Folders File Manager

1.20.0

Feature release (Nov 15, 2024)

• Now you can group folders last in addition to previously available “Group Folders First”
• Improved toolbar appearance
• Various minor UI enhancements
• macOS Sequoia ready
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

1.19.6

Maintenance release (Jul 01, 2024)

• Added support for “Back” and “Forward” mappable mouse button actions
• Bug fixes and various improvements

1.19.5

Maintenance release (Jun 12, 2024)

• “Bin” has been renamed to “Trash”
• Bug fixes and various improvements

1.19.4

Minor release (May 14, 2024)

• New context menu item “Show package contents” on package files
• Improved visibility logic for packages and hidden files
• Other improvements and bug fixes

1.19.3

Minor release (Apr 29, 2024)

• The option to show hidden folders in the tree is now separate from showing hidden files in file views
• A new setting to always show folder extensions
• You can now change the size of icons in the Icons View with ⌘+/-
• Large folders now load much faster
• Bug fixes and other improvements

1.19.2

Minor release (Apr 08, 2024)

• Lengthy file operations are now pausable
• You can now choose your preferred terminal app in Settings
• Open files by double-clicking the preview in the Info panel
• Bug fixes, minor UX and performance improvements

1.19.1

Maintenance release (Mar 28, 2024)

• Bug fixes
• Performance improvements
• Minor UX improvements

1.19.0

Feature release (Mar 21, 2024)

• The new powerful Batch Rename feature:
  • Find and replace text and regular expressions
  • Change case
  • Add text, date, or number sequence
  • Add contents of file properties, such as pixel size of an image, duration of a media file, and other metadata.
• Bug fixes and other improvements

1.18.0

Feature release (Mar 12, 2024)

• Perform basic image operations (flip, rotate) on the most common image formats (PNG, JPG, JP2, TIFF, static GIF, and BMP) in the Gallery view and Info panel
• Edit text files right in the Info panel
• Improved preview in the Info panel for animated GIFs, PDFs, and various office document formats
• New context menu item “Reveal Original” for symlinks and alias files
• Bug fixes and other improvements

1.17.1

Maintenance release (Feb 28, 2024)

• Bug fixes and minor UI/UX improvements

1.17.0

Feature release (Feb 23, 2024)

• In the Grid view, use cmd+mouse wheel to increase the thumbnail size
• More metadata available in the Info panel
• You can now enable thumbnails in Table view and List view as well
• “Show Thumbnails” setting is now remembered individually for each of the four views
• Bug fixes and other improvements

1.16.0

Feature release (Feb 16, 2024)

• Added text recognition in the Gallery view with Live Text
• Bug fixes and other improvements

1.15.3

Minor release (Dec 14, 2023)

• Added some minor customization options
• Bug fixes and improved responsiveness

1.15.2

Maintenance release (Nov 13, 2023)

• Bug fixes and other improvements

1.15.1

Minor release (Oct 31, 2023)

• “Download from cloud storage” icons in file views are now clickable
• The tree view has got a minor facelift so that it feels less cluttered
• Bug fixes and other improvements

1.15.0

Feature release (Oct 19, 2023)

• See and manage the state of cloud-stored files
• Choose between Light, Dark, and System color scheme
• Bug fixes and other improvements

1.14.0

Feature release (Oct 10, 2023)

• Now available to download for free, with a fully functional 14-day trial period
• OS version requirement changed to macOS 13.0+

1.13.1

Maintenance release (Oct 02, 2023)

• Compatibility fixes for macOS Sonoma
• Other bug fixes and improvements

1.13.0

Feature release (Sep 21, 2023)

• In file views, the file changes are now shown in bold
• Icons and Gallery views can now display item traits (similar to Finder’s “Item Info”)
• New “Pixel size” column in Table view
• You can now choose system sounds instead of in-app sounds
• Bug fixes, performance optimizations, and other improvements

This update may reset some remembered view options on the first launch. This is a one-time inconvenience to enable new features.

