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File Cabinet Pro for Mac

File manager for the menu bar.

$29.99
In English
Version 8.5
3.7
Based on 21 user rates

File Cabinet Pro overview

File Cabinet Pro is the file manager for the macOS menu bar. Quickly navigate to files without cluttering your desktop. Open, move, rename, compress, tag, trash, copy and paste files, all from the menu bar. You can open many file types natively in File Cabinet Pro or open files by launching other applications. It's easy to click into directories in icon view, drill through directories in list view, or navigate the file tree in column view.

File Cabinet Pro is also a document-based application that ships with a built-in text editor, image viewer, pdf viewer, and media player. Some of the file types File Cabinet Pro can open for editing/viewing include:

  • Text documents: Plain text files (.txt), Rich Text Format (.rtf), Rich Text Format Directory (.rtfd), Portable Document Format (.pdf), Markdown (.md)
  • Image documents: Portable Network Graphics (.png), Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpeg), Tagged Image File Format (.tiff, .tif), Bitmap image file (.bmp), Photoshop File Format (.psd) Import only., Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg) Import only
  • Video and audio documents: MOV, MP4, M4A, M4V, AVI, MP3, WAV, CAF, AIF
Features
  • Create subdirectories
  • Click into subdirectories and open documents
  • Open directories in new tabs.
  • Tag files easily. Select files in File Cabinet Pro, right-click, and then simply add or remove file tags from the control in the context menu
  • Show selected files in Finder
  • Rename files
  • Copy and paste files
  • Compress files
  • Trash files
  • View items as icons, in a list, in columns, or in cover flow view
  • Launch the application at login. You can have File Cabinet Pro automatically launch when you login to your Mac (optional feature, disabled by default)
  • Create a list of all your favorite directories in the sidebar
  • Create and edit TXT, RTF, and RTFD files using the built in lightweight text editor
  • Create txt, rtf, rtfd, and .md files from text data currently on the clipboard.
  • Create text documents from Finder using File Cabinet Pro’s Document Creator Finder extension (Note: To use this feature, you have to enable the Finder extension in System Preferences under the "Extensions" tab).
  • Rotate images, crop images, and apply filters to images using the built in lightweight image editor
  • Watch video and play audio files using the built in media player
  • View PDF files using the built in PDF viewer
  • Revert document versions for supported editable document types
  • Set a global hotkey for showing and closing the File Cabinet Pro window (optional feature, disabled by default)
  • Preview selected files in QuickLook by pressing the spacebar
  • Share files in apps that support Sharing extensions like Mail and Messages
  • Create text documents from Finder using File Cabinet Pro’s Document Creator Finder extension (Note: To use this feature, you have to enable the Finder extension in System Preferences under the "Extensions" tab)
  • Verify the SHA256, SHA1, or MD5 checksum of files using the "View Checksum in File Cabinet Pro" Service.

What’s new in version 8.5

  • macOS Ventura compatibility.

File Cabinet Pro for Mac

$29.99
In English
Version 8.5
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3.7

(26 Reviews of File Cabinet Pro)

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Johninsapporo
Johninsapporo
Sep 14 2021
8.4
0.0
Sep 14 2021
0.0
Version: 8.4
Don't really see the point when there are apps like XMenu that do almost the same thing for free.
anonymous-swordtail-5987
anonymous-swordtail-5987
Jun 23 2020
7.9.3
5.0
Jun 23 2020
5.0
Version: 7.9.3
I love this app
Jmsuijkerbuijk
Jmsuijkerbuijk
Jun 9 2020
7.9.1
2.0
Jun 9 2020
2.0
Version: 7.9.1
Column view in dark mode is unusable: no file or folder names show up. File Cabinet Pro also seems to have a problem with remembering its settings: it does not respect the default arrange files policy, nor what default folder to display when opening a new tab. No doubt other problems will show up when using it more extensively than I have thus far.
DragonMaster
DragonMaster
Mar 2 2020
7.6.2
5.0
Mar 2 2020
5.0
Version: 7.6.2
I love it. I have removed all of my other launchers etc. So flexible and intuitive. Makes the Dock irrelevant. Even has a built in document reader!!! Regular updates and friendly, quick help if you need it.
latarnikicloud-com4436
latarnikicloud-com4436
Feb 17 2019
6.8
4.5
Feb 17 2019
4.5
Version: 6.8
I simply deleted older version
anonymous-swordtail-5987
Jun 23 2020
5.0
Version: null
Jmsuijkerbuijk
Jmsuijkerbuijk
Jun 9 2020
2.0
Jun 9 2020
2.0
Version: null
DragonMaster
DragonMaster
Mar 2 2020
5.0
Mar 2 2020
5.0
Version: null
latarnikicloud-com4436
Feb 17 2019
4.5
Version: null
macspeed
macspeed
Jul 9 2018
4.0
Jul 9 2018
4.0
Version: null
Bryan
Bryan
Mar 8 2018
5.0
Mar 8 2018
5.0
Version: null
Monor82
Monor82
Jan 26 2018
5.0
Jan 26 2018
5.0
Version: null
baxsur
baxsur
Jan 17 2018
4.0
Jan 17 2018
4.0
Version: null
YHC
YHC
Dec 30 2017
0.5
Dec 30 2017
0.5
Version: null
ajmartin56
ajmartin56
Dec 30 2017
2.0
Dec 30 2017
2.0
Version: null
Peternew
Peternew
Dec 22 2017
3.0
Dec 22 2017
3.0
Version: null
Iain-Reilly
Iain-Reilly
Oct 17 2017
2.5
Oct 17 2017
2.5
Version: null
P-A-Chrysanthakopoulos6905
Jun 5 2017
2.5
Version: null
barhbar
barhbar
Jun 5 2017
3.5
Jun 5 2017
3.5
Version: null
mailtillgille
mailtillgille
Jun 5 2017
3.0
Jun 5 2017
3.0
Version: null
Cro-duke
Cro-duke
Jun 3 2017
5.0
Jun 3 2017
5.0
Version: null
Allan2
Allan2
May 31 2017
5.0
May 31 2017
5.0
Version: null
Wilumk
Wilumk
May 29 2017
3.5
May 29 2017
3.5
Version: null
deputat
deputat
May 8 2017
3.5
May 8 2017
3.5
Version: null
Bluebird
Bluebird
Dec 7 2016
5.0
Dec 7 2016
5.0
Version: null
Rjmorita
Rjmorita
Nov 28 2016
4.0
Nov 28 2016
4.0
Version: null