Every action, one key away
The commander keys you know, a ⌘K palette and a key for everything else. Every shortcut is in the menus too.
Tabs, panes and workspaces
- New tab⌘T
- Reopen the closed tab⇧⌘T
- Close the pane, then the tab⌘W
- Close the tab⌥⌘W
- Close the window⇧⌘W
- Next tab⌃⇥
- Previous tab⌃⇧⇥
- Go to tab 1 to 9⌘1–9
- One pane or two⌘\
- Swap the panes⇧⌘\
- Zoom the pane⌘E
- Open the same folder in the other pane⌘=
- Switch to the other pane⇥
- Left pane, right pane←→
- Save the tabs as a workspace⌥⌘S
Moving around
Hold ⇧ with the arrow keys to extend the marks.
- Move the cursor: up, down, page up, page down, top, bottom↑↓⇞⇟↖↘
- Open the folder or file (on the .. row, the enclosing folder)↩⌘↓
- Enclosing folder⌘↑
- Back⌘[
- Forward⌘]
- Edit the path⌘L
- Refresh⌘R
- Home folder⇧⌘H
- Filter the pane⌘F
- Jump to the first name that starts with what you typeA–Z
Marking files
- Mark or unmark, then move downSpace
- Mark all⌘A
- Clear the marks⌘D
- Mark by pattern, like *.jpg+
- Unmark by pattern−
- Clear the marks, then the filteresc
File actions
- RenameF2
- Quick LookF3
- Edit with… (changes upload when you save)F4
- New folderF7⇧⌘N
- DeleteF8⌘⌫
- Copy the URL⇧⌘C
Transfers
- Copy the marked files to the other paneF5
- Move the marked files to the other paneF6
- Compare & Sync the two panes⌥F5
- Upload…⇧⌘U
- Download to…⇧⌘D
- Show transfers⌥⌘T
The palette
- Go to… bookmarks, recent folders, open tabs or a server address⌘K
- Connect to a server⇧⌘K
- Copy the marked files to… a place you pick⌘G
- Move the marked files to… a place you pick⌥⌘G
Inside the palette
In Copy to and Move to mode, ↩ copies and ⌥↩ moves.
- Open in this pane↩
- Open in the other pane⌘↩
- Open in a new tab⇧↩
- Save a bookmark and open it⌥↩
- Copy to the picked place↩
- Move to the picked place⌥↩
F-keys on a laptop
On a MacBook, the top row controls brightness and sound until you hold fn. To use F1, F2 and the rest without fn, turn on Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys in System Settings → Keyboard.
Settings → Keyboard → Show Function-Key Bar shows the F-keys under the panes, so every action is a click away too.
Try them right here
The live demo listens to your keyboard: press Space, F5 and ⌘K on a sample SFTP server and S3 bucket.
SpaceF5⌘KTry it live
Keep exploring
- Keyboard-firstCommander keys for every action: F5 copies, F6 moves, Space marks, ⇥ switches panes, + marks by pattern. Every key is in the menus too.
- ⌘K palettePress ⌘K and type a few letters to go to a bookmark, a recent folder or an open tab, or paste a server address to connect.
- Dual-pane file managers on a MacWhat a two-pane commander does, why it's faster, and how to work with your servers that way on a Mac.
- Getting startedFrom buying to your first copy with F5: install, license, connect a server, open a second pane.
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