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Path Finder
Path Finder
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Path Finder free download for Mac

Path Finder

Powerful, award-winning Finder alternative.

3.9
Based on 327 user ratesRead reviews & comments
$29.95
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Path Finder overview

Path Finder makes you a master of file management. Take full control over your file system. Save your time: compare and synchronize folders, view hidden files, use Dual Pane and full keyboard navigation to browse your file system. Work how you want: extreme customization allows you to access most tools in many different ways to suit your workflow. Work seamlessly with other platforms: don't leave any hidden .DS_Store files on non-Mac volumes, delete files securely and completely with the powerful delete feature from any volume type, search any network volume.

Features
  • View and manipulate hidden files
  • Dual Pane View
  • Full keyboard navigation
  • Folder comparison and synchronization
  • Folder merging
  • Batch renaming
  • Powerful file filtering
  • One-click dual-pane copy
  • Bookmarks and Tab Presets
  • ACL editor
  • File tagging
  • Editable Path Navigator
  • Powerful low-level search
  • Smart sorting
  • Advanced selection
  • Integrated terminal
  • Integrated text and image editors

Unfortunately, we no longer support nor distribute PF5 or below. Click here to learn how to upgrade to a current version.

What’s new in version 2155

Updated on Jun 19 2023

  • Fixed thumbnail based QuickLook for some file types.
  • Fixed downloading of older versions of Path Finder in the Registration window.
  • Double-click on Dual Pane divider snaps the divider in the middle position.
View older Path Finder updates

Information

License

Shareware

Size

23.7 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.cocoatech.io/

Downloads

228204

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • Apple Silicon
  • macOS 10.13 or later
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What customer like

