Forklift Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• macOS Tips and Tricks

  I use Forklift instead : https://binarynights.com/ I can use it as an orthodox file manager. I also like using it to access remote filesystems over nfs and sftp, and also S3 buckets. It also works well with Dropbox and iCloud. There is a great sync feature to keep source and target directories synchronised. It's also good for diffing directories at a glance. Plus the regex file rename feature is often handy for me... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface

  There has been for many years now: https://binarynights.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• The Origins of DS_store (2006)

  I wholly agree with you on this one. Windows has its fair share of issues, but Windows Explorer feels like peak file browsing to me. For MacOS I can recommend Forklift [0]. I've been using it for years and it is a bit closer to the Windows Explorer way of doing things. Does what it is meant to do. Affordable. No nags. Gets out of the way. Not perfect, but soooo much better than the horrific experience that is... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• macOS Finder is still bad at network file copies

  Forklift (https://binarynights.com/) and Path Finder (https://www.cocoatech.io/) are the two big ones I think. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Double Commander – Changes in version 1.1.0

  If you're on Mac, you might also want to try Forklift – by coincidence, they just release major version 4 yesterday. https://binarynights.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Total Commander

  There are couple which will have two panels by default, but in my opinion, ForkLift is very native macOS commander-like app -- https://binarynights.com. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Finder alternatives for performance?

  Forklift is what I use though never with that many files in a single directory. I know I have used it for ones that had 1000+ files with no slowness. It has a free trial so give it a try. Source: almost 2 years ago

• DESKTOP2 – A Graphical User Interface for DOS

  Heh, I've been there as well a decade ago when switching from windows to macos. Far manager was also the first program I'd also install on any box. I can assure you, this will eventually pass :) To be fair, far is also not a match to modern file browsers like https://binarynights.com (forklift), especially if you need s3 integration etc. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Software Developer Mac Apps

  `cask "forklift"` [link][paid] for any time I need work with remote / local files or folders. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Mountpoint – file client for S3 written in Rust, from AWS

  ForkLift also lets you mount S3 as a drive. https://binarynights.com. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Boomer Wants to Learn Mac

  I switched from Windows to Mac, back in 2011, and haven't looked back since! Windows Vista was the absolute worst and Windows 7 wasn't much better. They turned me off Windows forever. One of the annoying things for me when I first switched was the way the macOS Finder worked, especially when it comes to merging files/folders from one location to another existing location. For most file operations now, I use an... Source: about 2 years ago

• No longer know how to use Windows

  Two things recently installed that are mind blowing: Lasso App and Forklift App. Source: about 2 years ago

• Finder functionality lacking?

  Otherwise the advice was fine. I used PathFinder until version 7 when it got quite buggy (and then went subscription). I now use ForklLift and QSpace. Source: about 2 years ago

• App to auto-copy files to cloud storage like quicksand?

  But even though I love Hazel, I suspect you might be more interested in something like Forklift while this does support cloud storage out of the box and is able to sync all by itself. Source: over 2 years ago

• How do I, once and for all, SET ALL of Finders folders and subfolders to the same view and sort order?

  Forklift (link) is a Finder replacement. It will do everything you're asking, and more, to remember sorting and viewing options on a per-directory basis. Source: over 2 years ago

• KDE beats macOS hands down

  I use forklift as my main file manager, it has a lot of power user features, and a button to open terminal in the current folder is one of them – https://binarynights.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Double Commander

  I've been happily using Forklift for years. https://binarynights.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Must Have Apps, Free or Paid -

  Transmit: Upload, download, and manage files on tons of servers (I also use Forklift as backup). Source: almost 3 years ago

• Need a Rename Utility

  If you’re coming from Windows you might like the TotalCommander »clone« called ForkLift. It has powerful bulk renaming with RegEx support built-in. Source: almost 3 years ago

• What are your favorite hidden gem Mac apps?

  ForkLift 3 ($19.95 for 1 year updates) - Dual pane file manager with FTP and batch rename. Source: almost 3 years ago

• App for connecting to S3 with config

  I don't know about importing a config, but you can use Forklift to mount an S3 Bucket as a share - https://binarynights.com/. Source: about 3 years ago