Don’t Like OS X’s Clunky, Ancient Finder? Replace It
If there’s one part of Mac OS X that receives the most criticism, it’s the Mac’s ancient Finder.
Mac power users have long decried the Finder’s instability, clunky interface, network dysphoria, and hereditary ties to Mac Classic.
For average or new Mac users the Finder quickly becomes inadequate.
If you have a problem with the Finder on your Mac, replace it. What problems? And why is it worthy of replacement?
The Finder is ancient, yet, along with the Dock, it’s the center of a Mac users daily experience. It’s.... (excerpted).
11 Reader Comments
phalkaline said:
I love the tabs in PathFinder. What a great innovation. It’s so easy to organize and navigate. The Finder is the center of my Mac and I found I’m far more productive with PathFinder, now a happy user for two years. Mac users stuck in Classic using the old Finder are dinosaurs; a dying breed.
ML Schumann said:
So? What is wrong with the current Finder? I’m still using System 9, one of the reasons being that it still uses pretty much the original Finder. I do not like tabs - despise them with a passion - most terrible interface element ever devised.
Finder requirements are limited and should include only the basics. It should not be contaminated with features only a few use. I want to be able to list, rename, duplicate, move and delete files and I want to be able to start and quit programs. On occasion, I need to change a file’s type and creator. Anything else added to a Finder becomes obstacles - especially tabs!
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Mike said:
Wrong! The OSX Finder does NOT come from Classic, it comes from NeXT/OpenStep. Absolutely no relationship to the OS9 (and earlier) Finder.
Editor’s Note: Except that the current Finder borrows many features from the original OS 9 ‘classic’ Finder, as well as from NeXT. The Finder in OS X is an evolutionary change which employs features from both.