Path Finder

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.)

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.

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.

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.

Subscription model? Been using it since ver 7. Now I am out. Bye.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Cocoatech.. the subscritption model.. why not.. BUT, many have been waiting for File Transfer, a sort of Transmit within Path Finder.

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 :-(

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!

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.

Good but it needs the ability to resize text throughout the browser, to include the Sidebar.

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.

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.

I purchased the Path Finder in high hopes. Everything worked until I noticed trouble with icloud sync. I could not make .icloud work within Path Finder. Their support sent me a generic web link. I thereafter sent 7 emails asking for a refund. One excuse was my email went to the spam folder (I was using THEIR ticketing system!!). Multiple times support told me, we have "pinged" sales. But NO response. I have disputed with the bank. What a nasty poor customer service!

Hi guys, There is some good, yes excellent good news for all those who loved to use this tremendous piece of software and were upset and saddened to see their beloved file manager on macOS dramatically spiraling downwards during the last couple of years, turning from engineering marvel and Swiss Army knife of file management into a piece of junk. And as most mac users did, I switched to Forklift and banned Path Finder permanently from all my computers. And then, a month or so ago, I received an email from ‘Cocoatech’ with the announcement of the release of the latest version of their product and yeah, I gave it another try. I installed it on both Intel and Silicon Macs running Monterey with a heavy load of settings - graphics, iCloud and NAS. And guess what!!! Wow! It proved to be a good move! To my astonishment, it ran smoothly like it used to do in the good all days (till Mojave) without settings vanishing on a next startup nor crashing or hanging. And I noticed I can even use "preview" on files stored and shared on the NAS, which is not possible with Forklift. So, I would say, give it a try and you will experience Path Finder Reborn! Note: I have nothing to see with Cocoatech, I am just a Mac user living in Belgium and waiting for the pandemic to end in order to be able to return to Japan and spend a couple of months in Kyoto as I used to.

The updating of external and network drives is very poor. The view is simply not updated and you cannot see the current status. The Finder is always up to date here. Please fix this!