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MaxCommander for Mac

Dual-panel file manager.

$5.99
In English
Version 2.4.3
4.7
Based on 3 user rates

MaxCommander overview

MaxCommander (previously known as MacCommander) is all you need to manage files on your local drives and remote file servers. The app supports the following operations:

  • Browsing folders
  • Previewing files with QuickLook
  • Editing files
  • Copying, moving, deleting, renaming files and folders
  • Creating folders
  • Creating links
  • Packing and unpacking archives
  • Searching for files

You can browse and manage content of an archive as it was a folder on a local drive. You can browse, create, modifie, and unpacke archives of these types:

  • zip
  • 7z
  • jar
  • tar
  • wim

You can browse, create, and unpacke these archive types:

  • tar.gz, tar.Z, tar.bz2
  • gz, bz2, xz
  • xar, iso

These archives are supported for browsing and unpacking:

  • rar, arj, lha, lzh, cpio, rpm, cab, z, lzma, adz, udf
  • vdi, vmdk, vhd, msi, hfs, fat, sfs, wim, chm

Encrypted 7z, zip and rar archives are also supported.

If you have an archive file created on an operating system that does not use Unicode you can open it in MaxCommander and select the right characters encoding for file names (available for arj, lha/lzh, zip, rar and tar archives).

MaxCommander can connect to file servers and you can manage remote files and folders on such servers. The following servers are supported:

  • FTP
  • FTPS - implicit FTP over SSL/TLS
  • FTPES - explicit FTP over SSL/TLS
  • SFTP
  • SMB
  • AFP
  • WebDAV

Files servers for a local network can be discovered using Bonjour.

What’s new in version 2.4.3

  • Bugfix: Adding or closing tabs by pressing the buttons on the tab bar crashes the app when running on macOS 12.3

MaxCommander for Mac

$5.99
In English
Version 2.4.3
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4.7

(1 Reviews of MaxCommander)

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Mcr
Mcr
Mar 6 2022
2.4.1
0.0
Mar 6 2022
0.0
Version: 2.4.1
I've not used this app, so not commenting on function. The icon though, really needs updating (and yes, icons matter, i know people, espec. the younger ones, who base buying decisions on how cool the app icon looks). I've been using computers and BUILDING COMPUTERS since early 80's. I haven't used or SEEN a 3-1/2 inch floppy disk in close to 15 years and even then it was just to read old data for transferring, not to use actively. I would bet if you asked any person under 30 yrs old what that icon is supposed to stand for, majority would have no idea. To them, a floppy disk is like a typewriter, or a rotary dial phone, or TV with old style picture tube, or maybe even less, at least they've HEARD of the others.
mplsoftwarestudio
mplsoftwarestudio
Feb 9 2022
2.3.2
5.0
Feb 9 2022
5.0
Version: 2.3.2
marcin-labenski
marcin-labenski
Nov 15 2021
2.1.1
5.0
Nov 15 2021
5.0
Version: 2.1.1
gorges
gorges
Oct 24 2021
2.1.1
4.0
Oct 24 2021
4.0
Version: 2.1.1