be a free update? If it's a paid upgrade I would be steaming mad.

[Version 2.5 Alpha 7]

6 Replies

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+13

Dev replied on 03 Feb 2012

You don't use ForkLift, obviously, but keep posting negative reviews and comments on a regular basis. I checked you profile and one question came to my mind: Do you get paid for this? ;) To answer your question: ForkLift 2.5 will be a FREE upgrade as usual. You can open the steam valves now...

A380 replied on 03 Feb 2012

That is a very un-pleasant accusation you're making my friend, I hope it is meant to be a joke? I am free to post my opinions on any app I choose, but I use FTP a lot, so of course I use ForkLift and other apps too. Each has their merits. I have tried and have licenses for all the main FTP apps, so I tried your new one too, but it's for Lion only and you still didn't answer why. I use Snow Leopard. It is a free update that I can't use. Thanks.

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Dev replied on 03 Feb 2012

ForkLift is very complex application. You can imagine it as Transmit + Path Finder + Unarchiver + Better Finder Rename + more in one package. It does take a lot of effort to keep it competitive and bug free for a one man team. New OS means new API's which usually allow me to introduce cool new features (I love popovers) and strip existing code (less code == less bug). I'm not forcing anyone to go to Lion. You can use 2.0.8 as long as you wish and when you are ready to update to Lion you also get a shiny new version of ForkLift for FREE. I'm sure you won't stay on Snow Leopard for good…

+236

Nontroppo replied on 07 Feb 2012

Here is a clear improvement: Lion allows you to organise (group) files into category strips by size, date modified, application, label and more. It is an excellent way to drill down into large folders, and makes file management much more powerful. Only in Lion, and in Forklift 2.5 by extension. That one improvement applies to forklift as file manager and forklift as FTP client, and I'd be annoyed if Forklift couldn't do what Finder did in my OS.

kelahcim replied on 07 Feb 2012

> It does take a lot of effort to keep
> it competitive and bug free for
> a one man team.

Man, you own me. If you are just a one man team - respect.

I am using ForkLift for some time now and it rocks. BTW - I use Transmit as well :) Simply, both of them target different tasks during my day to day work.

+14

Fightingcat replied on 07 Feb 2012

I'm frustrated to and I say it to the developer a longer time ago.
The way to deliver an update who's Lion only is not that what I really like, but the Dev. didn't like negative comments around the Lion only stuff.

So I payed for version 1 and after the version 2 rolling out, I payed for the upgrade to looking forward with all the announced new features. Some little fixes came around after the final 2.0 release and with Version 2.0.8 the Dev. stop to working on updates for a verrrryyy long time.

Next time I put my money in the trash. That would deliver me the same result.

I'm pissed... Whooohooo... Cool Lion who's not working and spend Macusers only the nice new feature who's named "Bug".

Sorry Dev. of ForkLift. In the past I was positive surprised about your work, but I'm not longer. Again... Thanks to take my money...

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Chadcn reviewed on 01 Feb 2012

It's a nice little niche app by a developer who has a history of making apps then abandoning them without notice. It offers a couple small features over Finder, but nothing that necessitates a $30 price tag. It also forces the discrete graphics card to kick in on my MBP, which is absurd for a Finder-replacement. There isn't anything in the app that requires a discrete card, so it comes down to poor coding, laziness or a bit of both.

[Version 2.5 Alpha 7]

6 Replies

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Dev replied on 01 Feb 2012

I have been developing ForkLift since 2007 so I really don't understand your claim about abandoning apps. If you believe that ForkLift is a Finder replacement (only) then please give it another look because it's so much more (FTP client, Batch-renamer, Uninstaller, Synchronization tool, Archive manager to name a few).
If you believe that graphics card switching comes from the laziness of a developer then please check out this link: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/05/auto-graphic-switching-and-dwindling-macbook-pro-batteries.ars

Dr54 replied on 01 Feb 2012

Forklift is almost same as Finder if you add to Finder more 4 applications it will maybe equal.

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Sherman Wilcox replied on 01 Feb 2012

I'm with the developer on this one. I've been using Forklift for a long time, and it does get consistently updated. Finder doesn't give me to the two pane view. It doesn't give me tabs. Mostly importantly -- and for me this was worth the $30 price -- it doesn't have Forklift's ability to look inside zip archives without unzipping them. I keep old projects zipped (conserves space on my MacBook Air). The ability to pull individual files out of an archive with Forklift, without unzipping the archive, is a real time saver for me.

