What are the best plugins for Mac Finder?

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What are the best plugins for Mac Finder?

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Best plugins for Mac Finder	Price	Last Updated
-- XtraFinder	-	Jul 7, 2023
-- TotalFinder	$12	Aug 10, 2023

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XtraFinder

Top Pro

Free

Top Con

Incompatible by default with macOS 10.11+ (El Capitan, Sierra, ...) , OSX, OS X

The System Integrity Protection (SIP) feature in macOS 10.11+ (El Capitan, Sierra, ...) prohibits system modifications and a "dirty hack" is needed to run this software-application "XtraFinder", as described on the website of XtraFinder. Read here also. See More

EnchantingMihr's Experience

By years I'm using it and had a very collaborative dialogue with Tran Ky Nam, a genial guy. I couldn't live without it… it became a useful ADDICTION! See More

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Additional right-click options

Xtra Finder provides a lot of useful additional options when performing the right click, too many to list here. See More

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Old full-size color labels from OS X < 10.9

BEAUTIFUL! You will miss them in the 'open' dialogue window! See More

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Custom hotkeys

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Dual panel

Split the Finder window into two windows to achieve better file handling; you can easily compare folders content and copy/move files between the 2 folders. See More

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Colored icons in the Finder sidebar

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Copy & Paste

Another very useful function to move a file to another folder. See More

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Show Go Up button in the toolbar

VERY handy; once you become used to having it, you start to miss it too much in the 'open' dialogue windows. See More

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Tab shortcuts

Switching between tabs (numbered as option) is much faster. See More

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Windows

Like workplaces but gathered in one single window with double panels too, a single window for a kind of files you're working with. See More

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Can open a terminal in set position

XtraFinder can open up a terminal from the right-click menu in given path with "New Terminal Here". See More

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Workplaces

Useful when ordering photos, movies or software updates, for all of them you need some more windows at glance. See More

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Copy Path

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Adds useful toolbar items

XtraFinder provides useful options for toolbar, such as: Launch as Root, New Terminal Here, New File, and Select. See More

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TotalFinder

Top Pro

Visor that Shows/Hides by hotkey

You can show and hide Finder window as a visor at any moment you need it. See More

Top Con

Incompatible by default with macOS 10.11+

The System Integrity Protection (SIP) feature introduced in El Capitan prohibits system modifications that TotalFinder requires to run. While it is possible to run TotalFinder on the latest macOS, doing so requires disabling SIP and thus altering the default macOS security configuration. See More

SCHUMI_BR's Experience

Awesome app, always a but, other that, hehehe But an amazing support from the team and users in the forum of the app page. See More

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Adds dual panes

A great feature of TotalFinder is the ability to have dual panes. This is really handy for moving files around. See More

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What are the best plugins for Mac Finder?

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XtraFinder

My Recommendation for XtraFinder

My Recommendation for XtraFinder

Free

Incompatible by default with macOS 10.11+ (El Capitan, Sierra, ...) , OSX, OS X

Additional right-click options

Old full-size color labels from OS X < 10.9

Custom hotkeys

Dual panel

Colored icons in the Finder sidebar

Copy & Paste

Show Go Up button in the toolbar

Tab shortcuts

Windows

Can open a terminal in set position

Workplaces

Copy Path

Adds useful toolbar items

TotalFinder

My Recommendation for TotalFinder

My Recommendation for TotalFinder

Visor that Shows/Hides by hotkey

Incompatible by default with macOS 10.11+

Adds dual panes

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