Forklift 1.5: fast, pretty and stable.
Forklift, the split-pane file manager with support for multiple network protocols, is officially at version 1.5 now. We covered the initial release a while back, and we're excited about the progress it's made. With an interface update (Leopard goodness) and some behind-the-scenes tweaks, it's turning into a sweet piece of work.
Forklift has always been of interest to me, with its support for SFTP and Amazon S3, but my previous experiences with Forklift had shown it to display a tendency toward a little sluggishness and the occasional poorly-timed crash. This latest version has not only been stable for me, but has been snappy. And by that I mean speedy to the extreme, especially when dealing with (S)FTP servers and S3. Ten times faster on remote transfers, actually, according to their own benchmarks.
Quick Look and FXP Copy (server-to-server file transfer) round out a great feature set. If you're looking for a Finder add-on/replacement (or a great FTP client), definitely download the trial. At $29.95, it's quite reasonably priced for what it can do. And for current users the upgrade is free and will fix quite a few shortcomings you may have noticed thus far. Version 1.5 is Leopard-only, but 1.2 is still available for our striped friends.
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Tried Forklift and found out after 10 minutes or so that the app is crashing if you drag an *.app to the application folder in the favourites pane on the left.
Another thing that is annoying is that there are no predefined keyboard shortcuts for copying or moving files between the split windows.
Just my 2¢.
Well, I'd love to use the new version of Forklift. It looks pretty cool, however I'm still running Tiger and for now won't be upgrading to Leopard. So naturally I clicked the 'Skip this version' button ... but now EVERY time I launch Forklift it asks me to update.
March 19 2008 at 7:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI can't verify 10x faster exactly but it is much faster than the previous version and the interface is easily 7x better.
March 17 2008 at 7:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou might also want to use this for connecting to the Amazon shares... the Amazon S3 accounts.
March 17 2008 at 5:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyQuote: "Ten times faster on remote transfers, actually, according to their own benchmarks."
If you look on their site, they say that the "10+ times increase in transfer rates" is a "totally unverified claim," and they would "be happy to see someone do a real benchmark test".
Why would I want this?
March 17 2008 at 3:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyyou would want this if you used ftp to access remote servers a lot and/or thought the finder's functionality was too limited and wanted more features.
March 17 2008 at 3:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou might want this because it's an extremely stable, capable dual-pane file manager. Your other comment (that you're good with Transmit) seems to imply that you're only thinking of it as an FTP client. It does work very well as an FTP client (w/ FXP support), but that's not what it -is-... It's a file manager that also supports various network protocols. It picks up on a lot of the Finder's shortcomings. If you have a lot of data to be moving around, it really comes in handy. I bought it just to organize a giant folder full of stuff into a set of hierarchical folders, which would have been a tedious task using finder alone. I suppose it is a bit of a niche product, but IMO, it has its moments where it's extremely useful because of conveniences that the Finder lacks. I don't work for BinaryNights or anything, I just sing the praises of ForkLift because I think it's a great tool.
March 17 2008 at 4:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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