Folders File Manager 4+

Familiar folder tree

Andriy Konstantynov

    • 4.0 • 34 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

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.
• “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
• Create and extract ZIP archives
• Edit text files and perform basic operations on images
• Create an empty (blank) file
• Powerful Batch Rename
• Compare file properties on conflicts during copy/move with explicit option to merge folders
• Discover, mount, and re-mount network shares

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 + 2 more days with every update

What’s New

Version 1.28.2

• Bug fixes and minor UX improvements

Ratings and Reviews

4.0 out of 5
34 Ratings

34 Ratings

Simpletunn ,

Very nice, not perfect, and I'd love more OneDrive support in the future

Fantastic app. As someone who uses Windows more often than MacOS, I'm loving the file tree and ease of navigation.

It'd be nice to be able to set view settings on a folder-by-folder basis instead of an app-wide setting, though.
Edit: I've been told that this is what the bookmark icon on the toolbar is for, which is awesome! Now, if only there were an option to apply the bookmark setting to all subfolders...

There also seems to be some issues with the OneDrive folder, which is a shame. Trying to delete files in there just causes a copy of that file/folder to appear with an ever-increasing suffix behind it.
Edit: This issue seems to have stopped happening, which is great. I do still wish there were some more options in the context menu for OneDrive, such as syncing and keeping on my computer.

There's also no support for tabs, it seems.

Still, it's a fantastic app and I'm sure it'll only improve with time. Definitely going to be buying this.

LetMyPeopleCode ,

Fixes a few of my biggest gripes, adds one

The gripe with this: still needs some stability improvements. Hangs every now and then, but quits and restarts easily.

My gripes with Finder it fixes:

1: Open a terminal at the folder I'm *in*. How freakin' hard is that? Apparently too hard for Apple's developers to fix in the last 20ish years.

2: Create a new file in the folder, not a new folder, but a new empty file.

These are the features from Windows File Manager I'd been DYING for. Yet Apple has spent so many years refusing to add them to Finder, I paid $8 for this just to get them.

Finally an escape from Apple's petty dominance games. I cannot explain Apple's behavior any other way than Tim Cook and Steve Jobs, had they not gone into tech, would have been Jr. High PE coaches taking out their control issues on kids.

Al1999Su ,

Like the MS Explorer Style

Folder File Manager for Mac provides a familiar MS Explorer like view for Mac Users
I 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.

App Privacy

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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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.