I only ever used it to get narrow tabs and full-color labels back in the Finder. So worth the money, when it (hopefully) gets upgraded for Big Sur I will happily pay for a new license.
I loved totalfinder in previous OS's but currently, it requires you to turn off system integrity protection to get it to work. That is too much of a sacrifice for convenience.
I've been hoping they'd implement background color in List view (the reason why I still prefer XtraFinder — in 10.11). TotalFinder offers other interesting features, so I'll keep an eye on it for when I switch to Mojave someday — where I won't need background color, I suppose, if I use it in Dark mode...
Very buggy on Big Sur, and it's the same bugs from the last time I tried it; it makes two sets of tabs, the Finder's and its own. Only the Finder tabs work, TF's tabs all show the same view.
I've been using this app for several years and it would be really hard for me to do without it. It's the only app I know that has a double window with independent menus and the visor mode is just amazing.
It became a Buggy app on macOS Mojave.
I am too tired to tell all, so I just left an example,
If you open DMG file, "Tab" function will be broken.
This developer is very weak. According to Acknowledgements in this app, I think he just collected some Free Projects on GitHub, and make "TotalFinder."
So now, he cannot handle this app, cannot solve any Critical bug.
I think I will delete this app.
There are a couple notes I wanted to leave after trying TF again this morning after a few years not using it. The first: everyone already knows, is it requires disabling SIP to use, and run. The second, which was the main one that frustrated me personally, and why I uninstalled it again, was, it resized all my Finder windows, after install, and opening a window. I uninstalled it, and opened a window that was my original size and navigated in that window to the one that had been resized to restore it. I haven't used TotalFinder since before El Capitan as I just haven't needed the features, even though I paid for a license for it. When I used it, I loved what it had to offer. If there is a way to stop it from resizing windows, I'll try it again.
Thanks.
P.S. I forgot to mention in the original post that I tried TF version 1.11.8 (latest) I tried it on Mojave 10.14.3 (latest release.) 27" 5K iMac.
Love This Add-On but One Wish..... I adore the ability to merge two open windows - that was a genius design move. I love the old-school labels - kudos on that as well. There are a lot of GREAT features and this was well worth my $12 for the superb-but-subtle added functionality. My ONE WISH (Binary Age - you listening?) would be to add the old-school Window Shade Effect where you double-click on the top bar of any window and it rolls UP so you just see the name of the window (e.g. Desktop, Documents, specific personal folder, etc) and the top bar. I LOVED that in older Mac OS versions and have always paid to add that feature when they took it out, but now its impossible to find. BINARY AGE - Please Add A Window Shade Effect !!! Thank you for listening. :) p.s. Using on High Sierra without a glitch.
A fantastic app. After trying Path Finder and Commander One I went with Total Finder as it is fast, unobtrusive and I love the ability to show/hide a dual pane finder window with the tap of a hot key. Runs perfectly on High Sierra. Highly Recommended.
Pathfinder is great, but just too complicated for anyone but true power users. If all you want is extra Finder functionality that puts everything you could want (including mac utilities) a click or two away, TotalFinder is near perfect. One complaint...it crashes a bit too often.
I was so sick of having to focus on a side before applying an action in Path Finder that I switched to TotalFinder which toolboxes in dual mode on each side are linked to the side they're on (logical!). However I have a couple of little gripes.. toolbar tools like DropBox or Defautl folder's DFX.app always open on the right side in dual Mode, even if invoked from the left.. and the DFX drawer app does not work with TF.. Apart from that great app, no memory hog (which is a big plus).. and for those worrying about SIP deactivation.. it is only temporary as you first install TF then you can reactivate SIP (and updates are applied without having to touch SIP again).
What's New
Version 1.10.9:
Fixed and improved Crash Watcher app. Uploading crash reports stopped working.
Fixed flaky redrawing of Colored Labels in List View mode.
Fixed alias files losing Colored Labels.
Fixed Visor refocus behavior.
