SADFinder

Tabs, editable paths, search, themes, and Desktop control

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Tabs, editable paths, search, themes, and Desktop control

4 followers

SADFinder is a native file manager for macOS 15+ with tabs, an editable path bar, quick filtering and full-Mac search, Desktop control, cloud actions, 17 themes, Large Text modes, and keyboard window snapping. Enter opens the selected item. Backspace moves it to Trash by default; Option+Up or Command+Up goes to the parent folder. Try every feature for 7 days with no card, then choose $5/month, $29/year, or $49 lifetime for up to three Macs. Full demo: https://youtu.be/u8pyiNuiotY

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Launch tags:Mac•Productivity•Developer Tools

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Hey Product Hunt, I’m Chris, the maker of SADFinder. I built it because I kept missing the tiny file-management details that Windows Explorer gets right: Enter opens a folder, Backspace goes up, Delete moves files to Trash, and the path bar is something you can actually type into. SADFinder is a native macOS file manager for Mac power users and Windows switchers. It includes: - Windows-style keyboard muscle memory - Restored tabs and per-window navigation history - Editable path bar - Quick filtering inside the current folder - Real Desktop control - Rectangle-style window snapping - Native Swift app, not Electron A couple of notes: it requires macOS 26 Tahoe or later, and it starts with a 7-day trial. After that it’s $5/month or $40/year. I’d love feedback from Mac power users: what’s the one Finder behavior you’ve always wanted to change?

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2mo ago

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Correction/update: SADFinder requires macOS 15 Sequoia or later, and it starts with a 7-day no-card trial. After that it’s $5/month, $29/year, or $49 lifetime.

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27d ago

I moved from Windows to Mac three years ago and never stopped quietly fighting Finder. The one that got me daily: hitting Enter on a folder and watching it drop into rename mode instead of opening.

This really fixes that in about a minute of setup. Enter opens, Backspace goes up, Delete sends to Trash. Muscle memory I thought I had to unlearn just started working again.

Great product Chris, congrats!

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19d ago

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20d ago

I cut a macOS file manager demo down to 29 seconds — what is still unclear?

I've been trying to answer a simple question: how much of a desktop app can you explain before a demo turns into a feature dump?

The full SADFinder walkthrough is over four minutes. I cut the core workflow down to 29 seconds:

https://youtu.be/S8pkrsR2OCs

It shows the parts I wanted someone to understand first: separate folders in tabs, familiar keyboard actions, and moving files without losing context. I deliberately left out most settings and secondary features.

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26d ago

I shipped the shiny features and missed the obvious bug

Yesterday I realized SADFinder still had a painfully obvious break in its core experience.

If you downloaded a file and clicked Open Folder or used Show in Finder from another app macOS opened the regular Finder instead of SADFinder.

For an app meant to replace Finder, that's bad.

How did I miss it? I was focused on visible work: colored tabs in three styles, six new premium themes, reorderable favorites, folder-specific view settings, and dozens of smaller improvements. Users reported other issues, but nobody mentioned this one. My developer saw it with fresh eyes, and we fixed it immediately.

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2mo ago

After 20+ years on Windows moving to MacOS was a challenge

I really struggled with MacOS after so many years on Windows. I couldn't explain why:

the delete key didn't send files to the trash
why Enter renamed a folder instead of ... entering it
why cut-paste through didn't work
why there was no path bar that I could copy-paste

So I decided to build SADFinder. It's called "sad" because I didn't think I'd have to build such an app in 2026.

I'm sure you'll find bugs, but message me and I'll fix 'em quick!
Thanks!

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