Alternative to mucommander3/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Ls -la # list content in current directoryĬd # change directory (change to home directory without arguments passed) Some Basic Commands: CTRL T # open new tab in terminal Not to invalidate your question, but I think it is an alternative for some people to learn the basics of the (roughly spoken Unix-oide) command line vocabulary - which in macOS is represented by the Terminal app with a 'Zsh' (Z Shell), while previously 'Bash' was the default (most common). I got used to Finder over time, but also using the command line for certain tasks. I have to use Windows at work and also use some Windows PCs at home so, if possible, I would prefer to make this aspect of my Mac experience similar to its MS brethren.Īsked myself the same (a long time ago) and never found a satisfactory solution. But if your brain is wired by 30 years of Windows use then it's very hard to feel like finder wasn't designed to frustrate you. I.e., five clicks and two keystrokes to do the work of a single click-drag over to the folder tree.ĭon't get me wrong: I'm sure if macOS is all you've known then you have it all worked out, so I'm not trying to be difficult. So, in my current understanding of finder, my hypothetical file move would require that I click on the file, press cmd c, click on Macintosh SSD in the status bar, click on folder5, click on folder6, click on folder7, and press cmd v. In the sidebar I have a bunch of stuff like AirDrop that I never use, but to get anything useful listed there I have to manually add it as a favourite and it's stored in a flat list with no representation of the underlying hierarchy. On macOS I can't figure out a way to move between folders in different branches of the tree without using the Go To function (which requires I know and type the path of the target folder) or first navigating to the root of the filesystem and then navigating my way down the second branch of the tree. If I am browsing folder4 and I want to go and look in folder6 but can't remember its exact name, I can just click on it in the tree view. On my windows computer, if I have a file that is at C:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\ and I want to move it to C:\folder5\folder6\folder7\ I just drag the file over to the target folder in the tree view. I saw lots of people asking for a File Explorer clone online (suggesting there's a market for one), but I couldn't find any satisfactory solutions. (1) in list view the root of the tree is not guaranteed to be the root of the entire filesystem, (2) in list view the whole folder tree is shown in the same pane as the contents of the current folder, (3) in column view the leftmost column is not guaranteed to be the root of the entire file system, (4) in column view going more than a few layers into the hierarchy causes horizontal scrolling, (5) column view truncates long filenames. I am aware that I can change the default view in Finder, but this presents various problems. It would also be great if a folder's contents displayed subfolders above other files and if all folders' contents are neatly sorted by name by default. ![]() I am really struggling to get along with Finder and wondered if, in 2022, there's a good alternative that is similar in design philosophy to Windows' File Explorer? In particular, what I am really missing is an always-visible hierarchical view of the entire filesystem in the form of a folder tree, alongside a pane showing the contents of the currently selected folder. ![]()
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