ForkLift for Mac v4.2.3 Dual-Pane File Manager Chinese Activated Version Download

1.1 Remote Connections

Supports connections to various remote servers and cloud storage services, including:

• Protocol Support: SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, SMB, AFP, NFS.
• Cloud Services: Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, Rackspace CloudFiles.

Users can connect to multiple servers simultaneously and directly perform cross-network file transfers and management via drag-and-drop. For operations personnel who frequently manage multiple servers, this feature greatly simplifies the workflow.

1.2 ForkLift Mini (Menu Bar Tool)

Resides in the menu bar, providing quick actions:

• Quickly mount saved remote connections as local disks.
• Drag and drop files directly from Finder to upload to remote servers.
• Execute saved sync tasks (Synclet) when the ForkLift main application is not running.

This feature is especially suitable for scenarios requiring quick uploads of screenshots or small files, completing operations without opening the main application.

1.3 File Preview and Quick Editing

The built-in preview panel displays detailed file information and supports:

• Playing audio and video files.
• Viewing images, PDFs, and other common documents.
• Directly quick-editing text files on local and remote servers.

No need to install additional third-party preview tools; ForkLift’s preview panel covers almost all common file formats, truly achieving “click and view.”

1.4 Quick Access and Operations

Through the “Quick Open” panel, you can instantly:

• Access favorites and connected devices.
• Open files with a specified application.
• Apply saved multiple rename presets to selected files or folders.

This panel acts as a smart shortcut hub, centralizing your most commonly used operations and reducing mouse clicks.

ForkLift includes numerous efficiency-boosting features:

• Dual-Pane Interface: Supports horizontal or vertical splitting, and also single-pane mode, enabling efficient file operations and management.
• Favorites Sync: Sync favorites, sync tasks, and rename presets across multiple Macs via Dropbox.
• Deep Dropbox Integration: Right-click to copy share links for files in the Dropbox directory.
• Transfer Management: Sort transfer tasks, set conflict rules, error handling methods, and limit upload/download bandwidth.
• Tag System: Organize files with color tags, supporting adding, editing, deleting, searching, and filtering.
• Disklet: Mount remote servers as local disks on the desktop for simplified access.
• Synchronized Browsing: While browsing in one pane, the other pane automatically maintains the same folder path.
• Tabs: Open different folders in tabs within the same window to avoid window clutter.
• Advanced Search: Supports searching by name, extension, kind, tag, or content, and also works on remote servers.
• Quick Select: Quickly select or exclude files by typing file names, extensions, or tags via keyboard.
• App Uninstaller: Thoroughly remove applications and their residual files.
• Remote Editing: Set a preferred editor to modify remote files, automatically uploading upon saving.
• Archive Management: View contents of local and remote archives like regular folders, supporting preview and search.
• Keyboard Control: Almost all operations support keyboard shortcuts, including quick file selection with the spacebar.
• Workspaces: Save layouts including open tabs and positions for easy switching between different tasks.
• FXP Transfer: Supports direct file transfer between two servers without going through the local Mac.
• Command-Line Tool Integration: Invoke custom command-line tools and quickly apply them via shortcuts.
• Git Support: Display file status in Git repositories, supporting basic add, commit, push, and pull operations.
• Open in Terminal: One-click open Terminal, iTerm, Hyper, or Kitty at the current path.
• Show Hidden Files: Easily show hidden files and folders via shortcut or toolbar button.
• Quick Share: Provides convenient access to quickly share various documents and files.
• Set as Default File Viewer: Can replace Finder as the system’s default file manager.
• File Comparison: Integrates tools like FileMerge, Kaleidoscope, and Beyond Compare for file diff comparison.

3.1 New Features

• Up to three color tags can be displayed in icon view and list view on macOS 13+.
• Icon view supports loading folder contents.
• Added a “Hide” option in the “Info” window to hide items.
• Display original file information for aliases and symbolic links in the “Info” window.

3.2 Improvements

• Optimization: When “Restore windows and tabs on launch” is enabled, the “Connect” panel and “Favorites Manager” are no longer restored.
• Optimization: When “Keep folders on top” is enabled and grouped by kind, folders are correctly displayed at the top.
• Optimization: QuickLook of alias or symbolic link files now shows a preview of the target they point to.
• Optimization: Improved retry handling mechanism after OneDrive transfer failures.
• Optimization: Added the option to resize ForkLift windows to a smaller size.

3.3 Bug Fixes

• Fixed display issues with multiple same-color tags and compatibility issues with legacy color tags.
• Fixed incorrect grouping of alias and symbolic link files when grouped by tag.
• Fixed an issue in the “Multi-Rename” window where changing item case could cause conflicts.
• Corrected confusion between date format patterns “Y” and “y” in the “Multi-Rename” window.
• Fixed an issue on Amazon S3 where content type was set incorrectly after uploading large files (>5GB).
• Fixed an issue where content type was incorrectly set to “application/octet-stream” when transferring files to Amazon S3.
• Fixed an issue where dragging items onto a tab did not automatically activate that tab.
• Fixed an issue introduced in version 4.2 where list view could not display SCM (version control) status.
• Fixed several localization display issues and other details.