Name: Xfolders
Rating: 3.3036 (30 reviews)

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Xfolders overview

Note: Xfolders is no longer under development and the developer provides no support for it.

Xfolders supplements the Finder through its assistance of simply administrating of your files.

Features:

Completely for Tiger re-written cocoa application.
Uses the new technology of Mac OS X Tiger.
Full integration of the Finder, thus support of all file operations from and to the Finder.
Drag & Drop between both filelists and the Finder.
Support for all important file operations.
Info dialoge for simply changing the file and folder attributes.
Intelligent path navigators for both file lists.
Bookmarks & manager for folders.
Direct access to importend system utilities.
Navigation with the keyboard ala Norton Commander.
Integrated, detailed Spotlight search.
Versatile search and compare possibilities.
Zip archive support.
Flat or 3D Unified look.
Supports the following languages: English, German, Italian, French and Spanish.
Optimized for the PowerPC G5 processor, but remains compatible to G3 and G4 processors!
Universal binary: Compatible with Intel based Macs.

What’s new in version 1.6

Updated on Oct 31 2008

Version 1.6:

Ported to Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard", Xfolders runs now on 10.4.x to 10.14

Information

License

Free

Size

1.6 MB

Downloads

52277

App requirements

Intel 32
PPC 32
Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later

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Vulcan-

Jul 10 2013

1.6

0.5

Version: 1.6

the author's website is abandoned and the download no longer works

Freerider

Nov 16 2008

Image viewer crashes on my mac too OS X 10.5.5 Check for updates doesn't work either. Needs a tree view.

A-J-Benamu

Oct 31 2008

When using Image Browser, it crashes on 10.5.5, Intel Mac.

Cenocre

Oct 5 2007

1.5.1

Version: 1.5.1

Wow. It is hard to believe that anyone could like this program. It looks nice, but it adds an extra layer of difficulty to everything. You end up losing most familiar commands such as command-d, command-delete, command-up/down arrow and on and on. It is incredibly awkward to navigate from disk to disk as multiple disks/partitions are not normally shown. If you try to copy 100 items to another folder and there is a problem, you have to click on a button in an error dialog 100 times!!!!! Once for each file. Unbelievable.

Inflatable-Mouse

Jul 29 2007

I quit using it because it crashes continually on my system.

StevenJayCohen

Nov 14 2006

1.4

4.8

Version: 1.4

I love this program! Any chance of adding a search box or custom buttons to the top of the window?

Amcan12

Jul 16 2006

1.3

Version: 1.3

What about "Make alias" from within Xfolders? This is first miss I found so far just after 10 seconds of trying Xfolders and it makes it unusable for me, sorry.

Pluto198

What is everyone's problem with Apple's Finder? Everyday I see a new "Finder-substitute" on here. I'll stick with the original Finder, thank you.

Jmgriff

Jun 1 2006

1.2

4.0

Version: 1.2

I like orthodox (2-panel) file-managers and was therefore happy to see that this program is being actively developed. IMO the best file-managers can be driven completely from the keyboard. What Xfolders needs most is more keyboard shortcuts ... especially for the options in the Path Navigator contextual menu (e.g. to swap source/destination and 'Other Folder'). This applies equally to the favourites manager, where it doesn't seem to be possible to select favourites by the keyboard alone. I suspect most of the potential users of this software don't want to use a mouse ...... ;) Look at the original Norton Commander to see what is possible. Comparison to PathFinder is inappropriate in my view. With the dire state of the Finder, what Mac OS X needs is a fast, lean and mean application that confines itself to *managing files*. Xfolders could be that app if the user-interaction was made more efficient and intuitive.

GymW

May 27 2006

3.0

Tried this and did not like it. Nice interface and great idea but poor implementation. To begin with, no instructions other than shortcut key definitions. So if there are ways to get around its problems, I can't find out how to do it. Then there is the prompting - at least for "More" and "Delete." I found no way to turn off the warnings for each and every operation. Gets really annoying when you are trying to restructure and cleanup folders to have to confirm each operation. Finally their is the problem with "Move." I could not figure out how to move a file from the left to a closed folder on the right without first opening up the destination folder. So if you are trying to reorganize files and folders quickly, this does not seem to be the tool to use for this. FYI: It also crashed on me a couple of times.

Mar 29 2006

1.1.3

Version: 1.1.3

Personally, I like this app a lot more than Path Finder. Thank you so much for making it!

Nedi

Mar 10 2006

1.1.2

4.3

Version: 1.1.2

Great NC-like file manager, being actively developed; the one drawback I found (it installed SmartCrashReports behind the user's back) has been removed in version 1.1.2 - now it asks first, and then stays with your decision. Recommend it to anyone who needs a NC-style file-manager with the NC-shortcuts!

Kymely

Feb 27 2006

1.1.1

Version: 1.1.1

Tried this. It's okay. Really no feature that stands out. Path Finder is eons ahead as far as a viable Finder replacement. But that might change in mid-March when Filerun is unleashed. Check it out: http://www.filerun.info/

The-Valrus

Feb 23 2006

1.1

3.3

Version: 1.1

Just wanted to also chime in about the Norton key combinations. Having them available is a nice thing, to be sure, but the Mac OS defaults should be available as well. People shouldn't have to rearrange their Expose keys just to use this app.

O5220803

Feb 22 2006

3.8

Heh, Still works well with OSX 10.3.9! Thanks for a really nice file mgt. app.

Dougray

This app is really looking up, and I find the side-by-side Norton Commander-style panels very useful. My biggest gripe is it's deviations from OS X standards. For example, the NC shortcuts are nice, but some more Mac-like shortcuts would be better. There is also no "File" menu, which seems just plain wrong. On the aesthetic side, a unified toolbar look would be nice, although at least be consistent across all windows with the current options (e.g., currently, even if you set the style to Aqua, the Spotlight window is still brushed metal). Don't get me wrong, though, these are tweaks not major problems. Overall, this is a nice app.

Jan 19 2006

1.0

Version: 1.0

This is one powerful file manager. Well thought out and designed. Some quirks, but it appears to be evolving into a very comprehensive application that will give Path Finder, Macintosh Explorer, et al, a real run for the money. It's FREE and works well with OSX 10.3.9! Thanks!

Sciascid

Jan 18 2006

it would be nice to have the possibility of customizing shortcuts of operations like copy (F5) move (F6) and so on... Laptop users like me have to use "fn + F5"... and this is quite boring! adopting standard shortcuts like "meta + c" is really better!

John-F-

How do I get a new window after I close it? Only way, it seems, is to close the app and relaunch it. (Using Tiger 10.4.4)

Sasza

Jan 15 2006

1.0b3

Version: 1.0b3

Well, When I switch to Macintosh - Norton like app was one of mainly missing tool. Now we have such one - and that is great ! IMHO: Ability to walk on dir tree with use left/right arrow is a really great idea !!!! BTW: if Xfolders - during walks on dirs - will can remember position of tab in each dir - it will be really comfortable tool for exploring file system - even more comfortable than very famous Norton commander and it's clones.... Also .txt / .pdf viewer launched with F3 and txt editor launched via F4 are little missed.... Any way - I really appreciate developer efforts. Thx you for xFolders !!!!