You just bought a kick ass Apple Silicon Mac? No problem, Path Finder 10 is optimized to run native on Apple Silicon. You wanted that cool new Sharing feature all the cool kids are using. Path Finder 10 is chock full of Mac goodness. We thank you Path Finder 9 for all your hard work and to show our appreciation, today we are announcing your replacement, Path Finder 10! It managed your files, it popped open it’s dual pane awesomeness, it let you move your modules where ever you wanted, all without a single complaint. Despite the pandemic, Path Finder 9 worked tirelessly on thousands of computers all over the world. People from all over the world told us how they loved it, and how they relied on it throughout the pandemic to stay productive on their Macs. 2020 was also the year of Path Finder 9! Path Finder 9 was a great release. In a world that seems divided on just about every issue these days, let’s find ways to work together. If you are a developer or have a favorite app that you would love to have functionality inside Path Finder reach out to us.Ĭontact our team at Cocoatech at Path Finder fans! As 2020 comes to an end, it’s once again time for a brand new feature-filled update to Path Finder! 2020 has been one crazy year, but it hasn’t been all bad. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead Cocoatech has no interest in suing Apple for not allowing it in the Apple app store so they will simply create code that makes their fellow techies more productive outside the usual channels. A Call for CollaborationĬocoatech and St Clair Software is the first of many collaborations. They are still in litigation over this but it brought to light how Apple’s method of doing business does not allow for any deviance from what they have planned for their shareholder, no matter the cost to the end-user. In August of last year, the makers of Fortnite sued Apple and Google for allegedly monopolizing their app distribution stores and in-app payment processing markets after the tech giants for booting their game from the App store. We are seeking to work with other app developers who are not allowed in the app store to work together and improve the experience and functionality of the end-user. It is a lofty goal to work on a smaller level with local developers to try and make macOS more user-friendly outside the confines of the support of Apple but Path Finder does not plan to stop with just one collaboration. Our developers got together to synchronize our code so they work together seamlessly to do things that macOS can not. Cocoatech & St Clair Software Join Forces Improving functionality for the user means that it “hacks” some of the controls that Apple has put in place. To date, neither Path Finder, nor Default Folder X can be found in the Apple App store because they violate the terms of use as it improves upon macOS applications and allows customizations Apple simply will not. However, some applications like Cocoatech’s Path Finder have to lobby for the ability to even present their product to macOS users through the App store because they are attempting to improve upon the functionality. This often takes hundreds of development hours just to integrate the updates. Over the years, app developers have been forced to drop everything because Apple announces a new update that will effectively render their application useless unless they redesign it with the new Apple specs. Clair Software’s Default Folder X (DFX) to create more customization to the macOS to help the end-users where Apple has fallen short. This is one of those rare cases! Cocoatech is excited to announce their collaboration with St. In rare cases, developers look around and seek solutions from their contemporaries. Many times, this work is done in a vacuum and as a result, there are many solutions to the same problems. Over the last two decades, Cocoatech and several other independent development teams have quietly created solutions to these workflow problems and created stand-alone apps for certain workflow conundrums. However, Apple has such a market share that those that want the functionality of macOS stick around and simply deal with the issues. This has forced many to move over to Linux and other platforms. If you have spent time in software development, you will know that Apple has become increasingly difficult and limited to customization over the past several decades.
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