Path Finder by Cocoatech

The file browser with moxie.

Path Finder: A History

Path Finder 5.5.8

  1. Fixed a cpu eating endless loop.
  2. Removed the 2 pixel dead zone between list view items.
  3. Updated the French localization.
  4. Updated the Spanish localization.

Path Finder 5.5.7

  1. Fixed issues with the desktop icon placement.
  2. Fixed issues with unmounting partitions.
  3. New FSEvents code.
  4. Zoom gesture in icon view now saves the new icon setting.
  5. New overlay plugin API in the SDK.
  6. Thumbnail and icon code rewritten with better caching.
  7. Fixed double mounting of network volumes if clicked twice in the sidebar.
  8. Fixed the expand file in same directory preference.
  9. Now alphabetizing the floating modules menu.
  10. Added the Comment list view option check box in the browser options dialog.
  11. Network shares now show correct machine icon.
  12. Added new standard Edit menu items for spell check and other text options.
  13. Fixed Launch as Root.
  14. Fixed blurry icons in icon view.
  15. Fixed desktop shadowed text drawing.
  16. Fixed option dragging on the desktop to duplicate.
  17. Improved the application launch window.
  18. Growl notifications for compress and expand.
  19. Updated German localization.
  20. Improved launch speed.

Path Finder 5.5.6

  1. Noticeable speed improvements fetching directory listings for large directories.
  2. Open in Tab menu works in sidebar.
  3. Open in Tab menu added to the File/Open menu.
  4. Updated the French localization.
  5. Menu item size of Services menu fixed in contextual menu.
  6. Mac Help menu item now works.
  7. Fixed drawing problem in column view.
  8. Fixed an exception in the processes module.
  9. Now blocking older versions of DropBoxPlugin CM.
  10. Added a menu item and keyboard shortcut for toggling panes in dual browser mode.
  11. Added preference to disable dragging to the browser's toolbar. Right click on the toolbar to see it.
  12. Fixed issue with drag and drop to the path navigator in dual pane mode.
  13. Fixed issue with file monitoring on network volumes.
  14. Fixed .flv preview.
  15. Fixed a few exceptions and a small memory leak.
  16. Added clicking in sidebar headers expands/contracts group.
  17. Column view speed improvements.
  18. Icon views selection style now matches the Finder.

Path Finder 5.5.5

  1. List view now has a Comments column.
  2. Sorting the Sort By and List view columns menus.
  3. Stationery files now duplicate before opening like Finder.
  4. Setting Spotlight Comments no longer launches Finder.
  5. Updated Italian localization.
  6. Services menu now in the Contextual menu.
  7. Updated to handle more Services.
  8. Text drawing updated to CoreText.
  9. Added a menu item to change to a custom svn tool path for Subversion.
  10. Hitting the escape key now deselects all in the browser.
  11. Added zoom gestures to icon view.
  12. Fixed some window resize animations to CoreAnimation.
  13. Fixed column view when double click on icon is enabled.
  14. Fixed a sidebar redrawing issue when dragging in a new item.
  15. Fixed a problem with BBEdit.
  16. Fixed a problem with the rename editor in list view.

Path Finder 5.5.4

  1. Fixed Get Info custom icon setting.
  2. Fixed issue with move across volumes.
  3. Fixed sparse dmg creation.
  4. Now displaying iDisk on cmd-I mount rather than just mounting it.
  5. Size display on image preview no longer gets clipped.

Path Finder 5.5.3

  1. Fixed hang on large SMB networks.
  2. Fixed issue in Goto folder dialog.
  3. Now sorting the preferences window navigation table.

Path Finder 5.5.2

  1. Brazilian localization.
  2. Updated Stuffit engine.
  3. Update kqueue system.
  4. Updated some threads to Grand Central Dispatch (GCD).
  5. Fixed blurry icons problem.
  6. New version of class-dump. You can now class-dump the Finder and other Apple applications
  7. Icon sizes now go to 512.
  8. German localization update.
  9. Fixed audio preview controller.
  10. Fixed listview. Today switches to Yesterday at midnight.
  11. Fixed bug in Apply to enclosed items when needing root permission.
  12. Fixed a bug in FSEvents.
  13. Disabling layers for 7300GT video cards.
  14. Reverted mounted volume code to previous code that worked.
  15. French localization update.
  16. Fixed -47 move/replace error.