Customization
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Performance

What needs improvements

Support
Bug fixing
Price

Path Finder qualities

Value
2.1
Ease of use
3.6
Features
3.7
Reliability
2.7
Customer support
1.4

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Anon-Bud
Anon-Bud
Mar 10 2024
2155
2.0
Mar 10 2024
2.0
Version: 2155
Company has gone bad. I emailed sales support three times last to cancel my subscription and they did not. Now I have just received an email letting me know that my subscription will renew later in the week. I cannot can el because I no longer have the app. Support still refuses to acknowledge my emails. I am thinking about contacting my lawyer. Used to be a great company. No longer.....
zlazkow
zlazkow
Jun 20 2023
2155
2.0
Jun 20 2023
2.0
Version: 2155
Forget PF. Any of these are excellent: "Commander One" (FREE), ForkLift, muCommander, Nimble Commander...and some more.
zlazkow
zlazkow
May 2 2023
2151
2.0
May 2 2023
2.0
Version: 2151
I was surprised today when I was presented with "this license for version 10 has expired", while starting the application. There are so many file management software today on the market, and far better than PF, and without "subscription" scheme, to choose which one to use is a piece of cake. Every day a new file management application coming to Macupdate. Pathfinder and those who are on "subscription" band wagon are losers.
Graphic-Mac
Graphic-Mac
Mar 26 2023
2151
2.0
Mar 26 2023
2.0
Version: 2151
I recently decided to compare Path Finder and Forklift. I love the features of Path Finder, but it's just way too buggy – especially if you use the Quit Finder and use Path Finder as the file handler features. In the end, I went with Forklift. It has fewer features and cannot completely replace the Finder as the default file handler as easily as Path Finder, but is stable and still offers a perpetual license option (you get a year of updates, but you can keep using that version until it no longer runs - then pay again when and if you want updates.)
A-w
A-w
Nov 28 2022
10.2
0.0
Nov 28 2022
0.0
Version: 10.2
After switching to a subscription model, the Path Finder developers will have to pay me a yearly "Loyal Customer Fee" of € 50 in order to make me consider a Path Finder subscription.
Maclover1-1
Maclover1-1
Oct 31 2022
10.2
2.5
Oct 31 2022
2.5
Version: 10.2
Even if they are proposing a 'regular license' option again, the 'Upload to the Cloud' is way too little too late (a gimmick IMO). I'd consider using PF again if it had a true ftp/file transfer built-in. Been using Forklift for quite a while now, even though it has fewer bells and whistles as a Finder replacement.
nikabuz
nikabuz
Oct 14 2022
10.2
3.0
Oct 14 2022
3.0
Version: 10.2
It's a powerful alternative to the Finder, with lots of features, but too buggy to recommend. It seems to have gotten worse with the new M1 silicon Macs. I am not impressed with the new subscription model either.
ottffssentz
ottffssentz
Jul 3 2022
10.2
0.0
Jul 3 2022
0.0
Version: 10.2
Subscription model? Been using it since ver 7. Now I am out. Bye.
Nanchatte
Nanchatte
Mar 27 2022
10.2
0.0
Mar 27 2022
0.0
Version: 10.2
LOL... subscriptions are for chumps... Sayonara. Got a perpetual licence for Better Finder and paid a significant fee for four apps, I only needed one... But I support the perpetual model so bought the whole bundle to support the
Mart°n
Mart°n
Mar 10 2022
10.2
0.0
Mar 10 2022
0.0
Version: 10.2
I’m also out with the new subscription model. I’m a user since version 4 and have done all upgrades since then, even during the great rebuilt of v7 and 8 of which the first was not usable at all and the second one still had some great bugs. But I like PathFinder and liked to support the developer. But with upgrade pricing or it’s inclusion in a Mac Bundle, my average yearly cost over the last years have been less than 15$. Now the subscription model ties you in an on top of that doubles the price. I don’t use PF that often, only when there are special needs. For those, I may replace it with ForkLift (which I’m also a user of) or maybe will by a monthly plan 2 times a year, when there’s really a need for PF. While I can understand the shift towards a subscription model, I can’t justify the price for my use. Maybe it works for the Dev and some loyal or enterprise users. But semi-pros or occasional users will probably not chime in. There are, however other models, the Dev may consider. With Mellel for example, you pay for one year of upgrades but can keep and run that last version as long as you like. Only if you need updates after that year, you have to pay again. This way, part-time users which also may skip every second macOS update still have a chance to join the user circle.
