Folia Files
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The same app, at the same price, in two editions. The website edition has everything; the Mac App Store edition goes through Folia Files Companion for some features.

Everything included

Website edition

Everything is included from the start: no companion app, nothing else to add.

  • Every feature, terminal and commands included
  • One license for 3 Macs at a time, paid through Paddle
  • Every update included, offered in the app

macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · 7-day free trial, every feature

Download for Mac

Folia-Files-1.3.dmg · version 1.3 · notarized by Apple

Coming soon

Mac App Store

Bought and updated through Apple. Some features go through Folia Files Companion, free.

  • In-app purchase, tied to your Apple Account
  • SFTP and clouds, sync, Open/Save dialogs and full Mac care with the companion
  • No built-in terminal nor custom commands
About the companion

What differs between the editions

Website or Mac App Store?
FeatureWebsiteApp StoreApp Store + companion
Panes, tabs, scenes, search, Ask Folia, tools, themes and see-through window Included Included Included
Space Lens, cleanup, applications, Mac care dashboard Included Included Included
Network shares (SMB, AFP, NFS, WebDAV, FTP) and backups Included Included Included
Clipboard, drawer, menu bar Included Included Included
SFTP, S3 and clouds through rclone Included Not included Included
Folder sync Included Not included Included
Open and Save dialog assistant Included Not included Included
Full Mac care: protection, performance, cloud Included Not included Included
Uninstall apps installed for all users Included Not included Not included
Eject disks before sleep, force eject Included Not included Not included
Finder “Get Info”, .DS_Store settings Included Not included Included
Built-in terminal and custom commands Included Not included Not included
Companion appNone—Folia Files Companion, free
Purchase$49.99, once (Paddle)$49.99, in-app purchase (Apple)—
UpdatesIncluded, in the appIncluded, through the App StoreThe companion updates itself

Purchases do not carry over from one edition to the other.

Install in three steps

  1. 1

    Open the disk image

    Double-click Folia-Files-1.3.dmg in your Downloads folder.

  2. 2

    Drag Folia Files to Applications

    Then eject the disk image — you won't need it again.

  3. 3

    Launch Folia Files

    The welcome screen shows you around and helps with permissions. Your 7-day trial starts right away, no account needed.

Tip: Full Disk Access

So Folia Files can open every folder without asking one at a time, turn it on in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Full Disk Access. The welcome screen walks you through it.

What's new in 1.3

  • Detailed List: each column takes the width of its text, so sizes, kinds and dates are shown in full when there is room. In a narrow pane with short names, « Name » only keeps what its names need. A width you set by hand stays; double-click a column’s edge to fit it to its text again.
  • A folder another app opens in Folia goes to the tab that already shows it instead of opening a new one (Settings › General › Mac Integration › « Go to the tab that already shows the folder »).
  • Terminal under a pane: it joins the pane’s folder as soon as a running command ends, never types behind a command you have begun, and a « cd » of your own stays yours until the pane goes somewhere else.
  • Extract Here: Pause and Cancel in Operations now act on it, and nothing half-extracted is left behind, even when Folia quits meanwhile.
  • Servers and clouds: passwords with accented letters are accepted (FTP, SFTP); « Unmount » then « Mount » right away keeps the connection mounted; SFTP uses the keys of your SSH agent (1Password, Secretive) even with an old key file in ~/.ssh; a password is saved as you type without waiting for the keychain.
  • No wait at launch when the disk of a favorite or of a restored pane does not answer.
  • Fixes: the window no longer shrinks when the Preview pane shows a binary file such as .DS_Store; a name typed just before choosing another view is really renamed; a file cut then pasted into its own folder stays cut; right-click on a group title in Columns; a rename that only changes capitals; a window left in full screen reopens at its former size.

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