+236

Nontroppo replied on 02 Feb 2012

This "review" is a pretty outrageous slur. Having used Forklift as a pre V1 alpha since I first moved to OS X, Binary Nights has been consistent in working on this app, and your abandoning statement is utterly misplaced.

And if you can't see that having inplace ZIP/archive browsing and editing, full FTP/SFTP navigation, remote editing, work stacks, favourites management, improved search, syncing directories, a fantastic transfer queue, and *dual-pane* UI is substantially different to Finder, well that leaves me speechless.

And go and dump your bitterness on Apple about *their* API causing many programs to switch to discrete GPU.

+17

Trashie replied on 02 Feb 2012

I think your wrong on ALL you say and I think 1/2 star is just so wrong I don't know what to say about it. Maybe you are having a bad day or something.

Xander803 replied on 07 Feb 2012

Dev, you can try NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching in the plist to stop the graphics switching. Seems like it was introduced in Lion. A few other apps have recently added it and it works great.

+13

X3i commented on 27 Dec 2011

There was no updates for almost a year and the next update is going to force me to buy Lion? Screw that, I am switching to Transmit

[Version 2.0.8]

8 Replies

+143

Cgc replied on 01 Feb 2012

Requirements list "Intel, Mac OSX 10.6 or later" so not sure where you heard Forklift was Lion-only.

I like updates but what on Forklift needs updating so much you'd drop another $39 on Transmit?

+13

X3i replied on 01 Feb 2012

Version 2.5 requires Lion. Effectively it means that a "point update", update that comes after an almost a year of virtual inactivity requires me to spend $29 and buy a new (slower) operating system. I don't think it's reasonable. Investing $39 in Transmit means keeping Snow Leopard and expecting incremental improvement and new features of the otherwise good program

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Misha replied on 01 Feb 2012

Not everything in Lion is great, but it's definitely not slower than Snow Leopard (at least on any of my Macs, including some early Core 2 Duo systems).

You'll be seeing more and more apps moving to Lion-only, there's a lot of new features in 10.7 that simply aren't available in previous versions. ForkLift 2.0.x has been working fine in 10.6 for a long time, not really sure what you're missing out on there (a lack of updates is generally a good thing, it means the developer does a good job of QA).

Transmit hasn't been updated in 7 months; it was updated a total of 3 times in 2011, generally just to fix bugs... http://www.panic.com/transmit/releasenotes.html

+143

Cgc replied on 02 Feb 2012

I see they changed the listed rqmts after I cut and pasted from above which stated 10.6 was adequate. Wonder why FL2 needs Lion? I have to agree Mac programmers seem too quick to abandon past OSes...crap for Windows 7 still mostly works with Vista and XP.

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Misha replied on 03 Feb 2012

It's not really about abandoning past OSes as much as it is about taking advantage of new technologies that Apple has made available in new OSes. It makes sense that an app like ForkLift, which aims in part to be a Finder replacement, would take advantage of frameworks only available in Lion -- it wouldn't be as great of a product if it didn't. Those on 10.6 may still happily use 2.0.x into the indefinite future...

+143

Cgc replied on 03 Feb 2012

Understood...but you have to consider the market share. OSX is probably mostly still on 10.6.x and tossing them out shrinks your market. On top of that are the features that will be 10.7.x only so necessary to make this (10.7) requirement a necessity? From henceforth I'm throwing my money at Transmit since they actually seem to care about their customer base. If every software vendor made the current Mac OS the new requirement everyone would have to repurchase all their software after the newest OS gets 30% market share (within the Mac community). Buh bye.

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Misha replied on 03 Feb 2012

I think you're comparing apples to oranges. Wait until Transmit 5 comes out and see what its system requirements are... Transmit 4 was barely developed in all of 2011, you may as well compare it to Forklift 2.0.

FWIW, 60% of MacUpdate's Mac traffic is Lion now. 30% is Snow Leopard. 6% is Mac OS X 10.5 (Intel), and total PowerPC traffic across OS X versions is just 3%.

Other sites report the same (google Lion adoption rate). That 60% figure will only grow as Apple ships millions of Macs each month that come pre-installed with 10.7.

