Commander One
file manager for macOS
Commander One is a dual-pane file manager designed for macOS. Developed by Electronic Team, Inc., the software is created entirely in Swift and aims to provide users with a tool to navigate, manage, and manipulate files and folders on their Mac computers. The application offers a wide range of features for both casual and professional users.
Commander One is officially approved by Christian Ghisler, the developer of Total Commander, as an alternative to his software for the macOS platform It supports multiple languages, including English, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian.
Features
The software application comes with a variety of features bundled together in the free version as well as the "PRO" package. These are some of the features:
Dual-Pane Interface: adopts a dual-pane interface for file and directory browsing
Multi-Tab Browsing: supports simultaneously navigating through different locations using multiple tabs
Built-in Viewer: includes a built-in viewer for various file types without the need for additional software
File Operations: operations such as copy, move, rename, delete, compress, and extract are supported
Quick and Advanced File Search: offers a simple search functionality, and an advanced search feature to locate files or folders based on user-defined criteria (regex).
Hotkeys Setup: hotkeys can be configured to access frequently used functions
Work with Archives: natively supports ZIP file compression and extraction, as well as expanded support for various file compression formats, including RAR (extract only), TBZ, TGZ, and 7z
Display of Hidden Files: provides a special toggle switch that allows displaying hidden files, giving access to files that are not visible in the default macOS file manager.
Renaming Files and Folders during Movement: allows renaming files or folders while moving them to a different location.
Three viewing modes: offers three viewing modes for file browsing: "Full", for detailed file information; "Brief", for a concise overview; and "Thumbs", for visual browsing through media files
Personalized Interface Customization: fonts, colors, and themes can be changed for a customized UI, according to user preferences and work environment
Root Access: allows root access for performing administrative actions and managing system files that require elevated permissions
Built-in FTP Client: supports file transfers via FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS), and SFTP
MTP, Android, and iOS Devices Mounting: allows mounting of MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), Android, and iOS devices (not available in the App Store version of the software) and managing files stored on these devices.
Integration with Cloud Storage: allows directly mounting and managing cloud storage services, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and Amazon S3
Terminal Emulator: a built-in terminal emulator is included for executing command-line operations
Encryption on Online Connections: supports encryption of data transfers and interactions with remote servers
Process Viewer: allows monitoring of running processes and system resource usage
Operating system support
Commander One is specifically designed for macOS systems and is compatible with macOS 10.12 and later versions. The software runs natively on Mac computers with Apple silicon: M1 and M2 series.
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