Path Finder 5.5.1

NOTE: This version of Path Finder only runs on Mac OS X 10.6 and higher.

  1. Fixed Process module menu exceptions.
  2. Fixed sample window exceptions.
  3. Code cleaned up using more new SnowLeopard APIs.
  4. Fixed authenticated move/copy.

Path Finder 5.1.8

NOTE: This version of Path Finder is for 10.5 Leopard. It does not run on Snow Leopard.

  1. Fixed menu key editor bug.
  2. Fixed Info view scrolling issues.

Path Finder 5.5.0

NOTE: This version of Path Finder only runs on Mac OS X 10.6 and higher.

  1. Lots of code updates for SnowLeopard.
  2. Fixed running authorized copy/move operations for Snow Leopard.
  3. Fixed mounting password protected DMGs.
  4. Fixed More menu in the contextual menu.
  5. Fixed bugs in column view.
  6. Updated icon drawing code.
  7. Fixed Quicklook bugs.
  8. Fixed Menu Key Editor bugs.
  9. Fixed info views scrollbar.
  10. New version of class-dump.
  11. Fixed Open With popup in Get Info.
  12. Fixed cmd-click window title menu for Snow Leopard.

Path Finder 5.1.5

  1. Fixed .docx format bug with built in text editor.
  2. Fixed a bug in the man to PDF report.
  3. Fixed Airport Extreme connected disk showing in Shared section.
  4. Volumes now eject in a thread to avoid any beachballing for slow devices.
  5. Updated Spanish, German, and Italian localizations.
  6. Fixed a bug with screen sharing.
  7. Fixed dragging to an empty Path Finder desktop.

Path Finder 5.1.4

  1. Desktop and icon view have grid adjustment slider.
  2. Fixed a bug on the desktop where the selection would not restore properly.
  3. Fixed some minor memory leaks.
  4. New tab design similar to Safari 4.
  5. Fixed sort by size bug.
  6. Fixed menu short cut setting bugs.
  7. Saving PDF preview settings so they don't revert back for every file.
  8. Updated German, Dutch, and French localizations.
  9. Fixed tab key in column view.
  10. Added tab key shortcut while renaming to rename next file in list.
  11. Clicking mouse button 3 on a folder will create a new tab.
  12. Fixed a problem with groups and user names starting with underscore.
  13. Slideshow now finds images in a thread to avoid beachball on large folders.
  14. Fixed behavior of left arrow in list view. Now selects parent if selection in expanded folder.
  15. Fixed updating the sidebar when the computer is renamed.
  16. New Finder submenu in Path Finder menu in the menu bar which lets you enable the "Remove from Dock", and an item that lets you hide the Finder's desktop.
  17. Now auto-expanding collapsed sections of the sidebar on drag and drop.
  18. Added "Add to Drop Stack" menu item in the File menu.
  19. Fixed a bug in movie and animated gif preview.
  20. Fixed a bug where saving a file on the desktop would change it's position.
  21. Lots of internal changes getting ready for 64 bit.
  22. Fixed a bug in setting a custom icon in Get Info.
  23. New version of class-dump included.
  24. Fixed process shelf contextual menu bugs.
  25. Back and Forward buttons now select previous directory if possible.
  26. Enter key now is same as return key in Application Launcher.
  27. Sharing screens UI now matches the Finder.
  28. Fixed preflight scan issue with copying volumes.
  29. Added 3 finger swipe gesture to go back and forward.
  30. Fixed issues with Back to my Mac.
  31. Added Recent Applications to Processes module.
  32. Cmd-Up Arrow for going to the parent directory now selects previous folder.
  33. Shared section of sidebar now displays any local WebDAV volumes.
  34. Preview now support .docx format.
  35. More improvements to Menu Key Editor. Arrow keys now work.
  36. Renaming a folder now updates the tab bar if needed.
  37. New setting to set Path Finder's desktop window level to match the Finder.
  38. Spotlight searching works better.

Path Finder 5.1.3

  1. Now selecting resulting file after a duplicate command.
  2. Fixed control tabbing bug with column view.
  3. Updated Russian localization.
  4. Fixed a move across volumes bug.