1.12.0

Feature release (Sep 09, 2023)

• Remember view options for individual folders
• Discover and mount network shares
• New “Touch” function
• Bug fixes and other improvements

1.11.0

Feature release (Aug 28, 2023)

• The Path Bar is now displayed as interactive path control, with a new setting to revert to plain string path
• You can now show text tags and star ratings in the tree
• Added a new setting to show the List view as columns of either adaptive (default) or fixed width
• New windows now open with correctly remembered size
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements

1.10.0

Feature release (Aug 10, 2023)

• You can now edit color tags, text tags, and file’s star rating in the Info panel
• New columns for star rating and Finder comment in the Table view
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements

1.9.1

Maintenance release (Jul 07, 2023)

• Bug fixes

1.9.0

Feature release (Jul 03, 2023)

• Folders now correctly restores its previously opened windows and tabs when “System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Close windows when quitting an application” is turned off
• When “System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Close windows when quitting an application” is turned on, you can now choose to reopen the last visited folder
• It is now possible to hide the Home node in the tree
• Improved progress for lengthy copying/moving file operations

This update will reset the columns in the Table view on the first launch. This is a one-time inconvenience to enable future development.

1.8.1

Minor release (Jun 23, 2023)

• You can now choose a time span for the Recent files in Settings
• Added an option in Settings to automatically quit when the last window closes
• Info panel now shows the information for the current folder when no items are selected
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements

1.8.0

Feature release (Jun 05, 2023)

• Now you can reorder categories in the Folder Tree
• Tags in the Folder Tree can now be expanded by default
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

1.7.1

Hotfix (May 18, 2023)

• Fixed the bug that caused the tree to draw incorrectly after mounting/unmounting a drive of a hidden category

1.7.0

Feature release (May 18, 2023)

• New Tags subtree shows files and folders by a color tag
• New Recent Files tree element shows files and folders modified within last 30 days
• Added a tab in Settings to show or hide certain tree elements
• Minor bug fixes and improvements

1.6.0

Feature release (May 1, 2023)

• Improved navigation in the Gallery view
• More information including common metadata for audio and video files in Info panel
• Bug fixes and small usability improvements

1.5.0

Feature release (Apr 24, 2023)

• Now it is possible to drag folders from/within the folder tree
• New setting to allow manual reordering of Favorites
• New setting to change the font size in main views
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused freezing with Google Drive and/or network drives
• Other bug fixes and performance improvements

1.4.1

Maintenance release (Apr 10, 2023)

• Bug fixes
• Minor UI improvements

1.4.0

Feature release (Apr 7, 2023)

• Create an empty (blank) file
• Compare file properties on conflicts during copy/move
• A setting to show or hide file extensions
• A setting to show dates in relative (Today, Yesterday) or absolute format
• Bug fixes and usability improvements

1.3.0

Feature release (Mar 31, 2023)

• Expandable Favorites: Not just shortcuts to follow, but fully interactive expandable folders right in the Favorites section of the tree
• Bug fixes, usability and performance improvements

1.2.0

Feature release (Mar 22, 2023)

• New Gallery view
• Updated List view
• Bug fixes and usability improvements

1.1.1

Maintenance release (Mar 11, 2023)

• Bug fixes and stability improvements

1.1.0

Feature release (Mar 06, 2023)

• Recent Folders menu
• Manually enter or edit the destination path
• New supplementary keyboard shortcuts
• Bug fixes, usability improvements, performance improvements

1.0.0

Initial release (Feb 21, 2023)

• Universal app
• The folder tree
• Comprehensive undo
• Three consistently behaving views (Icons, List, Table)
• Multiple windows
• Multiple tabs
• Convenient access to your Home and iCloud Drive folders
• Folder symlink traversal in the tree
• Multiple color tags
• Touchbar support
• Cut via Bin with ⌘X
• Creation and extraction of ZIP archives
• Built-in preview in Info panel
• File details with EXIF metadata
• In-app audio and video playback
• Open files with Return key
• Quick Look
• “Folders first” grouping