I was surprised to see Path Finder crash on my Intel MacBook. Also seemed to be responsible for sluggishness when many apps are open, as the problem went away when I stopped launching Path Finder at startup. Quicksilver will have to do for me.

I don't think I could live without this, it is everything the finder should of been.

An advantage of using Path Finder vs. other alternative finders, is that apps like Butler or Quicksilver allow to call Path Finder instead of Finder when opening folders.

WARNING: Path Finder doesn't support Spotlight comments properly, eg: if you move a folder that has a comment, it loses its comment. (But gets it back if you put it back to where it was.)
This is a bad surprise, since Path Finder is aware of Spotlight comments: it shows them in the info pane (doesn't show them in a column though).

As a recent convert from the Evil Empire, I missed the Windows Explorer function, and the Mac Finder is a bit dysfunctional. Pathfinder has been my salvation - I give it 5ive stars easily, although it is a tad pricey. It's never caused me any problems on my iMac 20" (3 GB RAM / dual core Intel / v 10.4.10). It seems some others have had problems, but I highly recommend trying it out for yourself. This app hasn't failed me yet at getting to the far recesses of those buried files - like the "empty trash" sound file I wanted to change (heh heh).

The 4.7 update is locking up pretty regularly for me. Reverting to 4.6.1. And I actually do like how the bottom-pane preview window works, so that is missed. The 3-column view is just too boring and unadjustable. Maybe by 5.0 they'll have it worked out to at least give us the choice.

It's a great app, but there is a problem with the Command-F8 feature. It only locates apps in the "Applications" folder. I put apps for my account only in a folder called "MyApps". Path Finder doesn't let me point the app to my applications folder for it to index that list of apps too.

nevermind--didn't mean to diss this app--I love it!

I had a disk error involving the header files, so once that was repaired my machine has been running better.

does this tend to "unexpectedly quit" often for anyone else (running Intel MacBook Pro). It has been crashing at least 2-3 times a day, and I only started using it last night :(

Too expensive. I miss my "don't show the windows when I click on the desktop", and I miss the "recent folders", and a tiny bit miss the tabs. Can't afford to buy it, though, so deleted after free trial.