aagd
a few seconds ago
Why would anyone trust an app from an anonymous source access their whole filesystem with read/write access? Who are you hello@whimfiles.com and where are you from?
Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
16 pointsposted 4 hours ago
by whimbyte9 Comments
jaffa2
an hour ago
does this index the disk to do this ? So the filemanager is working with an index rather than the files ? It could be stale ?
I haven't found a good file manager for mac since 15 years now. They all just about do the things I need but not good enough. I've never really done the dual pane thing, my favourite gui for file management was Windows XP. Every iteration of explorer since has gotten objectively worse.
On mac I don't even bother trying to filemanage. I remote in to a windows machine.
I need to be able to get paths and paste paths.
for my downloads I just sort by type in list view and delete whatever by type. just do that a few times a year no big deal. I don't understand why we can't have an AI that sorts out the files they half baked 'stacks' onto the desktop, but all that happens is i now have dozens and dozens of stacks which contain dozens and dozens of files.
ttoinou
an hour ago
I’m in the same boat, I don’t like Finder (better than Windows Explorer though), nor do I like default macOS files / folders dialogs, and I really dislike drag and drop behavior on macOS
I dont understand why we are stuck in stone’s age with filesystems GUI
whimbyte
13 minutes ago
> and I really dislike drag and drop behavior on macOS
In the app you can have a dual pane with two folders side-by-side and select the file(s) you want to move/copy to the other folder and right click or open the command palette to do the operation, so you do not have to drag them (though dragging still works too). It's also possible to cut files with CMD + X and paste them somewhere else with CMD + V.
jaffa2
an hour ago
One thing worth knowing is in the mac file dialogs you can drop a file from finder into these and it will change directory to where that file is.
The other thing is in most apps in the title bar there is an icon. Drag that to finder and it saves the file. Kinda Risc os style.
seanclayton
24 minutes ago
Do you have any kind of public AI statement on the ways this product utilizes or is built with generative AI, if any?
nubg
a few seconds ago
the point being? the battle of using agentic AI for software development being "stealing" has long been lost.
HeavyStorm
an hour ago
Just switched from windows to Mac and the rumors are true. Finder is terrible.
walthamstow
a few seconds ago
Yeah. On balance MacOS is less shit that Windows overall. Do yourself a favour and download the Alt Tab app for MacOS. I haven't used a Windows machine daily for a long time but that window switching behaviour never went away for me, especially if I'm working on just the laptop screen.