Well actually latest release is 1.10.10 and doesn't solve @ all Crash Watcher app. problem which continue to crash. This time only when restarting,
Still has major problems integrating with System. Finder slowing down, dragging windows by lower side makes a mess. and so on...
Tested XtraFinder and frankly seem more stable,
Running totally transparently (except for the features) on a 6,1 MacPro under 10.13.4 - no hiccups, no wierdness at all, just cool colored labels and Finder enhancements. It is a bit of an effort to install by first disabling then re-enabling SIP, but the last time it had to be done was within 10.12.12. Decent price (a one-timer) as well. Same for it's companion app, TotalSpaces.
If I had to have just one app installed on my Mac this would be it. I work with a lot of files and the features it brings to Finder such as dual pane, tabbed browsing, and cut and paste are must haves and should be baked into the OS.
TotalFinder for Mac offers a number of powerful upgrades over the default tools found in the OS X Finder.
I tested TotalFinder on Macbook Pro 13 (mid-2012) the application was fast ... no CPU slowdown. The latest version is compatible with High seirra 10.13.2 and with a beautiful design and various tools and with an easy to use menu.
I highly recommend buying this app and I give 5 stars
I've come to continuously switch among TotalFinder, ExtraFinder and Finder... Every now and then, their updates become unstable or too buggy. This again is the case with TotalFinder 1.10.5, in which I've found two bugs already (after a few hours use): small triangle buttons disappear from folders in some tabs--making it impossible to open them unless leaving the tab--without any discernible pattern of folder types or contents, and coloured tags do not show when page is scrolled up or down (this applies to newly visible items, the ones that were originally visible have the coloured strip as they should). In the latter case, the "new" items have only colour buttons as in the original Finder. Furthermore, the coloured strip can extend all the way across the page or stop in the first column. Both bugs have been reported to the BinaryAge but their only way to do so is by posting the info on the Forum, which is kind of weird and inefficient (admittedly, you can contact them directly but they kind of discourage this by suggestion to limit such contacts to "e.g. lost licence, etc."). It's on MacBook Pro 9,2 and running macOS 10.13.1.
Latest update causes finder to crashing 10.13.2 beta 4 and preferences have to be deleted to bring finder back. Now going to xtrafinder which is far less buggy
Can't be recommeded from my side. Total Finder run's very unstable and crashes during every session on my MacBook (late 2008, 10.11) or iMac (late 2015, 10.12). Of course all requierd things like disabling SIP (boot from recovery, run terminal and insert csrutil disable) are performed in advance, but no success to get Total Finder to run smoothely.
I recommend to use Xtra Finder, which is totally free and runs perfectly on all my computers without any crashes.
TotalFinder is up to version 1.8.1.
BTW, it IS POSSIBLE to use TotalFinder with SIP fully enabled, you just have to partially disable SIP, install, move some files, then re-enable SIP:
http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/system-osax
Version 1.8.1 is running very stable for me under 10.11.6 and 10.12.1, with CUSTOM colored sidebar icons.
As of this date, there is Version 1.8.x available now, compatible with Sierra, El Cap, Yosemite and Mavericks. I'm running with the modified SIP setting that allows code injection but still protects against access to system folders and have no issues. Additionally, look at the developers work around that allows to install TF and then RE-ENABLE SIP completely afterwards, for the best of both worlds.
see my post here under user Michael1 on how to get custom icons in the sidebar
http://discuss.binaryage.com/t/feature-request-custom-icons-in-sidebar/4663/4
still works in Sierra
I think we should remember about tasks when talking about file managers. It is not a habit-question, it’s question about features, which you need for your work. For example Total Finder. They’re talking that it’s the big brother to Finder. But it is problem! Because it doesn’t have features, which power users need (unlike Nimble Commander, for instance): finder-like column view, live filtering by typing, archives browsing, file coloring filter etc. May be it’s not necessary for regular users, but it is for IT specialist. That’s why plenty of them chose more powerful file managers.
