Finder
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
13warn against
Nov 23, 2025first mention
Oct 9, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I never understood all the complaints about Finder.”
uses Arch, macOS and Windowson “Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one”
“I've really struggled with file managers that are not Finder.”
20+ year macOS useron “Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one”
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“I’ve always been able to find most things with Finder.”
M1 Mac user, formerly Windowsswitched from Windows Searchon “Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one”
“i love column view in finder”
old Path Finder useron “Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuz…”
Caveats and dissent
“Finder is still terrible though.”
daily Mac user since 2018on “Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs”
“that's probably the worst non-power-user file manager in existence”
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“a real pro file manager from the toy of Finder”
“going up and down in a Finder window is quite hard”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one 11 mentions
- Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron) 2 mentions
- Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs 1 mention
- Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop 1 mention
- Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra 1 mention
- The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure (2023) 1 mention
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All comments 20
“Finder is still terrible though.”
“that's probably the worst non-power-user file manager in existence”
“a real pro file manager from the toy of Finder”
“It works fine for me, I use the column view”
“I never understood all the complaints about Finder.”
“I've really struggled with file managers that are not Finder.”
“I’ve always been able to find most things with Finder.”
“going up and down in a Finder window is quite hard”
“Finder is terrible”
“it's one of the only FM that supports Miller columns, which I use quite a bit.”
“Finder is weird for the sake of being weird.”
“in general I find Finder pretty lacking”
“how can this be so bad after decades and why is everyone cool with it”
“I live with safari and finder and all my office ware is native (mail.app) or web based (Google Docs).”
“Think Apple's infuriating Finder.”
“i love column view in finder”
“Finder is terrible.”
“Finder is an underpowered mess”
“this setup causes any open Finder windows to render on top of all other windows for ~1 second when switching desktops”
“Finder is indeed garbage!”