Path Finder for Mac
Powerful, award-winning Finder alternative.
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Path Finder overview
Path Finder makes you a master of file management. Take full control over your file system. Save your time: compare and synchronize folders, view hidden files, use Dual Pane and full keyboard navigation to browse your file system. Work how you want: extreme customization allows you to access most tools in many different ways to suit your workflow. Work seamlessly with other platforms: don't leave any hidden .DS_Store files on non-Mac volumes, delete files securely and completely with the powerful delete feature from any volume type, search any network volume.
Features
- View and manipulate hidden files
- Dual Pane View
- Full keyboard navigation
- Folder comparison and synchronization
- Folder merging
- Batch renaming
- Powerful file filtering
- One-click dual-pane copy
- Bookmarks and Tab Presets
- ACL editor
- File tagging
- Editable Path Navigator
- Powerful low-level search
- Smart sorting
- Advanced selection
- Integrated terminal
- Integrated text and image editors
What’s new in version 11.1
- Fixed issues with occasional hangs and crashes.
Path Finder for Mac
$29.95
In English
Version 11.1
What users say about Path Finder
Value: 2.0
I've used PathFinder for over a decade. With the current version, 2159, I'm sorry to say that, for me, the same bugs that I reported years ago are still in the product! For example, when I open PathFinder each day, it usually has screwed up the relative dimensions of all the added modules. I then need to take time to get the screen sized correctly again so I can actually see the Preview pane, for example. It also will crash often, or not even crash, but still forget ALL my favorites and modules. I had reported this to the company years ago, but it appears nothing has been done. I tried ForkLift, but it doesn't really compete with the PathFinder features I want and have been using. I will request a refund of the product and revert to version 10.2 where the same bugs were present, but I didn't spend money to just get the same bugs in the "current product" (version 2159). Very disappointed in the overall support response as well. Because of these issues, it's difficult to recommend this product.
Features: 4.0
Best features of any Mac Finder replacement I've found. Being able to save browser sets and get paths to a file in multiple ways are very useful features. The terminal at the bottom of the screen (where I put it) is cool.
Reliability: 1.0
Almost always crashes or the product forgetting my favorites, losing all the added modules, and messing up the relative module dimensions in the parent PathFinder window.
Customer support: 1.0
Really not good. I get obligatory "we're sorry....", but never any plan to fix anything or any kind of window when something will be fixed. This also has not changed in the past decade.
Other user ratings:
Ease of use | 4.0
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Support
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User Ratings
Feb 25 2026
Version: 11.0
Sorting Out The Numbering Incoherence: You can check out the Release Notes at: https://store.cocoatech.io/updates - - In summary: Cocoatech released Path Finder v10.2, then dropped the "10." and numbered according to "2". Therefore, 10.2121 became merely "2121", etc.. NOW version 11.0 is out. Will the numbering go strange again? We'll see. -> [Despite there being extremely well described protocols for both naming and numbering software, someone's going to go off into the weeds and do something else. The result is confusion and cognitive dissonance.]
Feb 25 2026
Version: 2155
v2209 is the current version.It's dated December 1, 2025. It remains very much an active dev product. The current pricing scheme is entirely subscription. $29.95 covers one year, cancel any time. Monthly subscription price is $2.95. You can purchase temporary license keys at higher prices, saving you having to cancel, if somehow that's meaningful. - - Frustrated with Apple's messing with the macOS Finder GUI, meanwhile maintaining its annoying bugs (gee thanks Federighi), I've been inspired to look around for alternatives.
Feb 25 2026
Version: 2155
I just tested the more nerdy competitor "Marta" against "Path Finder", which I've been using for years. My personal result is that Path Finder suits me better in many ways. Partly it's because Marta is still not matured enough (it's just on version 0.8.2) – partly it's simply not matching my modus operandi. Maybe I will test it again after some time has passed.
Way back in time I tested ForkLift (a matured v2 version) against Path Finder, which also (at that time) had some flaws I could not live with. As a result I decided for Path Finder, which for me is a 4 stars application.
Feb 25 2026
Version: 2155
Company has gone bad. I emailed sales support three times last to cancel my subscription and they did not. Now I have just received an email letting me know that my subscription will renew later in the week. I cannot can el because I no longer have the app. Support still refuses to acknowledge my emails. I am thinking about contacting my lawyer.
Used to be a great company.
No longer.....