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Cgc replied on 07 Feb 2012

@Misha. I doubt Transmit will require 10.7 seeing as they currently only require 10.5. OSX 10.7 has numerous issues, more than what is typical with an OSX release...this is probably the reason for the slow adoption rate. I doubt 60% is representative of the entire Mac audience and 10.6 still hold a large percentage of users.

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Buligwyf reviewed on 23 Nov 2011

Love this as a Finder replacement :)

[Version 2.0.8]

Tolip commented on 22 Nov 2011

Great App but catastrophic support. I wrote two e-mails and did not get an answer at all.

[Version 2.0.8]

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Sherman Wilcox reviewed on 26 Sep 2011

I don't use Forklift often, but when I do, I love it. I have a MacBook Air, so reduced storage, and keep large, old folders compressed. I use Forklift to view files inside those archives, and remove single files, without needing to uncompress the whole archive. Wonderful!

[Version 2.0.8]

1 Reply

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Bumbleb replied on 28 Sep 2011

Great use, hadn't thought of that. Thanks!

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enigma2k reviewed on 20 Sep 2011

It is a really great app but missing a really fundamental feature from Total Commander (Norton Commander):
While browsing in a folder with dozens of files and you want to quickly jump to a specific file, you just have to press ALT+the beginning characters of the filename.
This is not possible with Forklift. All it offers is CMD+F to search the whole system. WHY ain't this implemented already? I hope to see this soon!

[Version 2.0.8]

4 Replies

DEV (developer) replied on 21 Sep 2011

Just start typing the name and FL will jump to the given file.

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enigma2k replied on 22 Sep 2011

Thanks for the quick reply!
Is it possible that you can make it like Total Commander, that you have to press a button and you see a little search field coming up where you can see what you are typing and can also make corrections with backspace?

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Sherman Wilcox replied on 26 Sep 2011

FK's method of doing this is better than Total Commander: quicker, fewer keystrokes. Why would you want the dev to "break" a better method by copying the TC method?

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Tryme replied on 05 Dec 2011

Enigma2k - the Devs response for fast location of a file within a specific directory works system wide and has done for as long as I have used a Mac, which is over 20 yrs.

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Thomas1977 had trouble on 23 Jul 2011

Sometimes Forklift gives me a crashreport and quits.

Anyone else having this with Lion?

[Version 2.0.8]

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Buligwyf had trouble on 28 May 2011

Hate to be dummy o´the day... but, can anyone tell me if I can do an incremental sync with Forklift, or does it have to be a full sync each time. I am specifically interested in syncing from one video folder to another. Thanks :-)

[Version 2.0.8]

1 Reply

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Buligwyf replied on 02 Jun 2011

Wish I could delete this !! Sorry folks.

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Mileslong had trouble on 25 Nov 2010

I would love to try this software but the last several times updates have come out they simply won't launch.

i have an iMac 27" 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 and Forklift will never load, not once. Really the only software I have ever installed that won't even launch. Very disappointing.

[Version 2.01]

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Dev (developer) replied on 25 Nov 2010

Could you please contact us at support@binarynights.com explaning your issue. I'm sure we can find out what is going on.

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Mileslong commented on 25 Nov 2010

i will send you what i just posted here..

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Mileslong replied on 22 Dec 2010

i still cant even open it even in this latest version 2.0.5

have no other issues with any other program doing this. sent it crash report but no response.

iMac 27" i7 8gb ram

DEV (developer) replied on 03 Jan 2011

Most probably you have a corrupted MacFUSE installation. Please try to remove or reinstall it, that should resolve your problem.

Pensketch had trouble on 23 Nov 2010

I wasn't aware that this was a paid upgrade until after I upgraded and was no longer registered. Can I downgrade?

[Version 2.0]

1 Reply

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Kris_nx replied on 23 Nov 2010

@ PENSKETCH

There is a Rollback link to download version 1.7.8 on the developers site: http://www.binarynights.com/support

Epgregoire had trouble on 23 Nov 2010

Upgraded to 2.0 without a thought. Yes, I do own Transmit, yes I do own Pathfinder, but each has its own strengths and I recently rediscovered Forklift. Thought v2.0 would improve on Transmit and it does have the potential to do so but for a hitch: I can't reliably upload to my GoDaddy website. I get copy errors all the time (copy error: failed to connect to server); skipping will work for some files but then I have to figure out which ones were copies and which weren't.

