Foiling Apple’s “Kill The Finder” Agenda – XtraFinder Adds Tabs And Extra Features To Mac Finder

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NoodleMac’s Ron McElfresh says he thinks Apple is trying to kill the Mac OS Finder, or at least marginalize it. McElfresh acknowledges that we manage email messages within email client apps, photos within the iPhoto app., music within iTunes, and there’s no Finder (alas, CM) on the iPhone or iPad, with more and more Mac OS X Lion apps discarding use of the Finder to store files.

However he says call him old school if you will, but he likes knowing where his files live, and the Finder, despite some shortcomings, gets the job done. Add the new free XtraFinder utility and it gets the job done even better, faster, and easier taking a diametrically opposite tack to Apple’s anti-finder push.

XtraFinder Adds Tabs And Extra Features To Mac Finder

XtraFinder adds these features to the Mac OS X Finder:
• Tabs (experimental).
• Arrange folders on top.

• “Copy Path” menu.
• “Show Hidden Items”, “Refresh”, “New File”, “Copy to”, “Move to”, “Launch as Root” … actions.
• Cut & Paste.
• “Contents” menu displays contents of folder.

• “Select…” action let you quickly select items in a Finder window.
• Path bar enhancements: Spring-loaded, Contents menu.
• Maximize on Zoom.
• Automatically arrange items by Name in Icons View.

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.6.6 or higher

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