CNET Editors' review
FinderPop is a free preference pane that extends the functionality of OS X's contextual menus, helping you more quickly browse, open, move, preview, and get info on folders, files, volumes, and apps using your mouse, in much the same way that other "launcher" apps increase efficiency with keyboard commands. This popular, venerable application has been around since Mac OS 9, and one of its main purposes is to emulate the old Apple Menu Items folder.
At its most basic, FinderPop lets you browse the contents of a folder or volume just by control-clicking on it, while also giving you quick access to your desktop items, any running processes, and recent apps, files, and folders, all within the standard OS X contextual menu. You can also click on any blank spot in the menu bar to get a one-click contextual menu without having to hold down the control key (useful if you have a one-button mouse), and you can add any favorite items to a "FinderPop Items" folder to have them instantly accessible through any contextual menu. As with many similar interface-enhancing apps, FinderPop has more features than you may ever need, use, or even discover, and it provides extensive options for customization. Thankfully, the app comes with a helpful online manual.
Publisher's Description
From Turlough O'Connor:
FinderPop is a Preference pane that extends OS X's contextual menus using a FinderPop Items folder much as the Apple Menu Items folder used to do for the Apple menu. It has other features too:
- Control-free popup in the Finder - handy for those with one-button mice.
- a launcher that takes up zero screen real estate, merely a click on any blank area of menubar away,
- a handy filesystem browser, allowing quick and easy access to files and disks in the Finder,
- a Processes menu (Command-click a blank menubar area.) fast access to 'Where's that dratted file I had on the Desktop?' (Shift-Click a blank menubar area.)
- a comprehensive collection of vaguely beer-related aphorisms in the Aboutbox.
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"totally useful"
Version: FinderPop 2.4
Pros
speeds up my work
Cons
I couldn't find any
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"Better than Spotlight"
Version: FinderPop 2.4
Pros
FinderPop is a gem! It does all it is advertised to do. It is very easy to learn and it makes no mistakes. It gets along with everything. It is stable and reacts to nothing. It just works peacefully.
Cons
I have no problems. This little program does all I request with no problems.
Summary
Get FinderPop and you will be amazed at how it performs. Get a copy today.
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"Must-have!"
Version: FinderPop 2.4
Pros
this adds so many useful tweaks to the system that it's like a major system upgrade
Cons
none worth mentioning
Summary
Bless you Turly! Gang - let's keep him in ale or stout, or whatever it takes to keep our boy going.
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