Long time user of TotalFinder, and still use it on my Yosemite machines (where I give it 5 stars), but it really shouldn't be listed as compatible with 10.11.4. Even the ReadMe file included with the v1.7.12 update says "Not compatible with El Capitan without a system tweak." The term "compatible" implies no need to tweak anything, much less the OS itself.
The release notes of the latest version says "NEW: Compatibility with OS X 10.11.4. El Capitan".
Is it now finally possible to install TotalFinder w/o disabling SIP?
(There is still the warning about installing TF w/ SIP disabled on the developers homepage?)
Is it now fully El Capitan compatible or not?
Compatible OS X El Capitan à condition de désactivé la sécurité SIP "System Integrity Protection" qui est quand même une grosse sécurité contre les attaques susceptible de modifier des fichiers systèmes. Du coup, pour moi, Total Finder n'est pas compatible avec El Capitan.
Here is an honest, but disgusting statement from an Apple employee regarding Apple's end-game for app's like TotalFinder:
Apple's end game is to push for apps they approve via the MAS. If an app gets into system [root] settings, they won't approve it. Using SIP will deny its use, thus forming an end game. Either the developer abides by set rules via the MAS (OS X Mac App Store) or the app/developer folds.
I am a long-time user of TotalFinder, having purchased it in November of 2010. At that time -- and in consecutive updates prior to Yosemite -- TotalFinder worked great. It gave me tabbed windows prior to Apple introducing them in Yosemite, as well as colorful icons in the sidebar.
Then Yosemite came along, followed by El Capitan, and tabbed windows became an integral part of Mac OS X. But we also lost our colorful sidebar icons and were forced to accept Apple's bland gray color scheme. Blah! I still don't like it!
More headaches -- for developers and end users alike -- ensued with the introduction of SIP, or System Integrity Protection. While I obviously understand the necessity of SIP, nevertheless, suddenly, it became a hassle to install third-party apps such as TotalFinder.
Personally, after jumping through the "Disable SIP Hoop" a number of times, I finally surrendered to Apple and stopped using TotalFinder, because I now had the tabbed windows that I needed built into the system.
But to be honest, I still miss the colored sidebar icons and an easy, risk-free way to keep folders on top, without having to tweak something somewhere in the System files.
All that to say this: While TotalFinder was great in its day, sadly -- and as the developer notes on the page below -- its days are numbered for a variety of reasons. So before you disable SIP and decide to install TotalFinder, I encourage you to read what the developer has to say here:
http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/system-integrity-protection
I'm one of those Mac Users who likes the Old Function that Apple in their always Infinite Wisdom (#snark) has removed from their Recent OSs: Always Open Folders in New Windows.
Does this return this old Function?
version 1.7.8 is the current version. According to the developer's website, it is "Compatible with OS X 10.9 and 10.10", but "Not compatible with OS X 10.11: needs a tweak!"
Keep it coming. Disabling SIP is necessary and it's not a deal breaker. The latest TotalFinder was released 10.11.15 (how appropriate) and it now colors the sidebar again. Under 10.11. There are a number of these highly usable system mods that SIP broke. Have faith - this developer is among the talented.
I'm about to upgrade to El Capitan, si it's time to say goodbye to Total Finder. There is essential software I can not use my Mac without, including Carbon Copy Cloner/Chronosync, Default Folder and 'till today, Total Finder. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the developers for this essential piece of software.
The newest version (1.7.3) is working great for me in 10.11 after disabling SIP. You also need to disable SIP to use cDock, LiteIcon, Default Folder and I'm sure many other tweaks. Here are instructions:
http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/system-integrity-protection
Yet another way Apple restricts us from using third party apps that do the things they leave out of their own system software. I can't imagine Finder without TotalFinder, but I'm sure I'll survive.
FWIW, here's a link to the developer's site on how to completely uninstall TotalFinder using Terminal if you've already installed El Capitan. It works flawlessly, I used it on two Macs.
R.I.P. Total Finder!
I just installed El Capitan. Too bad Apple has done this to you. I loved you, but now I must part ways with you.
If you are not upgrading to El Capitan, by all means... get this!
