FileUtils - Advanced File Operations for macOS Finder

Full POSIX file permissions are obscured on macOS behind terminal interface and its commands. With FileUtils they are accessible in a convenient graphical user interface, with even more advanced features, like SetUID, SetGID and Sticky bits. All permission bits are available one click away in the Finder's contextual menu.

Access Control List (ACL) is another gem hidden on macOS behind terminal interface and commands. FileUtils presents ACL in a visual way, making it super easy to understand, modify and save. Indispensable in multiuser environments (both on a single machine or in networks), ideal for network administrators and power users.

With the unleashed power of POSIX permissions and ACL, it may be challenging to figure out what actual access to a particular file any user or a group has. FileUtils's "effective file access" overview is ideal to reveal this, showing all allowed and denied access types to the file for every user (on a single machine or in networks).

Changing file timestamps seems like an unimportant thing, until you actually need it. The only way on macOS is diving into terminal. FileUtils makes it much easier with a nice and comprehensive graphical user interface. Quickly change creation, modification and any other file's date supported by macOS and underlying filesystems.

Batch file rename is perfect for organizing photos, movies, documents, or any other batch file renaming task. Use text and regular expressions (RegEx) removal and replace, letter case substitutions, number sequences and file attributes insertion to create powerful renaming patterns and sequences. And you can save them for later use.

Select folders in Finder and use FileUtils to browse containing files by size and discover which ones use the most disk space. Files are organized in the hierarchical column view, and in a colorful pie chart, immediately giving a visual representation of their absolute and relative sizes. Quickly trash or delete big files you don't need anymore.

Folder comparison and syncing on macOS can be a pain. FileUtils solves this with a simple and intuitive user interface, presenting syncing outcome in a clean and understandable fashion before it actually happens. It sports numerous syncing options, file include/exclude filters and fully configurable syncing resolutions. And it’s fast too.

Instead of opening your favorite file comparison application on macOS, pointing it to the first and second file for comparison and finally clicking "Compare" button, do all that much faster with FileUtils. Just select two files in Finder, right-click to show Finder's contextual menu, select your favorite application from the menu and enjoy!

Ensure file integrity to maintain data reliability and security. Validate file integrity with checksums to protect yourself from corrupted, altered, or tampered files. Forget about diving into terminal and typing unmemorable commands. With FileUtils, use Finder's contextual menu to show and compare checksums of various types.

Some tasks are still best done with automated custom scripts, be it terminal shell, AppleScript or Automator workflow. FileUtils makes these tasks easier as well. Select script input files in Finder, right-click to show Finder's contextual menu, select the script by name from the menu and sit and relax while it executes.

Copy and move files directly from Finder's contextual menu or toolbar, something Finder doesn't do by default. Use either Finder or FileUtil's "copy engine" to copy and move files. And if you use FileUtils, you have at your disposal additional copying options and file conflict resolutions (copied file verification, full folder merging…).

Instead of being limited to ZIP archive only, use FileUtils to compress files into ZIP, ZIP with password, 7Z, XAR, TAR, PAX, CPIO… Expand even more archive types like RAR, CAB… Finally, extract only particular file or folder from an archive, all with hierarchical Finder's contextual menu (also available in Finder's toolbar).

If you are sure you don't need some files anymore, avoid doing double work of trashing them first and then emptying the trash (potentially destroying some other files already in the trash, which you still may need later). With FileUtils, delete the files immediately and permanently directly from Finder's contextual menu or toolbar.

Instead of opening your default file editor, creating and editing a new file and saving it under a particular name, use FileUtils to create a new "empty" file directly from Finder's contextual menu and give it a name immediately if you want to. Newly created file will be automatically opened in your default file editor for the new file's type.

If you need to copy and paste file's representation different from its path, you'd really want FileUtils. It lets you copy file's URL and all representations of its path (UNIX, HFS, Terminal, Windows…). And it works on multiple files selected in Finder too, with each file representation occupying a single line in clipboard's text content.

Avoid cluttering Finder’s contextual and toolbar item menus with ever-increasing number of items for all commands and operations FileUtils can do, if you use only a few of them. Add or remove menu items and organize them in arbitrary hierarchy, all with drag’n’drop in a simple and comprehensive graphical user interface.

Every operation and setting in FileUtils' windows is available from the main menu. These menu items can have keyboard shortcut assigned in a simple and comprehensive keyboard settings. Invoking every available FileUtils command with key shortcuts is ideal for power users, preferring to keep their hands on the keyboard all the time.

By assigning keyboard shortcuts to Finder Services provided by FileUtils, you can invoke its commands without Finder contextual menu or using mouse or other pointer devices. Kick-off FileUtils commands from the keyboard, even without FileUtils previously running. A huge productivity gain for power users and keyboard-oriented users.