If you need a file browser that not only makes it faster to find your files but provides so many features to make managing your files a whole lot easier than you need Macintosh Explorer. Having a full featured browser can help save you time and money as well as make your life a whole lot easier.
The first fully featured file browser that helps manage your files
Macintosh Explorer helps you easily navigate your hard drives and find what you are looking for fast and easy. It also lets you view invisible files, back up important files/folders, delete unused files, change finder flags, store favorites and more...
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Limitations in the Unregistered Version
The demonstration version is fully functional except for:
* It expires after 30 days
* Backup feature disabled
* Show Invisible files disabled
Macintosh Explorer only cost $10.00. Purchasing is fast easy and secure. You can purchase Macintosh Explorer at: http://order.kagi.com/?ELK. For more information please see the Pricing file included in the Macintosh Explorer folder.
It╒s worth it!
Macintosh Explorer includes many features in just one application. If you wanted these features seperatly it could cost a lot of money to by seperate applications. Plus because all these features are in one application, it is so easy and less time consuming to use them.
System Requirements
ÑQuickTime
ÑAppleScript
ÑMacOS 8.5.1 or higher (May work on systems below 8.5.1 but they are unsupported)
ÑPowerPC
Ñ5 Megabytes of Free Memory
Ñ4 Megabytes of Disk Space
Note: You can still use Macintosh Explorer if you don't have QuickTime but you won't be able to open as picture or movie. Also if you don't have AppleScript installed you wont be able to quit or launch the Finder.
Macintosh Explorer has been tested on:
PowerBook G3 233mhz 8.5.1/8.6/9.0
PowerBook G3 292mhz 8.6/9.0
PowerMac G3 300mhz 9.0
PowerMac 180mhz 8.5.1/8.6
iMac 233mhz 8.6
iMac SE 9.0
Contact Information
Before Emailing us you should first see our FAQs page at:
If you have a question, suggestion or comment we would really like to hear from you. We do our best to include all the requested features in the latest versions of Macintosh Explorer.
If you need to contact Rage Software for any other reason please do so at the following addresses:
General: contact@ragesw.com
Sales or registrations: sales@ragesw.com
Support: support@ragesw.com
Features
The file browser of Macintosh Explorer
Included in Macintosh Explorer at no extra charge
* Find your files fast and easy
* Store links that are a click away
* View Invisible files
* Display extended info for files
* Keep track of visited folders
* Save file lists
* Built in find file function
* Hierarchical folder list
* Built in picture viewer, movie player,
and text editor
* Drag and Drop to and from the Finder
* Contextual Menus
* Single Click Browsing
* View pictures as you browse
Macintosh Explorer is the first file browser to include all these features in just one application.
The picture viewer, movie player, and text editor of Macintosh Explorer
Included in Macintosh Explorer at no extra charge
* View any kind of picture file supported by QuickTime
* View pictures as different sizes
* View picture files. movie files, or text files
with out opening another program
* Play any kind of movie supported by QuickTime
* View and edit any kind of text file
* View data forks of files
The built in backup feature of Macintosh Explorer
Included in Macintosh Explorer at no extra charge
* Easily backup your important
files/folders in seconds
* Automaticly Stuff the backed up files
Macintosh Explorer includes the easiest way to back up your files. Its never been this easy before.
The built in delete unused files of feature of Macintosh Explorer
Included in Macintosh Explorer at no extra charge
* Delete files/folders that have no creator
* Delete files/folders that take up no size
* Delete files/folders that have no creator OR take up no space
* Delete files/folders that have no creator AND take up no space
* Clean up preferences folder and temporary files folder
* Save list of unused files
* Move unused files to the trash
The built in get info window of Macintosh Explorer
Included in Macintosh Explorer at no extra charge
* View extended info not shown in regular get info windows
* Change creator codes
* Change visibility
* View number of files and/or folders in a folder
* Preview movie, picture, sound and text files
The extra features of Macintosh Explorer
Included in Macintosh Explorer at no extra charge
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* Permanently delete unused files
* Create new folders
* Open files/folders in Finder
* Move and copy files using Cut, Copy, and Paste
* Move files to the trash
* Duplicate files/folders
* Open files with other applications
* Change invisibilty of files/folders
* Open Sherlock right from Macintosh Explorer
* Cutomizable background colours
* Customizable background tiles
* and much more...
