Version 1.0 for Apple Silicon

Windows Explorer speed, native on your Mac.

Mac Explorer puts a real path bar, cut & paste, tabs, dual panes and your work OneDrive in a single window — so files go where you want them without the Finder detour.

Download for Mac

macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon

Features

Everything you kept opening a second window for.

Built as a native macOS app around the file-management habits that Finder never picked up.

Tabs and side-by-side panes

Open as many tabs as you need and split the window into two live panes. Drag between them to move files without a second window.

Your Mac and work OneDrive together

Local volumes and your work OneDrive account sit in the same sidebar. Browse both, and copy across the boundary like any other folder.

Real cut, copy and paste

⌘X actually moves the file. A transfers bar shows every copy in flight with live progress, so long moves never disappear into the void.

Undo a move instantly

Dropped a folder in the wrong place? ⌘Z puts it back exactly where it came from — including transfers between your Mac and OneDrive.

Preview and details panes

A preview pane for the selected file and a details pane summarising folder contents, item counts and total size at a glance.

Details view by default

Name, date modified, kind and size columns, sortable in either direction, on every folder you open — no per-folder view settings to fight.

Shortcuts that muscle memory expects

⌘T new tab, ⌘N new folder, ⌘R refresh, ⌘↑ parent folder, ⌘C/⌘X/⌘V, Delete to bin, plus mouse back and forward thumb buttons.

Search where you are

Filter the current folder as you type, with the full path always visible and editable in the address bar above the list.

Mac Explorer vs Finder

The same files. A far shorter route to them.

Finder is fine for browsing. Mac Explorer is built for moving things.

Editable path / address bar

Mac Explorer — Always visible, click to type a full path

Finder — Hidden behind ⌘⇧G

Cut & paste files

Mac Explorer — ⌘X then ⌘V moves the file

Finder — Copy then ⌘⌥V only

Side-by-side panes in one window

Mac Explorer — Split any tab into two live panes

Finder — Requires two windows

Tabs

Mac Explorer — ⌘T, per-tab history

Finder — Supported

Details columns everywhere

Mac Explorer — Sortable name, date, kind, size by default

Finder — Per-folder view settings

Work OneDrive inline

Mac Explorer — Signed-in work account in the sidebar

Finder — Depends on the sync client

Transfer queue with progress

Mac Explorer — Transfers bar with live percentage

Finder — Per-copy sheets

Undo a move

Mac Explorer — ⌘Z restores the original location

Finder — Supported for local moves

Mouse back / forward buttons

Mac Explorer — Thumb buttons navigate history

Finder — Not handled

Folder details panel

Mac Explorer — Item counts, total size, sort state

Finder — Get Info per item

Get Mac Explorer

A single signed app bundle. No subscription, no background agent, no account required — sign in to OneDrive only if you want your work files alongside your Mac.

Download MacExplorer.zip
Version
10.1
Size
119 MB
Requires
macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon

How to install

  1. 1Open the disk imageDouble-click MacExplorer.zip in your Downloads folder.
  2. 2Drag to ApplicationsDrop the Mac Explorer icon onto the Applications shortcut in the window.
  3. 3Open it the first timeRight-click the app and choose Open, then confirm — macOS only asks once.