ForkLift4.7.6

ForkLift replaces Finder with a dual-pane file manager and transfer client for organizing local drives and remote servers. Browse one folder while acting on its counterpart in the other pane, or open multiple folders within one pane rather than separate windows.

It connects to FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Rackspace Cloud Files, SMB, AFP, and NFS volumes, with simultaneous connections to multiple servers. Drag files between servers, compare source and target folders for matching, modified, new, or deleted items, then synchronize in either direction with one click or save the job as a favorite.

Its preview panel plays audio and video, displays images, PDFs, and other common documents, and lets you edit text on local or remote drives. Real-time progress covers copying, renaming, deleting, compressing, and other operations, while shortcuts expose favorites, devices, commands, preferred applications, and saved Multi Rename presets. Nested favorites organize frequently used remote paths, iCloud keeps favorites synchronized across computers, and an activity view shows file-management actions and results. Tags can be added, changed, removed, searched, or filtered, while searches cover names, extensions, kinds, tags, and content, including on remote servers.

Users can type a filename, extension, or tag to select items and include or exclude them, copy Dropbox file links from the context menu, and choose an editor for remote files. This macOS system tool suits file transfers, synchronization, and inspection across disks, networks, and cloud storage; version 4.7.6 requires macOS 14 Sonoma or newer, supports Intel and Apple Silicon, and is freeware.