Version History
Version 1.5 (08/12/00)
New Features
ÑThe 30 day trial period has been reset for everyone
ÑPreferences option to view picture files as you browse
ÑNew feature to easily change multiple file's creator/type, visibility, and lock status
ÑContextual menu to stuff and unstuff files
ÑPreferences option to hide/show the links bar on open
ÑDisclosure Triangle in Explorer window that allows you to hide/show the links bar
ÑWhen the find field is in focus you can use the return key to initiate the search instead of clicking the find button
ÑWhen the path field is in focus you can use the return key to open the file/folder that the path field is pointing too.
ÑIf you enter a url in the pathfield and press the open button (or hit return) your default browser will open and will go to the specified web site
ÑThe new iMac colours have been added to the colour preferences
ÑA Beginners Mode button has been added to the preferences window
Improvements
ÑMacintosh Explorer is now much smarter
ÑDelete unused files feature is now much more accurate when Finding unused files
ÑThe back up feature now has an option to stuff the folder that the files are moved too (This requires the stuffit engine to be installed)
ÑMajor Speed Improvements
ÑResizing the file lists in the Explorer window is no longer done live.
ÑUpdated Manual and read me
Bug Fixes
ÑFixed a bug with the Open With Dialog
ÑIf single click browsing is enabled double clicking now works properly
ÑIf a file is under 1K the size in bytes will be shown
ÑMany Bug Fixes
Version 1.2.1(06/27/00)
New features
ÑIf show icons is disabled in the preferences Macintosh Explorer will now use a set of icons that match the creator
ÑIn the delete unused files function there is now a function to chose either files/folders with no creator or files/folder which take up no space
ÑMacintosh Explorer will no longer allow you to make a hard drive, your system folder, or the Finder invisible
ÑFor this version option-clicking on a file/folder will not hide Macintosh Explorer
Bug Fixes
This version fixes many bugs that caused a type 3 error specifically when searching for files/folders. It is now much more stable and faster. Speed has been improved in the launch time, window redrawing, background tiles, listing the files/folders and more. A bug that froze Macintosh Explorer while selecting multiple favorites from the favorites list and deleting them has been fixed.
Version 1.2(06/25/00)
New Features:
ÑMajor Speed Improvements
ÑMacintosh Explorer can now delete unused files/folders
ÑMacintosh Explorer can now backup files/folders
ÑYou can easily rename files/folders by selecting the file and clicking its name at the bottom of the Explorer window
ÑNew icons thanks to Mike Balonek
ÑSome interface including default font changed to Geneva
ÑYou can store up to 18 links
ÑPreferences are now stored in the Preferences Folder
Bug Fixes:
ÑFixed a bug with background tiles
ÑBackground images will now load faster and require less memory
ÑMany Minor Bug Changes
Version 1.1.1 (06/10/00)
New Features
ÑGreatly Improved speed
ÑAdded an Open in Finder contextual menu item and menu item
ÑYou can now hide or show the info for files/folders at the bottom of the main window
ÑSome interface changes
Bug Fixes
ÑFixed a bug with Macintosh Explorer quitting when clicking on a link with no file specified to it
ÑFixed many minor bugs
Version 1.0 (06/03/00)
New Features
ÑApplications from favorites list are now stored in a list in the open with dialog
ÑYou can now select multiple files to open as picture
ÑMany Speed Improvements
ÑUpdate Balloon Help
Bug Fixes
ÑFixed a bug with the size in the bottom info
ÑFixed a bug with the color preferences
ÑFixed some small bugs with reading the preferences
ÑFixed a bug with the paste button
ÑFixed some minor bugs
Version 1.0b5 (05/20/00)
New Features
ÑYou can now have up to 15 links
ÑYou can now use the cut, copy and paste files/folders method with multiple files/folders
