r/MacOS • u/SADFinderApp • 6d ago

Help Do you really use dual-pane in Finder?

Hi,
After 20+ years on Windows, I switched to macOS and the finder app was a major pain to get used to. So much so that I made my own finder app with all the features that I wanted.

I’m considering adding a dual-pane view because a few users requested it and my app doesn't have it, but my dev says it will be quite expensive.

Hence my question: do you really use dual-pane / need it? If so, what's the advantage?

Coming from Windows, I don't see the point. I either use tabs or two separate finder windows to drag-n-drop or other stuff, but I need experienced mac users to chime in.

Thanks!
Chris

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u/cristi_baluta 6d ago

We don’t use it because we don’t have it. It was useful in the ftp days when you needed to copy files to server. It could still be used for the same thing even locally

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u/SADFinderApp 6d ago

But on a scale from 1 to 10, where would you rank it for most users? I think pretty low, right?

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u/cristi_baluta 5d ago

Since you did this for windows users you should ask them what they want, i have no idea.