Having folders sort before files should be part of Mac OS X out-of-the-box - but for some strange reason it isn't. For me - it takes all the pain out of Finder, and creates a file and folder management shell that reminds me of Total Commander for Windows. An alternative to Quicksilver is Alfred - which also looks nice - although I've yet to take it for a spin.Ģ) Pathfinder from Cocoatech: Cocoatech calls this 'The Finder, reinvented' - and it's nothing less than that. A very fast, and very convenient way to launch apps, scripts, open documents and a lot more. It looks a lot like 'Gnome Do', and I love it. It's been around for ages, and does what it says on the tin. Original Post: Thanks to This application launcher is the business. Spotlight works fine, and Yosemite will finish this off nicely. Thanks to this very cool app - Apptivate which does nothing 'but' set system-wide accelerators (including my prefered keybinding to launch Pathfinder), I'm less reliant on an app launcher now. Having recently joined the 'cult of Apple' - here's what I consider to be the minimum required set of Mac OS X utilities and helper applications for any Mac OS X installation:ġ) Quicksilver: Update: - One of the features I've relied on in Quicksilver, was the ability to easily set system-wide keyboard shortcust.

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