Transmit behaved the same way after upgrading to 4.0, but deleting old Favorites and entering new ones resolved that. Alas, it doesn't seem to work this way with Forklift. Bummer, as I really want to like this one...

[Version 2.0]

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Dev (developer) replied on 23 Nov 2010

Could you try decreasing "Max. simultaneous transfers" (even to 1) on the queue panel?

Epgregoire replied on 23 Nov 2010

That did the trick! Thanks. I saw you were on the forums so I thought I'd comment here. I searched all over the preferences to change the number of concurrent downloads but didn't find it there... Ok, all up and running now and very happy with it!

Dev (developer) replied on 23 Nov 2010

I'm really happy that I could help!

Robrecord had trouble on 03 May 2010

Warning. Upgrading to 2.0 beta seems to have erased all my sidebar favourites. Back up your preferences until a later version comes out.

[Version 2.0 Beta 1]

1 Reply

Dev (developer) replied on 03 May 2010

Rob, of course there is no risk whatsoever to your Favorites. Just launch 1.7.8 and you'll see :)

FL2 uses a separate preferences file, precisely to avoid mishaps with your stable version. The final release of 2.0 will include an Import function to migrate your settings from FL1.

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istra had trouble on 03 Jun 2009

just downloaded and want to try it out, but cannot enter serial... Both menu points ("Purchase" and "Enter serial") are black but dead...
Any ideas?

[Version 1.7b2]

1 Reply

Anonymous commented on 04 Jun 2009

You are using a Beta release. Registration is only active in the official releases.

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Korim had trouble on 21 May 2008

It seems that ForkLift doesn't show (see) the drives created by ExpanDrive:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26992/expandrive

Please let me know if it works for you. I hope that it can be fixed.

Thanks.

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On Mac OS X 10.5.2, ExpanDrive 1.2.1, ForkLift 1.5.2

[Version 1.5.2]

sea.gull had trouble on 01 Apr 2008

I Love this app, and I'd to buy it... But unluckly I can't use the FTP function... :( When I try to connect my ftp server and begin to transfer (upload or download) files, the connection go slower and slower until it stop and crash ForkLift. I tried every solution, passive mode, encryption: nothing to do, I have to return to Transmit application, that's fast and functional.
What's happened? Can I resolve this trouble? Please help me and I'll buy this app immediately.

[Version 1.5.1]

Miklo78 rated on 09 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5 Alpha 8]

CuZinBrucie rated on 05 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5 Alpha 7]

Dufus rated on 03 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5 Alpha 7]

Christa_1980 rated on 02 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5 Alpha 7]

Caixiaopig rated on 28 Nov 2011

[Version 2.0.8]

mmiglio rated on 23 Nov 2011

[Version 2.0.8]

JackFinch rated on 26 Oct 2011

[Version 2.0.8]

dawletiarow rated on 24 Sep 2011

[Version 2.0.8]

SuperMat64 rated on 20 Sep 2011

[Version 2.0.8]

BuliTG rated on 18 Sep 2011

[Version 2.0.8]

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ForkLift will connect to any remote server FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, WebDAV, the SMB, NIS and AFP shares on your local network, or your Bluetooth mobile phone- pretty much anything you can plug into or hook up to a Mac. ForkLift also carries a complete toolbox for managing your files, including Folder Synchronization, Batch Renaming, Archive handling, Application deleter, editing files over remote connections and many more. All these power features are packaged into a Finder-like, dual-pane interface that delivers superior workflow while remaining absolutely familiar to use, along with QuickLook, Spotlight search and all.

Key features:

Mac OS X 10.6.X (Snow Leopard) only
Completely re-built from scratch inside and out
Disklets (you can mount a remote connection as a disk and access it from any app)
Synclets
Droplets
List view, Column view, Icon view and Coverflow
Transfer queue
Handles almost any archive format: Rar, Zip, Tar, Gz and a dozen more
Search and filter (now with RegExp support)
Improved Sync
Stacks
Integrated favorite manager
Advanced Multi-Rename
Workspaces
Dual-pane view
Folder Synchronization
Tabs
Amazon S3 support
WebDAV support
Remote edit and preview
Growl support
QuickLook local and remote files
and much more to discover

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