Path Finder 5.1.2

  1. Fixed a minor exception in the info pane for some alias files.
  2. Fixed subversion plugin to use the user installed svn tool if it exists.
  3. Fixed movie file duration bug in info pane.
  4. Fixed Copy Path menu in menu bar. Added Windows path type.
  5. Fixed minor localization bug for Japanese.
  6. Fixed coverflow so it syncs it's sorting with the browser's sorting.
  7. Added ability to control-tab between dual browser views.
  8. Fixed updating the column view preview column when file is modified.
  9. Fixed a bug in key matching.
  10. Minor changes in the brower window status bar.

Path Finder 5.1.1

  1. New launch button added to processes pane.
  2. Fixed stop button on archive expansion.
  3. Add preference in General section for larger fonts in browser window controls.
  4. Added a select by label option in the selection tool panel.
  5. Updated alias file handling to avoid endless refresh bug in OS X.
  6. Fixed renaming files bug by stripping out any newlines.
  7. Fixed bookmarks menu targetting wrong window.
  8. Fixed file selection with keyboard bug.
  9. Fixed preview of Illustrator files.
  10. Added a confirm on Quit dialog.
  11. Added Get Summary Info. Hold down control key for Get Info Summary in CM or menu bar.
  12. Drawing folder icons as open in list view when expanded.
  13. Fixed sidebar refresh on item rename.
  14. No longer removing file extension when creating aliases.
  15. Rewrote info view to use views instead of cells. Text now selectable/copyable.
  16. Fixed checkbox clicking bug in preferences window.
  17. Fixed small memory leak.
  18. Fixed coverflow from scrolling to the beginning when removing an item.
  19. Updated help files.
  20. Fixed a bug when pasting in a path to the Goto Folder window.
  21. Fixed an CPU hogging update loop in OS X for recent documents when opening files on smb servers.
  22. Fixed a launching bug in OS X that wasn't bringing launched applications to front.

Path Finder 5.1.0

  1. Fixed arrow keys in Connect to server window.
  2. Fixed return key in Open/Save panels.
  3. Fixed sheet bug for compressing zip with password.
  4. Fixed multi-partition ejecting when dragging to trash can.
  5. Fixed Print command in browser window.
  6. Added animated scrollbar to Application Launcher window.
  7. Added .tbz2 to decompress type list.
  8. Added new preferences for Samba share discovery. See the sidebars Action button for Preferences.
  9. Fixed sidebar layout for tighter use of space when larger icon size is set.
  10. Fixed purchase system crashes with Japanese text.
  11. Added new preferences for number of recent docs in sidebar. See the sidebars Action button for Preferences.
  12. Fixed a few minor memory leaks.
  13. Fixed a few drag drop issues with the sidebar and bookmarks bar.
  14. Updated Italian localization.
  15. Fixed dragging multiple items to Places group in sidebar.
  16. Permissions are now more accurately interpreted.
  17. Fixed a crash while Path Finder hidden bug.
  18. Fixed resolving server aliases on double click.

Path Finder 5.0.9

  1. Added dialog when ejecting volumes with partitions.
  2. Fixed Expandrive issues.
  3. Fixed Clone window menu item.
  4. Fixed UI glitch in Open With... window.
  5. Fixed column view background color bug.
  6. Fixed hang with pipe files.
  7. Free space indicator bar updated.
  8. More changes preparing for Snow Leopard.
  9. Updated German and Italian localizations.
  10. Minor updates to the help files.
  11. Fixed printing in help window.
  12. Spotlight search now returns mail file results.

Path Finder 5.0.8

  1. Fixed NVIDIA graphics driver crash in the Application Launcher.
  2. Fixed Labels menu enabling bug.
  3. Updated Dutch and German localizations.
  4. Updated date conversion functions.
  5. Updated code for Snow Leopard.
  6. Fixed bug in Screen Capture plugin.
  7. Fixed bug in Subscribe to Mailing List window.
  8. Fixed bug in applescript code.
  9. Added Delete... CM item.
  10. Enabled add and remove of Recent Documents in sidebar.
  11. Improved sidebar animations.
  12. Fixed movie and audio duration info string.
  13. Fixed Spotlight searching.
  14. Fixed small memory leak.

