Folders File Manager is designed for users who recently transitioned from a PC as well as for those who have always missed a tree-style file manager on their Mac. Everything in Folders feels as familiar as possible while satisfying your passion for beautiful-looking apps.
Clean, functional UI:
Get everything you’d expect from a file manager, with the most used functions brought to the top.
Easy navigation:
Familiar from other operating systems, the folder tree feels right where it belongs.
• Multiple windows and multiple tabs
• Convenient access to your Home and iCloud Drive folders
• All your cloud storage in one place
• Expandable, rearrangeable Favorites
• Expandable folder symlinks
• Recent files, color tags, text tags, and star rating in the tree
Four consistently behaving file views:
Table, List, Icons, and Gallery view.
• Full control over remembered view settings for individual folders
• “Folders first” or “Folders last” grouping
• File changes shown in bold
• Open files with Return key
• Quick Look preview
• Play audio and video files directly in Gallery view
• Text recognition with Live Text in Gallery view
Separate File Info panel:
• Built-in preview including audio and video files
• File details with EXIF and other metadata
• Set multiple color tags, text tags, star rating
File operations beyond basics:
• Cut via Trash with ⌘X
• Edit text files and perform basic operations on images
• Create an empty (blank) file or an office document
• Powerful Batch Rename
• Compare file properties on conflicts during copy/move with explicit option to merge folders
• Discover, mount, and re-mount network shares
Create, browse, extract, and modify archives:
• Supports zip, 7z, rar (read-only), tar, xz, gz/gzip, zlib, bz2/bzip2, and lz4 formats
• Display archives in the folder tree
• Add, extract, or delete individual entries
• Preview entries without extracting
Comprehensive undo:
Undo any file operation including replacements and folder mergers.
Themes:
Change the main accent color of the app, the color of the top-level nodes or of all folders in the tree belonging to a specific category.
Universal app:
Runs natively on Apple silicon.
Lifetime license:
One-time purchase with no ads or subscriptions.
• Try Folders with a fully functional 14-days trial period + 3 more days with every update
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Intuitive File Explorer Replacement
X-Windower
After decade using Windows I got tired of watching spinning dots while waiting for my PC to wake up. So I bought a MacBook Air. I didn’t realize how different it would be. I managed to learn what I need to get by. The Finder was the one thing I couldn’t live with. I tried a few other apps, but they were just marginally better versions of Finder. Then I found Folders File Manager. This is the closest thing to Windows File Explorer I’ve found. It has the familiar tree view on the left pane and the file/folder pane on the right that acts just like File Explorer. Finally something familiar. I’ve been using it for a few weeks and it works well. It’s fast and intuitive.Not yet too familiar with MacOS, I had a question about some of my folders not showing up. I submitted a question to the developer. Within about hour I received a very detailed explanation and instructions on how to fix my issue. My fault, I had restricted its access. If you’re coming from Windows or work with both, I recommend Folders. Great product and great support. Can't beat that!
Very Similar to Windows Explorer Experience
QuayS30
Headline the Folders app is FANTASTIC for my use!! I previously gave up on using MacBook Air in 2012 because coming from a Windows OS the Finder in Mac was archaic, frustrating and useless for me. Fast forward to today, I decided to try the Mac iOS again with a MacBook Air 2025 M4 version. I found the Folders app in the Apple Store and this will probably be the app that makes me want to keep using my new MacBook Air. Thankful for someone having the vision to see the need and solve the issue.
Like the MS Explorer Style
Al1999Su
Folder File Manager for Mac provides a familiar MS Explorer like view for Mac UsersI looked for that for a while and with the free trial and reasonable price it was a no brainer. The "Folder File Manager" app offers a refreshing solution for Mac users who prefer a traditional, Microsoft File Explorer-like folder hierarchy. It displays your Mac's directory structure clearly on the left panel, enabling intuitive navigation, expansion, and collapse of folders. This streamlines file management, making it efficient and familiar for those accustomed to a hierarchical view.
Updated Review - Great progress on development!
GROOV1N
Almost a year ago I purchased this app and found that it wasn’t stable and basic features were missing “as an Explorer replacement”. I am very impressed with how far this has come. It is certainly much faster and more stable. Good features have been added. It is still not a 1 to 1 replacement for Explorer but this is certainly worth trying for anyone coming from a Windows environment! Kudos to the developers!
• You can now create empty office documents directly from Folders
• Added the ability to create password-protected ZIP and 7Z archives
• You can now customize folder icons with emoji or SF Symbols (requires macOS 26.4)
• Added more image metadata attributes to file information
• Bug fixes and general UI/UX improvements
Version 2.4.0
The developer, Andriy Konstantynov, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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