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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.
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I don't use PathFinder currently and probably won't ever again after seeing the mess that is PathFinder 8.
I contacted the team? behind Path Finder; cocoatech a long time ago about the times when I want to use PathFinder as a complete Finder replacement, including using the desktop portion of Path Finder for the complete package.. It looks terribly wrong with modern macOS - sometime after Mavericks the font and shadows on the desktop hasn't been the same.
I haven't gotten any reply to the feature request. via Twitter.
And now the application is at version 8.6. I would be very surprised if cocoatech changed the font appearance on the desktop for the Show Path Finder Desktop feature. I will revisit my comment after trying the new version which claims to have macOS Catalina compatibility.
So one last time I'm downloading PathFinder 8.x.
Edit .. Less than one minute later and PathFinder is downloaded and tried the Show Path Finder Desktop. It looks no less than awful still. What an oversight..
"I'd like to point out that PF8 is a foundation for further updates and improvements which are coming as soon as our developers deal with the major issues."
So there's apparently multiple developers.
And they sold a foundation as a finished project.
That's like a construction company passing off a foundation as a finished building and saying they'll add rooms later once they finish dealing with the major issues like cracking concrete.
IMO anyone who was duped into buying their "foundation" is owed a refund. We are paying customers, not unwitting beta testers willing to wait god-knows-how-long for the "major issues" to be worked out.
PF8 should never have been released with known MAJOR ISSUES!
Version 7 has its own issues, but at least it's more than a foundation and that's why I've continued using it.
I did say "last I knew", not that it makes a difference how many developers are actually writing PF8. I do know it is a major undertaking writing a front end for any OS. The added features that PF8 brings to the Mac is the reason people purchase his software. What are the major issues you are experiencing? I am sure the Developer would want to know about these major issues in order to fix them.
Duped? Who duped you?
I suggest you stick to the Finder and ask for a refund if you are unhappy.
I tried v8, thought it sucked and reverted to v7.
PF8 was released on 5/23/18.
Eight months later they were still saying there were "major issues."
Well then, IMO all the unsatisfied guinea pigs should have received a refund! They paid for functional, ready-to-use-software, not a broken foundation.
You don't seem to want to state exactly what problems you are having. Your response seems to based on something you read and you don't even have a problem with the software. Am I wrong? Anybody can say pretty much anything on the internet. I am confident that the developer would want to know of a Major Issue. If there was one.
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Did you ask the developer for a refund?
I'm not having ANY problems with PF8 because, AS I SAID, I am using version 7 now after a very brief trial of PF8.
As i said, I did not like it. That's personal experience, not "something I read on the Internet."
Obviously the developer IS aware of major problems because THEY SAID SO in January.
THEY called it a foundation with "major issues," NOT ME.
Someday I may try v9 if PF ever matures that far and is vastly improved. Even with its many flaws I still prefer PF7 to Apple's version.
I keep checking to see if they've got their shit together.
Apparently not, so I'll continue using PF7 for the foreseeable future.
This is a perfect example of why I'll NEVER pay for a subscription to ANY software. I'd be extremely PO'd right now if I'd been paying monthly for software with never-ending problems.
BUILD IT, TEST IT RIGOROUSLY, RELEASE IT.
Cocoatech builds it, releases it and expects paying users to test it.
How, specifically, does it corrupt your ability to use the Finder?
These are strong claims you make that do not coincide with direct experience. I ask you to please provide actual evidence to back this up. Otherwise, please temper your claims.
By the time they kill all the bugs in these shitty beta versions it’ll be time for v9.
There are now more than 20 pages of issues posted in the support forum for v8. http://support.cocoatech.com/discussions/problems