Frodo-life
Frodo-life
Feb 25 2022
10.2
2.0
Feb 25 2022
2.0
Version: 10.2
Path Finder user since version one, foolishly updated from 10 - 11 because PathFinder does not mention price or move to a subscription model anywhere in update notes. I like PF but it's still quite buggy and I definitely don't pay a Subscription for it. So I rolled back to V10 but now my paid username and serial don't work anymore. Two support tickets were lodged but no reply. What a Con
streblov
streblov
Feb 25 2022
10.2
0.0
Feb 25 2022
0.0
Version: 10.2
I have used PathFinder since version 3 and it has been an indispensable tool on all my Macs. But version 10 is the last version that I will be using since the subscription model is a real no go for me. I found that ForkLift offers most of the file management capabilities that I use in PathFinder. Plus it's an excellent FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/GoogleDrive...-Client. And it is cheaper. So for me ForkLift is a perfect replacement for PathFinder.
Big77
Big77
Feb 23 2022
10.2
0.0
Feb 23 2022
0.0
Version: 10.2
Pathfinder still has some great features but it is getting harder and harder to use -- a lot of window real estate is taken by windowed options. Maybe if everything worked smoothly it'd be worth it, but bugs pile up and support posts go answered. And as others have noted, it is now fully a subscription. You don't continue to pay, then you no longer use the software. It's simply not worth that to me. I feel trust has been broken -- the developer made many promises about how their pricing will work (e.g. "We don't force you log in like other modern apps"). Instead they substantially raised the price, cut the number of activations and the product stops working after the subscription period. And they try to justify it with absurd statements like "The credit card processing company we use for example only handles subscriptionss"! All confidence is lost, cocoatech has shown their dishonesty. Trust is not easily regained. I'm no longer a customer.
Maclover1-1
Maclover1-1
Feb 17 2022
10.2
2.5
Feb 17 2022
2.5
Version: 10.2
Cocoatech.. the subscritption model.. why not.. BUT, many have been waiting for File Transfer, a sort of Transmit within Path Finder.
pettifogger0712
pettifogger0712
Feb 17 2022
10.2
0.0
Feb 17 2022
0.0
Version: 10.2
Cocoatech's Path Finder 2021 has scrapped the once-off payment for a PF licence in favour of a licencing system whereby users pay per month/for six months/per year. Generally, if I buy a piece of software I'd like to pay for it once - and once only - and use it for as long as I want to until I see fit to pay for an upgrade to the next version. I've been using Path Finder since October 2007 when I bought v.4 but v.10 will sadly be the last one I'll be using :-(
Albertkinng
Albertkinng
Feb 15 2022
10.2
0.0
Feb 15 2022
0.0
Version: 10.2
I've been using Pathfinder since version 1. Now it seems they are struggling for survival, and they partnered with another company. They did an eye-candy upgrade and because they're using a new code from their partners they want you to subscribe. I upgrade every 2 years, and when I do is because I have a new Mac and I can be up-to-date with my OS I mean, I have Macs running Snow leopard for work reasons. I don't want to feel obligated to pay every month or year to use a tool. If I buy a hammer, it is because I want to use it when I needed. Now they want you to pay for the privilege of using their add-on app that by the way IS NOT PERFECT, and it's full of bugs… that they basically ignored. I still have a list right here. Also, version 11 still doesn't have an FTP to rely on. They don't care of costumers like me that bought the first version and keep upgrading till today. So, to make the story short, I bought one year subscription to try it out and report / review everywhere the experience. They want people paying well, they better offer a luxury hammer that doesn't fail, then. Otherwise, I will be jumping to the closest alternative Forklift. Subscription…. My GOD!
ben-marko
ben-marko
Feb 3 2022
10.2
3.0
Feb 3 2022
3.0
Version: 10.2
