As soon as you load up Commander One, you'll notice it has a busier interface than Finder, which may or may not suit you, ...

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion reverses a trend toward user interface complexity, delivering a desktop computing environment that not only incorporates graphical elements of iOS, but also copies the intuitive ...

This is from the OS X Finder thread. I'm tired of the OS X Finder's inability to present a real Mac interface, in other words, what John Siracusa describes as spatial. I make the OS X Finder behave ...

In addition to our recent coverage of illogical filename sorting in Mac OS X 10.2.x's Finder, there is also a problem with special characters, like !@#$%^&*()-_=+? (some of these characters may not ...

In yet another addition to the OS X Finder in OS X Mavericks, you can now tag your files. This is a wonderful way to keep track of stuff, since unless you’re an obsessive folder and sub-folder maker, ...

A Better Finder Rename 4.0b1 allows users to quickly rename multiple files. Version 4.0 Preview 1 for Mac OS X is a substantial rewrite of the original Mac OS 9 code. The new version features a ...

Ever end up with a lot of Finder windows floating around your Mac screen? In previous versions of Mac OS X, the choice was to close them all with a keyboard shortcut, Option-Command-W, which will end ...

In the new Finder, Apple is trying to imitate the worst "feature" of Windows Explorer: Finder windows no longer remember their individual view settings by default. This is a disaster for whomever is ...

The Finder is the main user interface for managing files on the Mac. Think of it as the starting point for navigating macOS–it’s like the Home Screen on an iPhone and iPad. You probably don’t give the ...

Apple’s new operating system, Mavericks has been available to download since the end of October 2013. It’s a free upgrade for all versions of Mac OS X going back to 2009 – that’s Snow Leopard and ...

Apple’s macOS operating system has changed a lot over the last 25 years, with new features and designs coming and going as the decades have passed. Even the name has been adjusted, starting out as Mac ...

You know, even though the OS X Finder guy has a big smile on his face, I can’t help but think it’s a facade, that he’s actually depressed, or at least bi-polar. Maybe it’s his complexion. These ...