Path Finder 5.0.6

  1. Fixed a few memory leaks.
  2. Fixed a move across volumes bug.
  3. Updated Russian localization.
  4. Added a preference for dual browser and dual preview.

Path Finder 5.0.5

  1. Directory content menus now build faster.
  2. Cmd-Click in Text Editor window title now reveals in Path Finder instead of Finder.
  3. Updated Chinese localization.
  4. Updated dates in List view.
  5. Updated code and projects to prepare for Snow Leopard.
  6. Updated French localization.
  7. Added menu item to keep drop stack opened in the drop stack menu.
  8. Search field no longer deletes string when changing modes.
  9. Preview now shows the contents of .zip archives.
  10. Fixed retoring selection after rename in column view.
  11. Fixed delete key character in menu key prefs window.
  12. Terminal now is properly escaping special characters.
  13. Move across volumes now works.
  14. Dual browser pref now set for new windows as needed.
  15. Fixed refreshing problems with cut command.
  16. Paste now enabled when root permission needed.
  17. Fixed MP3 ID3 tag crash which was hanging ctask.
  18. Preferences window UI updated and improved.
  19. Fixed blank sidebar and other plugin related errors.
  20. Fixed unmounted server folders from disappearing from sidebar.
  21. Fixed Stuffit contextual menu plugin.
  22. Fixed a bunch of memory leaks.
  23. Copy command puts files icon on pasteboard now.
  24. Fixed bringing all windows to front when switching applications.

Path Finder 5.0.4

  1. Fixed spotlight searching.
  2. Added recent documents to sidebar.
  3. Fixed image editor crashes.
  4. Fixed ctask hang selecting damaged audio files.
  5. Added file size to item info for images.
  6. Fixed setting and removing attributes on non HFS disks.
  7. Fixed subversion plugin with failing on certain file names.
  8. Fixed restoring of selection when file is editted and safe saved.
  9. Fixed Contexual menu bugs on desktop.
  10. Fixed folder refreshing bug.
  11. Fixed tooltips in column view.
  12. New Stuffit engine.
  13. Improved movie preview.
  14. Preview now resolves aliases.
  15. Fixed double clicking on server aliases.
  16. Updated Russian localization.

Path Finder 5.0.3

  1. Fixed move permissions issue.
  2. Fixed undo for copy/move as root.
  3. Improved applications launch time.
  4. Removed double size entry in column view preview.
  5. Fixed problem mounting iDisk.
  6. Added favorites list back to contextual menu when nothing selected.
  7. Fixed the Close Window & Close All Windows menu items in File menu.
  8. Imprvements to menu key editor prefs code.
  9. Fixed option-click contextual menu on directories to show contents.
  10. Fixed Path Navigator button drawing.
  11. Fixed directory refresh issues.
  12. Preview now previews Entourage email files.
  13. Fixed close window with dual pane and tabs warning.
  14. Image Editor no longer keeps file open after close.
  15. Localization additions.
  16. Removed Omni Frameworks which reduced application size and improved launch speed.
  17. Fixed code signing.
  18. Fixed icon previews to avoid drawing larger than original size.
  19. Fixed purchase system slowness and crashes.
  20. Increase max menu width for popup menus.
  21. Added a thread to build favorites list.
  22. Fixed show tab bar pref for dual browser.
  23. Fixed recent apps and recent documents menus in Go menu.
  24. Fixed screen sharing in Connect to Server window.
  25. Fixed ejecting network volumes.
  26. Fixed Reveal in Finder from iTunes

Path Finder 5.0.2

  1. Added FAVORITES section to Sidebar.
  2. Localization fixes.
  3. Fixed selection color in Sidebar for Graphite appearance.
  4. Help menu is no longer slow to appear.
  5. Fixed Word preview crashes.
  6. Added Sidebar preferences to change font and icon size.
  7. Preview no longer keeps PDF files open.
  8. Added Hide Section menu to Sidebar.
  9. Content menu is now threaded.
  10. Fixed vertical tab drawing bug.
  11. Fixed PDF files opening in Text editor bug.
  12. Fixed duplicate Sidebars.
  13. Fixed other minor bugs.

Path Finder 5.0.1

Path Finder 5.0.1 is a free upgrade for all registered Path Finder 5 customers. This maintenance release fixes two issues discovered after the release of Path Finder 5:

  1. A small number of users were having problems launching Path Finder 5. This has been fixed.
  2. Includes new localizations for German, Chinese, Japanese and Swedish.

