![]() We will not work on making TotalFinder or TotalSpaces2 work with the next version of macOS, and they will not be ported to Apple Silicon macs. So we have to admit that it’s the end of the road for TotalFinder and TotalSpaces2. However, the support in Big Sur is imperfect, and we are not able to support Apple Silicon macs at all. As it happened, we did better - we continued to make releases in 20, bringing support to Catalina and now to Big Sur. This is due to the additional protections Apple are adding, the changing technology, and more generally the lack of Apple provided APIs to do the kind of system modifications that our customers want.Īt that time we promised to support the products during the lifetime of Mojave. ![]() What now?Īt the end of this post from 2018 we noted that TotalFinder and TotalSpaces2 have had a good run, but it is certainly becoming more difficult to support these products. We found that some people preferred the TotalFinder tabs, but this did reduce the relevance of TotalFinder to many people. Turning SIP off was uncomfortable to do (requiring two reboots), and uncomfortable for us to recommend.Īlso notable was that Apple to some extent “Sherlocked” TotalFinder by implementing their own tabs implementation in Finder. This prevented modification of the system software, and had to be turned off for the installation or running of our products. Over the years Apple has erected many obstacles, the most important of which was their “rootless” implementation, System Integrity Protection. Amazingly, TotalFinder has been available for over 11 years, and TotalSpaces for almost 9 years. We were able to replace that functionality, and add some configurability and improvements of our own.Īs time went by, we continued to develop these products and support them. In April 2012 we released TotalSpaces for macOS Lion, since the grid spaces functionality that we absolutely loved was removed by Apple after the Snow Leopard release. We think that TotalFinder was able to really make a difference in the usability of Finder, and we found there was a great deal of support for it. Although many still remember that operating system with fondness, the Finder implementation of the time was ripe for improvement. This script does NOT have access to anything you type in this prompt.An early version of TotalFinder was first released in November 2009 during the golden days of Snow Leopard. It is normal for nothing to be displayed as you type. Please enter your macOS login password at the following prompt. In order to determine your current BootPolicy security mode, this script must run Apple's BootPolicy utility (bputil) as an administrator (root).ĭo you wish to proceed with this step? (enter y/n) y You are currently using an Apple Silicon Mac. Press Enter/Return to continue, or CTRL-C to quit. If you are familiar with the Bash scripting language, we encourage you to open this script in a text editor and inspect it yourself to verify its contents! You will get a chance to inspect the resulting file before sending it. ![]() We do not collect any personal or uniquely identifying data, and the information is only used for diagnostic purposes. This script will gather some diagnostic information about your system, and store it in a file on your Desktop. When I enter the password it remains in this state for several minutes with no apparent completion, but when I hit enter to see if it’s doing anything it returns back to the prompt with no files/folders generated at ~/Desktop: $ /Applications/TotalFinder.app/Contents/Resources/diagnose-totalfinder.sh I’ve attempted to run the script, /Applications/TotalFinder.app/Contents/Resources/diagnose-totalfinder.sh, but it seems to fail silently following my entering my password. Hi, I’m still having this problem on 12.6.3 wherein I have to manually start TotalFinder. Or are you referring simply to the fact that TotalFinder appears to not take effect until you Cmd-Tab?Īdditionally, and I do know this sounds stupid, but have you tried simply waiting? TotalFinder does take a bit of time to start up and properly inject into Finder - it would explain this strange behaviour you are explaining where “TotalFinder appears when I press Cmd-Tab”, since it’s possible that TotalFinder just so happens to finish initialising and hooking when you press Cmd-Tab.īasically, TotalFinder will not instantaneously inject into Finder upon user login - there will always be a bit of a delay where you’ll just have the standard stock Finder at startup (especially as macOS also needs to finish starting up other things that aren’t TotalFinder.app). To confirm, are you referring to the fact that TotalFinder apparently disappears from the “Login Items” preference pane on your system? Oddly enough, if I open a MacOS finder and hit Cmd-Tab, Total Finder 1.15 Which version of macOS and hardware is this occurring on? ![]()
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