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You might or might not care, but your first two wishes can be achieved with third-party tools. Path Finder has cut-and-paste for files, and MercuryMover can res

You might or might not care, but your first two wishes can be achieved with third-party tools. Path Finder has cut-and-paste for files, and MercuryMover can resize windows to full-screen size. But the lack of development of the Finder is one of the worst things about OS X. It's been rewritten in Cocoa for Snow Leopard but with only a few minor new features. Hopefully the rewrite is a harbinger of bigger improvements in the next version. I'm just going to plug Path Finder one more time: it's completely replaced the Finder for me. Info at http://cocoatech.com http://cocoatech.com.

cake 17y ago
Thanks I'll have a look at Path Finder but I'm always reluctant to add any apps interfering with the Finder. I've already tried a few freebies to maximize the windows (Stoplight...), none of them would work at 100%.
randallsquared 17y ago
Completely replaced? It handles the Desktop and SMB UI as well? Those are the only things I really dislike about the Finder, actually.
- gabrielroth 17y ago
  Yes, it does Desktop and networking. Try the demo and see if it meets your needs.
  - randallsquared 17y ago
    I shall; thanks.
  - ComputerGuru 17y ago
    The replacement desktop is quite good, but their "solution" for the tired SMB UI was to do away with it entirely :D You just get a list of servers. Selecting one presents you with a dialog box of available shares. Selecting one mounts it. No concept of "browsing" SMB networks exists in PF.
    - randallsquared 17y ago
      No concept of "browsing" SMB networks exists in PF. That's great, because that's never actually worked for me anyway; I always have to type the IP address I know the share is on. Even then, if I'm on wireless (but not on 100MB ethernet, oddly), I only get one use out of it: if I close that Finder window or don't use it for a bit, the share is closed to me in fact, even though it appears to still be there until I try to use it. The whole thing is terribly buggy and must be approached in an exact manner (FIRST "eject" any visible shares, THEN cmd-K to bring up the SMB window, type the IP (no hostnames, even though ping, etc works!), wait for about two minutes (literally), then immediately do the auth window when it comes up -- waiting a bit will require restarting the process -- and then immediately get or put whatever you need...). I used to blame Windows for this before the local Windows admin demonstrated that no local Windows machine had this problem. :) Sorry, a bunch of irritation just leaked out, there.
      - ComputerGuru 17y ago
        Unfortunately, PF is even worse. After typing an IP address, the dialog disappears (it appears that the mounting of a share has terminated abruptly), and 2 minutes later (also literally) when the SMB server has been loaded, a new dialog is presented with the list of shares :-(
ComputerGuru 17y ago
I tried Path Finder and used it for maybe a month, but too many OS X applications are too tightly integrated with Finder and don't work with PF, such as Time Machine. Also, PF is buggy. The latest build wouldn't show mounted DMG images :S I'm hoping that the new Finder brings some improvements, we'll see.

cake 17y ago

Thanks I'll have a look at Path Finder but I'm always reluctant to add any apps interfering with the Finder. I've already tried a few freebies to maximize the windows (Stoplight...), none of them would work at 100%.

randallsquared 17y ago

Completely replaced? It handles the Desktop and SMB UI as well? Those are the only things I really dislike about the Finder, actually.

gabrielroth 17y ago
Yes, it does Desktop and networking. Try the demo and see if it meets your needs.
- randallsquared 17y ago
  I shall; thanks.
- ComputerGuru 17y ago
  The replacement desktop is quite good, but their "solution" for the tired SMB UI was to do away with it entirely :D You just get a list of servers. Selecting one presents you with a dialog box of available shares. Selecting one mounts it. No concept of "browsing" SMB networks exists in PF.
  - randallsquared 17y ago
    No concept of "browsing" SMB networks exists in PF. That's great, because that's never actually worked for me anyway; I always have to type the IP address I know the share is on. Even then, if I'm on wireless (but not on 100MB ethernet, oddly), I only get one use out of it: if I close that Finder window or don't use it for a bit, the share is closed to me in fact, even though it appears to still be there until I try to use it. The whole thing is terribly buggy and must be approached in an exact manner (FIRST "eject" any visible shares, THEN cmd-K to bring up the SMB window, type the IP (no hostnames, even though ping, etc works!), wait for about two minutes (literally), then immediately do the auth window when it comes up -- waiting a bit will require restarting the process -- and then immediately get or put whatever you need...). I used to blame Windows for this before the local Windows admin demonstrated that no local Windows machine had this problem. :) Sorry, a bunch of irritation just leaked out, there.
    - ComputerGuru 17y ago
      Unfortunately, PF is even worse. After typing an IP address, the dialog disappears (it appears that the mounting of a share has terminated abruptly), and 2 minutes later (also literally) when the SMB server has been loaded, a new dialog is presented with the list of shares :-(

ComputerGuru 17y ago

I tried Path Finder and used it for maybe a month, but too many OS X applications are too tightly integrated with Finder and don't work with PF, such as Time Machine. Also, PF is buggy. The latest build wouldn't show mounted DMG images :S I'm hoping that the new Finder brings some improvements, we'll see.