FolderGlance 2.6.11

Your folders at a glance!

What is FolderGlance?

FolderGlance allows you to control- or right-click folders in the Finder to see and open their contents directly from the Finder's contextual menu, as well as examine the contents of sub-folders down an unlimited number of levels. FolderGlance also has the following features:

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  • Adding your own custom folders to the contextual menu, enabling FolderGlance to act as a very versatile launcher
  • Moving, copying and making aliases of the currently selected files in a folder you browse to
  • Control-free popups: Open the contextual menu without holding down the control-key or using a two-button mouse
  • Drag-and-drop of files and folders directly from the contextual menu
  • In-menu and hover previews of arbitrary files
  • Opening files with an application different than the default by using an "Open with..." menu you can tailor to suit your own taste
  • Changing the font size used in contextual menus
  • Browsing into package contents
  • Customizable sorting and customizable display of hidden files and folders
Screencast: A brief overview of FolderGlance


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Screenshots

FolderGlance in action.

The FolderGlance preference panel.

Pricing

The full version of FolderGlance is $20. Please purchase a license if you find FolderGlance useful. You will receive a license key which enables digging into an unlimited number of sub-folders and removes the purchase reminders.

Requirements

FolderGlance requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later and an Intel-based Mac. Earlier versions of FolderGlance are still available for free if you are not yet running Mac OS X 10.6 (see the sidebar).

Version history

Version 2.6.11

  • Fixes a bug where files and folders would always be revealed, even when left-clicked.

Version 2.6.10

  • Files and folders can be moved to the trash by pressing Command-T or Command-Backspace.
  • Right-clicking a file or folder in the menu reveals it in the Finder.
  • File and folder names with labels now have shadows to ease readability.
  • FolderGlance now sorts files and folders based on their current localized names, rather than their English counterparts.
  • Resolves an issue with copying/moving files.

Version 2.6.9

  • Fixes an issue introduced in 2.6.8 that would prevent items from opening from the root context menu.

Version 2.6.8

  • Hidden files now have their icons shown slightly dimmed to distinguish them from regular, visible files.

Version 2.6.7

  • Adds support for creating new folders in folders you browse to. To do so, hold down the option-key, turning the "New file here" item into a "New folder here" item.

Version 2.6.6

  • Adds the ability to create new files to the root context menu, as well as in folders you browse to.
  • Fixed an issue where FolderGlance would incorrectly report an error when moving files from write-protected volumes.

Version 2.6.5

  • Fixed an issue where the "Show mounted volumes" setting wouldn't stick.

Version 2.6.4

  • Added ability to always include mounted volumes in FolderGlance's menu.
  • Added ability to display the move, copy and alias items at the same time, without the need to hold down a modifier key.

Version 2.6.3

  • Improved Hover Preview window design.
  • Using the Option-key to preview files now invokes the Hover Preview window.
  • Hover Previews are now activated simply by keeping a given menu item selected, rather than keeping the cursor still over the menu item.
  • Fixed a memory leak.

Version 2.6.2

  • Improved move/copy handling: FolderGlance is finally able to move files across volumes without turning the move operation into a copy operation.
  • Improved placement of Hover Previews on screen.
  • The installer now opens the preference panel after installation.
  • FolderGlance no longer shows the move/copy/alias item if no selection is present.
  • Fixes an issue where Hover Previews would not be shown.
  • Fixes an issue where some users would get a "downloaded from the internet" warning every time they log in.
  • Under-the-hood: Control-free popups can now be brought up by emulating a Control + Regular mouse button combo, rather than emulating a Secondary mouse button click. The default remains to use Secondary click to bring up control-free popups, but the alternative behaviour can be enabled by setting the "controlKeyClickInsteadOfRightClick" preference key to 1. This functionality is currently not exposed in the user interface.

Version 2.6.1

  • Fixes an issue that could disable the ability to bring up Hover Previews or drag files from FolderGlance's menus.

Version 2.6.0
  • Adds the ability to integrate FolderGlance's menus with the Finder's own context menu.
  • Adds hover previews, where previews are shown automatically if the cursor hovers over an item for more than about one second.
  • Removes a couple of memory leaks.
  • This version is a free upgrade to registered users.

Version 2.5.10
  • Fixes a bug that could make the Finder crash.

Version 2.5.9

  • Applications now optionally get a submenu containing each application's most recently opened documents.
  • Fixes an issue with font and font size when displaying a file or folder name with its designated label color.

Version 2.5.8

  • File and folder names are now optionally displayed in their label color.
  • The move/copy/alias items can now be hidden.

Reviews

Macworld - "Mac Gems," 4/5 Mice: FolderGlance lets you peek inside files (and folders)

Macsimum News - rating 8/10: FolderGlance for Mac OS X will speed up your workflow

Mac360: Mac Power User Alert: The Folder Tool With Power. FolderGlance is a Mac power user's file and folder dream utility.

TUAW: Friday Favorite: FolderGlance


Download

FolderGlance 2.6.11 (Intel-only)
(3.0 MB, Zipped Disk Image)

Requirements
  • Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" or later
  • Intel-based Mac
Purchase a license

A license for FolderGlance is $20. Purchase a license now!


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Testimonials

"FolderGlance is so valuable and works so flawlessly, that every time I use it (which is all the time!) I wonder why the Mac Operating System doesn't come with it already built in..."
- Julian Krainin's review on VersionTracker and MacUpdate

"What a great app! It offers all the features I need, and I prefer the way it is configured as compared with FinderPop. The developer has been extremely responsive as well, which is always nice to know when making a financial commitment to an application by purchasing a licence. Highly recommended!"
- Richard Drdul's review on MacUpdate

"brilliant!"
- fKing's review on VersionTracker

"this is a MUST have application."
- attentionwandered's review on MacUpdate

"Flawless, Stable, Lightning-Fast on my MacBook Pro..."
- yeomansg's review on VersionTracker


Pre-Snow Leopard version

Versions 2.5 and later of FolderGlance only run on Snow Leopard or later. If you need to run FolderGlance on earlier versions of Mac OS X (10.3-10.5), you should download version 2.1 available here (1.9 MB, Zipped Disk Image). This version runs on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs but does not run on Snow Leopard.

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