ÑSpeed improvements
ÑImproved favorites organizer (see Bookmarks->Show Favorites)
ÑAll windows will be the same color as the explorer window
Bug Fixes
ÑFixed a small bug with resizing columns
ÑFixed a bug with displaying the size of a file or folder in the bottom info of the main window
ÑFixed a bug with showing the info window
ÑFixed a bug with showing the delete window
ÑFixed a bug with the color preferences
ÑFixed some minor bugs introduced in version 1.0b4
Version 1.0b4 (05/13/00)
New Features
ÑHierarchical folder list
ÑLinks at top of Explorer window are now customizable
ÑMacintosh Explorer will now show the modified date, the number of items in folders, the size of files, and the file's creator in the folder list (Modification Date can be changed to Creation Date in the preferences)
ÑColumns are resizable
ÑInvisible files/folders are displayed in bold
ÑYou can now delete multiple files/folders
ÑOption to display files/folders on single click
ÑIf calculate folder size is not selected there will be a button in the main window to calculate it
ÑPressing the right arrow in the left listbox will do the same function as double clicking
ÑPressing the home button on your keyboard in any of the file lists will deselect all selected items and move to the top of the list
ÑPressing the page down button on your keyboard in any of the file lists will deselect all selected items and move to the bottom of the list
Interface Enhancements
ÑMacintosh Explorer is now much more appearance savvy
ÑYou can pick any color as the background color
ÑSome small corrections
Bug Fixes
ÑFixed a bug with showing the info window
ÑFixed a big bug with reloading
ÑFixed a bug that cause a system beep when pressing the small black arrow by the file's icon
ÑFixed a bug which displayed the wrong file path in the path field
ÑNew Folder window will not close if a folder already has the specified name
ÑIf pointing too a file, a new folder will be created in the parent directory
Version 1.0b3 (04/29/00)
New Features
ÑShow/Hide Invisible files/folders
ÑMultiple selecting, moving, copying of files/folders
ÑSmall Find File Function in Main Window
ÑMuch Faster loading of files/folder
ÑFavorites are stored in a bookmarks menu item as well as the old favorites list
ÑShows Comment in Info Window
ÑReveal in Finder menu item
ÑIcon at bottom of main window opens file/folder in Finder
ÑCommand-Clicking on open button will open a URL from the path field
ÑContextual Menus for files/folders
ÑCommand-Clicking on reload, reloads volume list
ÑRemembers Window Positions
ÑTook away agreement window
ÑUpdated balloon help
Interface Enhancements
ÑNormal background color is now a light Grey
ÑNew style Buttons in Explorer Window
ÑNew Button Icons
ÑProgress bar shows how many of the files are listed while listing
ÑA button's function is displayed at the bottom of the window
ÑNew splash screen
Bug Fixes:
ÑFixed a bug that when clicking on a folder alias the folder was opened in the Finder
ÑFixed a bug with saving preferences
ÑFixed a bug which didn't allow dropping files into left listbox
ÑFixed bug with reloading
ÑFixed a bug which made the movie player in the preview window bigger than the window
ÑMany Minor Bug Fixes
Version 1.0b2 (04/08/00)
ÑAlias problem fixed (copying, moving, deleting, etc.. will perform that action on the alias and NOT on the original)
ÑAliases in file list are shown in italic
ÑFaster Loading of files/folders
ÑGives time back to CPU when listing files/folders
ÑYou do not have to wait for all the files/folders to load before you can do anything
ÑAbility Change Fonts
ÑContextual Menus to help browsing
ÑSkin Support
ÑOption to protect invisible files
ÑOption-clicking on folders will hide Mac Explorer and Open the folder
ÑCommand-Clicking an item in favorites will close favorites
ÑUpdated Balloon Help
ÑUpdated Manual
ÑApply Button doesn't close preferences
ÑWhite squares around icons on the Explorer window fixed
