FilePop

A fast, native file browser that lives in your menu bar.

Get on the Mac App Store Download free trial

Or pick it up along with over twenty other apps — FilePop is included in my bundles.

What it does

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Always a keystroke away

A global hotkey pops the picker over whatever you're doing. Press it again to tuck it away. Grab a file and get back to work.

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Full browser, or a tiny one

Expand to a full three-column window when you're exploring, or collapse to a one-column mini browser when you just need a file fast.

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Drag files in and out

Drop files into Mail, Slack, anywhere. Drag files (or Safari images, text clippings, links) onto a folder to drop them there. Hover a folder mid-drag and it springs open so you can keep going.

Popover or floating window. Anchored to the menu bar or free-floating wherever you want it.
Three view modes, plus mini. Icons (with real thumbnails), list, Finder-style columns, and a tight one-column mini layout.
Multi-select with ⌘ and ⇧. Drag any selected file and the whole pick comes along.
Spring-loaded folders. Hold a drag over a folder (or a previous column) and it opens — walk a drag through the file system without releasing.
Sort by anything. Name, Date Modified, Date Added, Size, or Kind, ascending or descending.
Inspector built in. Thumbnail, dimensions, size, and date at a glance.
Finder favorites, in sync. Mirror your Finder sidebar, or pin your own. Drop a file onto any sidebar folder to send it there.
Smart Recents. Everything you've actually touched, across every folder.
Go to folder… ⌘⇧G opens a path field with autocomplete and a shared history (yours and Finder's).
Quick Look, inline. Hit space to preview any file.
Right-click power. Reveal in Finder, Copy Path, Open Terminal Here.
filepop CLI. Open the picker from any terminal.
Speaks 10 languages. English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese — menus, toolbar, sidebar, preferences, and onboarding all follow your system language.

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Get FilePop

A lightweight download. No tracking, no account, no subscription. Buying more than one app? FilePop is included in my bundles, along with over twenty other apps.

Get on the Mac App Store Download free trial

Support

Questions, bug reports, or feature requests? Email ben.dansby@gmail.com and you’ll get a reply, usually within a day or two.

For how-to documentation, see the FilePop documentation.

For privacy questions, see the privacy policy.