Finally had to let this one go. It started off well, but then it started to become very unstable, crashing 4-5 times a day. The inability to resize text in the Sidebar and icons in the Toolbar are not show-stoppers, but they really need to be adjustable for people with poor vision. It would also be nice if the tab bar could go on top of the window, and not buried under the Toolbar - where they look really out of place. But they are narrow tabs, which is more than I can say for Apple's design choices. I can't recommend this app until customer support and features get some serious attention.
ben-marko
ben-marko
Jan 14 2022
10.2
3.0
Jan 14 2022
3.0
Version: 10.2
Good but it needs the ability to resize text throughout the browser, to include the Sidebar.
farzadrabiee1
farzadrabiee1
Dec 4 2021
10.2
0.0
Dec 4 2021
0.0
Version: 10.2
Their product (PathFinder) is perfect but seems they don't have any plan to support the problems. I already bought the Path Finder 10 and can't activate it. Also sent 3 times emails to them and mentioned the issue but still haven't gotten any answer from them yet. Even they don't check their Twitter account. That's funny seems they created an Application and just disappeared.
r-m-onderwater
r-m-onderwater
Dec 1 2021
10.2
0.0
Dec 1 2021
0.0
Version: 10.2
Powerfull and awesome interface as a filemanager. I am a PF user for many years now. If you use GoogleDrive PF is totaly useless. You can't use your Gdrive normally. If you drag it in your favorites this is only temporary as it disappears. PF also crashes every now and then while using Gdrive. I was forced to use old Finder again as GoogleDrive had become my main data container.
Anon-Bud
Anon-Bud
Mar 10 2024
2155
2.0
Mar 10 2024
2.0
Version: 2155
to6e
to6e
Oct 7 2023
2155
5.0
Oct 7 2023
5.0
Version: 2155
zlazkow
zlazkow
May 2 2023
2151
2.0
May 2 2023
2.0
Version: 2151
Graphic-Mac
Graphic-Mac
Mar 26 2023
2151
2.0
Mar 26 2023
2.0
Version: 2151
Konstantin-3d89e764
Konstantin-3d89e764
Feb 15 2023
10.2
2.0
Feb 15 2023
2.0
Version: 10.2
firewall00110-1
firewall00110-1
Jun 3 2022
10.2
1.0
Jun 3 2022
1.0
Version: 10.2
firewall00110
firewall00110
Nov 25 2021
10.2
2.0
Nov 25 2021
2.0
Version: 10.2
opexxx
opexxx
Sep 12 2021
10.1.2
5.0
Sep 12 2021
5.0
Version: 10.1.2
galaxysmart
galaxysmart
Aug 31 2021
10.1.2
1.0
Aug 31 2021
1.0
Version: 10.1.2
tddisc-1
tddisc-1
Feb 10 2021
5.0
Feb 10 2021
5.0
Version: null
skyeword
skyeword
Feb 3 2021
3.0
Feb 3 2021
3.0
Version: null
ahmedhatata-ah
ahmedhatata-ah
Jan 23 2021
5.0
Jan 23 2021
5.0
Version: null
jorco
jorco
Dec 24 2020
1.0
Dec 24 2020
1.0
Version: null
Manwithamission
Manwithamission
Dec 21 2020
1.0
Dec 21 2020
1.0
Version: null
dwp-1
dwp-1
Dec 20 2020
5.0
Dec 20 2020
5.0
Version: null
Frodo-life
Frodo-life
Dec 13 2020
2.0
Dec 13 2020
2.0
Version: null
Kitmos
Kitmos
Dec 12 2020
2.0
Dec 12 2020
2.0
Version: null
LeMerlot
LeMerlot
Dec 11 2020
5.0
Dec 11 2020
5.0
Version: null
Mac007
Mac007
Dec 6 2020
4.0
Dec 6 2020
4.0
Version: null
K34566
K34566
Oct 26 2020
1.0
Oct 26 2020
1.0
Version: null
wschauweker
wschauweker
Jun 20 2020
1.0
Jun 20 2020
1.0
Version: null
KatRoss
KatRoss
Jun 20 2020
2.0
Jun 20 2020
2.0
Version: null
briceio
briceio
Apr 17 2020
3.0
Apr 17 2020
3.0
Version: null
Simons
Simons
Apr 10 2020
2.0
Apr 10 2020
2.0
Version: null
kengler412
kengler412
Mar 24 2020
2.0
Mar 24 2020
2.0
Version: null
Yoshita
Yoshita
Mar 1 2020
2.0
Mar 1 2020
2.0
Version: null
Londonskater
Londonskater
Jan 22 2020
1.0
Jan 22 2020
1.0
Version: null
Amgwanagitbhuti
Amgwanagitbhuti
Jan 19 2020
3.0
Jan 19 2020
3.0
Version: null
mhicks-1
mhicks-1
Jan 16 2020
2.0
Jan 16 2020
2.0
Version: null
stefanoskaklamanis
stefanoskaklamanis
Jan 9 2020
2.0
Jan 9 2020
2.0
Version: null
2stepbay
2stepbay
Dec 21 2019
3.0
Dec 21 2019
3.0
Version: null
Heinzy
Heinzy
Nov 26 2019
3.0
Nov 26 2019
3.0
Version: null
Dixie44
Dixie44
Oct 8 2019
3.0
Oct 8 2019
3.0
Version: null
learnit77
learnit77
Jul 19 2019
5.0
Jul 19 2019
5.0
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john-1234
john-1234
Jun 30 2019
3.0
Jun 30 2019
3.0
Version: null
Widber
Widber
Jun 17 2019
4.0
Jun 17 2019
4.0
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Saratxe
Saratxe
May 26 2019
3.0
May 26 2019
3.0
Version: null
Xipper
Xipper
Jan 14 2019
0.5
Jan 14 2019
0.5
Version: null
Maclover1-1
Maclover1-1
Oct 28 2018
2.5
Oct 28 2018
2.5
Version: null
rw49
rw49
Oct 28 2018
4.5
Oct 28 2018
4.5
Version: null
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