FINDERPOP ALTERNATIVE MAC OS X
FINDERPOP ALTERNATIVE INSTALL
FINDERPOP ALTERNATIVE PASSWORD

You can also enable options for Desktop and Processes submenus. (I find viewing package files this way to be easier than using the Finder’s Show Package Contents command.)

FINDERPOP ALTERNATIVE MAC OS X

(That option is enabled in the screenshot above.) You can also have FinderPop display Mac OS X package files as folders. For example, you can enable an option-via the FinderPop System Preferences pane-that includes folders in FinderPop’s menus that are normally invisible in the Finder. And holding down the Command and Option keys while moving the mouse pointer over an item in the FinderPop menu displays some useful information about that item.įinderPop also gives you a bit more file-browsing power than the Finder itself. You can quickly move an item to the Trash by pressing Control+Option+Command as you choose it. For example, pressing the Command key when you choose an item from the menu reveals the item in the Finder. You can also perform a number of standard Finder actions on files instead of opening them. For example, if you Control/right-click on your Home directory, you can move the mouse pointer over that directory in the menu to view its contents (and the contents of any of its contents, and so on). In case you’ve never used it, FinderPop is a contextual menu enhancer for the Finder that lets you view and work with the contents of a folder or volume by simply Control/right-clicking on that item in the Finder its contents are displayed in the resulting contextual menu. (As with the “classic” version, FinderPop is donationware.)

The result is FinderPop 1.9.9b4, a beta version that will certainly bring back memories for some Mac users. But I missed FinderPop, especially the click-in-unused-menubar feature, and so I braved the horrors of Xcode to bring out a version of FP for X. I now use it all the time in preference to my PC.

FINDERPOP ALTERNATIVE PASSWORD

You will probably be prompted for an administrator password.ĥ) Open Terminal, and type command: sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/ScriptingAdditions/FinderPopOsax.osaxĦ) You'll need to enter your admin password when prompted in the Terminal windowħ) Enable SIP (reboot in discovery mode again, in Terminal type command 'csrutil enable', restart normal)Ĩ) Navigate to /Library/PreferencePanes/FinderPop.prefPane/Contents/Resources/finderpop-daemon.After getting a Mac Mini a few months ago, I was impressed with its silence / unobtrusiveness and how far OS X had come on since I left the fold three years ago.

Don't leave the file where it was, move it, don't just copy it. From here - still working as of the date of this posting, but if not, ping me on the forum and I'll see if I can get you a copy from Turly.)ġb) execute (using the Terminal app): defaults write ignoreSysVersionCheck -bool trueĢ) Disable SIP (reboot in discovery mode pressing cmd-r while restarting, in Terminal type command 'csrutil disable', restart normal)ģ) Open /Library/ScriptingAdditions folderĤ) Move the FinderPopOsax.osax file in there to the /System/Library/ScriptingAdditions directory (creating the ScriptingAdditions directory first if it doesn't exist).

FINDERPOP ALTERNATIVE INSTALL

It even looks really good in Dark Mode!ġ) Install the latest FinderPop version. If you're one of those people struggling without it and want it back, here's some instructions that were posted on Turly's forum ages ago for High Sierra that still work with Mojave with one additional step that I've found needing to be taken with Mojave that I'll add at the bottom. I love it and frankly find myself going to extreme lengths to keep using it, even under Mojave 10.14.2 (18C54). FinderPop still has a fiercely loyal following, of which I am one.

Finderpop alternative