Path Finder 5.0

Path Finder 5.0 is a major update and a paid upgrade for all previous Path Finder customers. While there are some big new features in this release, the primary goal with this update was a major rewrite to optimize Path Finder for Mac OS X 10.5 and to take advantage of a number of new Mac OS X 10.5-only technologies.

As such this release requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. For customers still running Mac OS X 10.4 there is Path Finder 4.8.5, available from the Downloads page.

New features

  1. Dual pane file browser (click the dual pane icon located at the bottom left corner of the file browser)
  2. CoverFlow view - available in any view (list, column, icon) and also in the bottom pane
  3. New Sidebar and a Drop Stack redesign
  4. Network shares browsing in the sidebar now works for both AFP and SMB/CIFS
  5. You can now “cut” files in the browser
  6. Brand new image editor
  7. Extensively rewritten and optimized for Mac OS X 10.5

Improvements

  1. Path Finder’s sidebar now syncs with the Finder’s sidebar on first launch
  2. Now using Leopard’s standard system icons in the toolbar
  3. Many tool windows (like the Subversion plugin, App Launcher, View Options and others) now use the HUD window look
  4. Hiding / showing the Drop Stack is now animated
  5. Improved column preview area: Previews of RTF and PDF now show file contents; Images previews are larger (to match the Finder); Improved “More Info” button image.
  6. Animated effects added throughout the application: for example, opening and collapsing bottom preview pane and Shelf are now animated, there are fade animations when closing the About box, Purchase window and Crash Reporter window, etc.
  7. Optimized Size Browser calculation speed
  8. Added symlink path to Get Info window so you can see if it is relative or not
  9. Added “Eject” to Shelf contextual menu and “Rename” to Volumes contextual menu
  10. To reduce application “bloat”: removed PDF viewer, console and network activity
  11. Added the “Hide Finder’s Desktop” preference to desktop “Set Colors” panel to make it easier to find
  12. Labels are now directly shown inside the contextual menu (to match Finder)
  13. Improved the iTunes Browser look
  14. New application and menu bar icons
  15. Added Copy and Paste to contextual menu
  16. Cmd-W now properly closes QuickLook panel
  17. Optimized the Select tool - should be much faster
  18. Path Finder can now preview SVG files
  19. Tweaked drag and drop indicator - now grey instead of blue halo and hopefully looks a bit nicer
  20. Integrated brand new Stuffit engine
  21. New standard images for Action button, icon / list / column toolbar
  22. Upgraded Omni frameworks to latest version
  23. Upgraded loops to Obj-C 2.0
  24. Removed RBSplitView — we’re now using Leopard’s NSSplitView which has the same features
  25. The zooming icon effect when double-clicking files is now handled by Core Animation
  26. The bookmarks bar and the selected folders bar in the Find window use new Leopard bookmarks code API
  27. Kqueues polling is replaced with fsevents. That means improvements in speed and required resources while refreshing various data in the browser
  28. Rewritten the calculating size code - should solve issues of sizes not refreshing in some circumstances
  29. Converted some nibs to new IB format

Bug fixes

  1. Fixed an issue where Cmd-clicking the browser title to show path hierarchy wasn’t working correctly
  2. Fixes to keyboard navigation on Desktop
  3. Fixed an issue where symlinks incorrectly showed symlin’s location instead of the remote volume path when the remote volumes were not mounted
  4. Fixed an issue where “today” in date column didn’t update to “yesterday” correctly
  5. Fixed an issue where the last column got stuck and incorrectly showed a preview of the previous image selected in certain circumstances
  6. Fixed an issue where the column header in List View wasn’t highlighted when using View menu’s “Sort by” to sort a file listing
  7. “Apply to enclosed” when changing permissions was broken - now fixed.
  8. Fixed an issue selecting a different location in the Find window (the “Other…” button)
  9. Fixed a ‘Reveal in Path Finder” bug if the file browser was already in that directory
  10. Ejecting a disk now brings you back to the previous directory instead of the top level of the system
  11. Lots of other fixes and improvements

Interested in seeing Path Finder 4's change history? It's archived here.