Pfinder A Panther Like Finder For Legacy Macs

Pfinder: A Panther-like Finder for Legacy Macs Pfinder provides a "Panther" Finder environment for pre-Panther Macs running Mac OS 9 and higher; it's designed to run especially for Mac users whose Macs cannot be upgraded to Mac OS X due to hardware restrictions, but it's also available in a Carbon version for users who would like to check out a Panther-style user interface in earlier versions of OS X. Pfinder features for all pre-Panther OS versions Favorites column Favorites groups Iconize to palette Go to parent folder Edit file creator and types Features for Mac OS X (pre-Panther) Color Labels Calculate folder sizes Resizable columns in column view Features for Mac OS 9 Single window interface Window history (back and forward) Column View Icon Scaling Extra info under icon in icon view Background pictures and colors New in version 1.0b4 Snapping grid size preference Font size of icons preference Icon view no longer scrolls back to origin on activating the window. Draw background pictures in tables. Draw PNG files. Pfinder Features and Capabilities Favorites Column When you first launch Pfinder you will get a set of standard folders showing in the favorites column on the left of the main Pfinder window. Also added to the top of this list are any mounted disks. Clicking on any of these icons will show that folder in the main area of the Pfinder window. To add new icons to this list, drag an icon from the main area into this list and an alias of it will be added. You can also drag icons from the real Finder into this list. Indeed you can drag anything you like into this area, including applications, documents, and favorite folders. You can reorder this list just by dragging an icon up or down to the correct position. To remove an icon just drag it out of the list and it will disappear (similar to the OS X Dock). Only the alias will be removed, not the original. Alternatively select the icon and select Clear from the Edit menu. Favorites Groups Because you may have many more favorites than can be displayed in one column, or you may want to group your favorites into logical groups, you can create new groups of favorites. Select 'Show Favorites Groups Panel' from the View menu. A panel will slide open under the Favorites column. There is one default groups called 'Favorites' which can not be deleted. A new group can be added by selecting 'New Favorites Group' from the View menu. A new Folder will appear in the Favorites Groups Panel which can be renamed to something like 'Applications' or 'Work' or 'Projects'. When you click on this group folder it will show a new blank Favorites panel (apart from the Disks). You can then drag the appropriate icons into this area. Applications dragged in the Favorites column can be launched with just one click. Iconize to Palette When you collapse or minimize the Pfinder window, you can ch…