Path Finder 4.8.5
File management redefined
Path Finder is an innovative file browser and manager with powerful tools to make you more productive on Mac OS X.
Designed from the ground up for maximum speed and Mac OS X integration, Path Finder has a gorgeous, accessible interface that you can customize to your heart’s content.
Over 18 months of planning, design, and development have gone into our latest release, Path Finder 4. With nearly 100 improvements, new features, and other goodies, we think it’s the biggest upgrade of our award-winning file manager ever.
Read about what's new in Path Finder 4.8.5.
“The upcoming version 4 is like the Final Cut Pro of file management. It’s a file browsing tour de force.”
“Cocoatech’s Path Finder may be just what you’ve been waiting for.”
“Path Finder supplements OS X’s Finder windows with pure interface joy.”
Optimized for Mac OS X 10.4
Path Finder 4 is our biggest code update ever. Over 80% of the application has been rewritten to take advantage of new Mac OS X 10.4 technologies. Path Finder 4 is faster and more efficient than ever!
Mac OS X 10.4 has been sometimes called the “programmer’s release” of Mac OS X, and Path Finder takes advantage of many of the new methods and programming tools Tiger has to offer.
Path Finder 4.1 is now a Universal Binary and optimized for Intel and PPC computers.
Fresh, new interface
We’ve taken everything that made Path Finder’s interface great and made improvements throughout the application. Many of Path Finder’s integrated tools are easier to access, and the interface is cleaner, sleeker, and easier to use.
Everything is customizable. Want to move sidebar items such as the Shelf, Volumes list, or Preview pane to any location in the file browser window? Interested in creating a sidebar pane that shows the contents of a specific folder? Want to hide the new Split Preview pane? All of this (and more) is under your control.
Tabs! Tabs! Tabs!
It’s so cool we had to say it thrice. This was one of our biggest customer feature requests ever, and Path Finder 4 finally has them! The tabs that you know and love from <insert web browser here> are now available in the Path Finder file browser window. This opens up a whole new dimension of working with and accessing your files.
More visual delights
There’s an icon size slider right in the file browser, and you can now size icons up to Tiger’s gigantic new 256x256 icon size. ¶ On that note, Path Finder can now generate image icon previews on the fly, which will be very handy for designers, photographers, and anyone with lots of image files.
¶ Path Finder 4 now has an Bookmark Bar that gives you another way of quickly accessing favorite folders. ¶ The new View Options window organizes an incredible array of customizations and view option for the discerning interface jockey. ¶ There’s a new “Contents” contextual menu that allows you to navigate inside directories for super-fast access.
Search and ye shall find
Path Finder gives you multiple ways of finding the files you’re looking for, with Tiger’s new Spotlight search built right into the application.
Don’t like Spotlight? Path Finder also boasts a Spotlight-independent fast search that quickly finds the files you’re looking for. You can also use the brand new Filter tool to quickly filter the current directory by name, extension, or kind.
The new Select Tool
Path Finder 4’s brand new Select Tool gives you the ability to select files using a plethora of criteria with lightning speed. Need to select all of the image files in a directory containing hundreds of files? It’s no sweat with the Select tool.
You can also use the Select tool to highlight files by modification date, characters in the filename, and many other criteria.
Stuffit Engine integration
Allume's Stuffit engine is now fully integrated into Path Finder. With Mac OS X 10.4 no longer including Stuffit Expander, this means you can quickly and easily compress and decompress many common file compression formats from within Path Finder.
Instant filesystem updates
No more waiting for changes to appear in file listings or on the desktop. With Path Finder 4 changes happen as you make them, so you can feel confident that what you see in Path Finder truly is what you get.
Improvements galore
Just a few of the other features and improvements in Path Finder 4 include: ¶ Trigger Tiger's new Slideshow feature right in the file browser. ¶ Brand new copy engine for fast and reliable file copying. ¶ Redesigned copy progress window that displays more information. ¶ New "Replace / Skip All" option in replace window. ¶ New built-in Console window. ¶ New fully integrated purchasing system. And more!
Download Path Finder 4.8.5
Path Finder 4.8.5 has a 21-day free demo and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
Download Path Finder 4.8.5 (28mb, .dmg)
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Path Finder 4.8.5 is a free update for all registered Path Finder 4.0 customers.
Running Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.2? We have older versions of Path Finder (no longer being updated) for previous versions of Mac OS X on our download page.)
Purchase and Upgrade information
Full license: $34.95
Upgrade: $17.95
(from any previous version of Path Finder or SNAX)
Path Finder 4.8.5 is available for purchase from within the application - select “Purchase Path Finder” from the application menu
Customers who purchased Path Finder after September 29, 2004 will receive a free upgrade to Path Finder 4. If you qualify, please fill out the Path Finder 4 upgrade form and you will receive your upgrade registration via email.