Path Finder

10.0.1

10.0.1

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I'm still in love with Pathfinder, although the time with PF8 was filled with rough experiences and feels like an abusive relationship in hindsight. At the same time, PF seems to be back to a 18month release schedule. Upgrade price was 18$ this time... (by the way, all PF8 users got promised 12month of up to date usage, seems somehow fair). I'm happy the developers keep working on it and I'm willing to continue the ride, but they are cashing in on my good will at the moment. If it's another rough ride, I'll hand in the divorce papers for sure. But for now, I'm still willing to let the app be my work horse on the mac.

Used pathfinder and rode the upgrading/support horse for years - but in my opinion it has now become subscription app in perpetual license clothing. An offering with every release of more and more unnecessary, micro-features which I can help but feel is only to justify yet another upgrade cost, coupled compatibility adjustments without which older versions become increasingly redundant. No file manager should require 10 paid for versions. It's a supposed to be a file manager but it feels like it now needs a course to learn how to use it. This defeats the core purpose of a file manager. Pathfinder team - sadly in my opinion - you have lost the path - I hope you find it again!

I've been using PF since its launch, many years ago. I think the developer does his utmost best to make a full time file manager that is very customizable and FULL featured. I love this app, it takes time getting used to using it as your file manager but once you get used to all the extra features it will be difficult going back to the Finder. Last I knew the developer worked on this program for a living. I am really tired of all the complaints regarding the upgrade pricing. You complainers, do you have any idea at all, what it takes to develop a software product like PathFinder? Trying to keep up with all the changes that Apples makes to the Finder from year to year and keep PF current, is a full time job in it self. Give this Indie developer a break. If you don't want to pay for the upgrades, then don't upgrade. New features are't for free. Please stop complaining he needs to eat and the complaints look bad for PF. Leave your reviews based on the quality of PF, not the upgrade fees.

been supporting PathFinder for years but the high upgrade price for a buggy application has taken it's toll, I wont be upgrading again....

Not going to be suckered into paying for yet another upgrade to PF.

I've been using Path Finder for some time now and it works as advertised for me. If any problems come up I will update my review. I have not yet updated to Big Sur so no comments for now.

tried it. I judge by first impression during first 10-15 minutes. The interface is very confusing . Tried unsuccessfully to figure out.

Pathfinder was a great app at one time. It used to improve your productivity on the mac tremendously. Now after using it for over 10 years I have to say I don't recommend it. It has finally become unproductive to use. The user interface that was so simple at one time, has got so complicated and now has so many options that you now waste hours trying to figure out how to get the darn software to work. It is very easy to change your user interface by accidentally clicking some icon you don't know what is for, then find out some key feature you were using disappears. Then you have to spend hours trying to figure out how to get it back again. This wipes out all of the productivity gains from using the product in the first place. The developers have continued to add more and more features (the software disease known as 'feature creep') until the software can now do everything, but you need a Phd to use it. Everytime you use it, if you haven't used it for a week or so you have to re-read the manual. The developers have completely lost the plot. They should instead do some user testing and remove 80 percent of the features getting it down to a very basic and very simple product that was the original idea. So sad to see a yet another great product absolutely ruined by feature creep. I hope the developers read this and spend the next year creating a separate product (they can keep the old one for geeks), that has a minimal set of features that have been cleverly designed to be intuitive. I don't recommend this product at all now, and that comes from someone who has been using it for 10 years.