A file manager for OSX and replacement for the native Finder.
Pathfinder is a file manager for OSX, which replaces the native Finder app. It's sold and supported by Cocoatech.
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How to paste into selected folder using "Path Finder" on Mac?
Using the Mac app, Path Finder, how can I paste a file into a folder I've selected with my keyboard? By "selected", I mean it gets highlighted with a blue background.
I'm looking to do this without first navigating to that folder. The point with…
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Path Finder: How to sort files by date, but folders by name?
This is possible in Total Commander.
How can I make such separate sorting in Path Finder as well?
I like to sort files by date, but I don't see any point in sorting folders this way - they just jump all around when I touch a file in them (but not in…
Andy
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How can I connect to my linux server with Mac using the credentials of one of the users on the linux box?
How can I connect to my linux server with Mac (Finder and/or Pathfinder apps) using the credentials of one of the users on the linux box?? I am using SMB.
The linux box is running Centos 6, Mac is Mountain Lion.
Right now it only connects as root,…
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Pathfinder: Where did the `gz` expand to?
Sometimes compressed files do not expand to their like directory names (e.g., what.zip expands to the what directory). How can I figure out where Pathfinder (or Finder, I think) is expanding stuff to?
Dan Rosenstark
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What are the pros of using Path Finder?
What are the pros of using Path Finder, and not Finder?
Could I not get some of the features of Path Finder by adding Applescript scripts to the stock Finder?
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Stop `exit` from running
When I run terminal within Pathfinder, typing exit is just a mistake (blocks the Window for nothing).
How may I
Figure out I'm in Pathfinder
Suppress exit in Zshell if I am in Pathfinder?
Dan Rosenstark
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Nano in Pathfinder Terminal Shows 2-Line Header
I use nano (= pico) for editing git commits in my terminal window. I'm trying to use the terminal in PathFinder but this happens:
There are almost no settings for Path Finder. Is there anything I can do for my terminal?
Dan Rosenstark
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Why does AI CS6's menu version of Pathfinder > Divide do nothing while the panel version works?
In Adobe Illustrator CS6, there is a menu item, Effect > Pathfinder > Divide, which I expect should take two overlaying vector shapes and divide one on the line segments of the other. It fails. On the other hand, if I use the Pathfinder panel and…
Michael Prescott
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Path Finder execute .app
As title says, is there a hotkey to execute a .app package from within Path Finder?
If you double-click/tap on a .app, Path Finder navigates into its package content. Is this maybe a setting that can be changed, if so, where?
I found out that (using…
Michahell
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Reveal in PathFinder/Finder
We are using AppleScript to reveal files from our application in the Finder.
If a user has alternatives, e.g., PathFinder, installed as a replacement for Finder, how we can find our what application to tell the AppleScript commands?
Mike L.
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Copy / restore files from Time Machine Backup Volume without Permission Denied Error
On new MacBooks (Big Sur, 11.2.3, M1) disk space is costly, because there is no alternative to apple parts. So i have NOT used Migration Assistant, to copy over all the old files from Time Machine Backup. (Same user name & number on the new Mac)
But…
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What is the difference between a normal C:\ drive & an -IC:\ Drive in A windows Machine
Recently, Just now tried to install PyGTK for building python User Interface Modules.
Just to mess around With, But It's Saying Can't install PyGTK Without PyObject,
So I Also tried to install this via pip install inside a command line tool,
But I…
Ryan Stone
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Looking to add a background inside logo, but not outside
logo with transparent interior and background
I have the blue background offset so you can see the logo in transparent. Essentially I want the inside of the wheel and text to be blue, but I do not want any of the blue on the outside of the logo.
I…
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Path From A->B in Dual Browser in Pathfinder?
This is something that every dual-browser file manager does with no problem: I would like to change directories in one half of the dual browser to the directory in the other half. How can this be done?
Dan Rosenstark
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