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What's the deal with having an e-mail account to register the app? Is it just that I don't understand the wording?

I mean it's usual for an application to be bought through some vendor, but it appears that QSpace wants me to have an account somewhere (at Qspace?) to be able to register and buy.

There's an Account button in the first launch window too.

It looks like a wonderful application with small fun things; like a thumbnail view for icons view. Similar to that of Windows which gives a small preview of the contents of the folder.

I haven't heard of losing orders in any sense - I guess it's just me not being fully capable in the head to understand what the actual meaning is. Yet another account to use.

edit : Wait, I think I get the gist of this wording.. one buys through Mac App Store first and then just 'binds' or whatever.. I'm so effing dumb..

Must mean that I'm ready to buy this app with all that it entails when I ask this many questions; manic comments
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You only need to bind the accounts if you've bought on MAS already, and want to use that purchase to activate QSPro – that is, you don't want to buy QS twice!
If not, you can buy QSPro with an AliPay or WeChatPay account – not sure how useful that is for users outside China.

Though... looking at the wording of that screenshot you posted, maybe it's only asking for an email because QSPro is activated by tallying email addresses on the payment processor and app... just a guess, I don't know for sure.
 
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You only need to bind the accounts if you've bought on MAS already, and want to use that purchase to activate QSPro – that is, you don't want to buy QS twice!
If not, you can buy QSPro with an AliPay or WeChatPay account – not sure how useful that is for users outside China.

Though... looking at the wording of that screenshot you posted, maybe it's only asking for an email because QSPro is activated by tallying email addresses on the payment processor and app... just a guess, I don't know for sure.
Yeah, I figured it could be about linking/binding purchases. I'll wait around and buy it soon, if not for anything than to have it in my arsenal of apps.
 
No.. Crossover utilizes WINE architecture.. Can run _most_ Windows software without Windows installed.
I've used Crossover for many different apps, but I'd never use it to run a native Windows file manager on a non-Windows machine. That seems like it's asking for trouble. I also have a Windows VM running on Parallels, but when I'm on the VM I don't do file operations outside of the VM even though Parallels does permit access to matrix file systems (i.e., files outside the virtual machine).

The reason that I don't do this isn't that I'm familiar with the inner workings of virtual machine software or emulators. I'm not. But I've seen how persnickety Macs are about filesystems not native to Macs. I don't expect Windows to play more nicely.
 
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QSpace looks like a better finder, does it require any special under the hood adjustments for it to work or any special permissions?

Also, I have problem trust 3rd party apps from unknown developers, website seems shady.
 
I tried Qsoace again, but its just not showing iCloud Drive correctly - no pages, no keynote no nothing folder - its so frustrating as PF is not fixing a bad bug where newly created files only show after restart the app. A mess
 
qspace searches for icloudrive here somewhere else - its opens it fine in Finder - really weird
and its here
/Users/xxxx/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs
 
True in some cases. For many apps, I don't see an appreciable difference between the effect of the red and yellow stoplights. Some apps will close out with the red button, but many just shrink away into the dock - the exact same function as one gets with the yellow button. YMMV.
The red closes the window. It’s contents are dropped. The yellow just minimizes the window. Stay way from the green button, it will send you to a weird matrix place.

Closing windows usually does not close the app unless the app was specially coded to work that way. Just use CMD-Q to quit apps.
 
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The red closes the window. It’s contents are dropped. The yellow just minimizes the window. Stay way from the green button, it will send you to a weird matrix place.

Closing windows usually does not close the app unless the app was specially coded to work that way. Just use CMD-Q to quit apps.
The green button goes full screen and leaves you in a panic to find where the red/yellow/green buttons have gone, maximises, or reverts to a previous size - there's probably some logic to which of these will happen, but I haven't worked it out.
What I do know is that alt-click on green reliably maximises the window.

Since using SizeUp or Better Touch Tools for window sizing, I've avoided all that drama by using keyboard shortcuts instead.
 
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Closing windows usually does not close the app unless the app was specially coded to work that way. Just use CMD-Q to quit apps.

When I switched from Windows to Mac I thought this was a stupid confusing method, then I realised this is the correct way to deal software. Closing the last window should not quit the app.
 
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I've never been that keen on Finder, having been a Windows user for most of my life. I notice there are a few pimped up alternatives to Finder on the market.

What is the best Finder alternative? Are they indeed better than Finder?
I have dabbled with Finder alternatives for years. The one I like the most: QSpace Pro
 
I have dabbled with Finder alternatives for years. The one I like the most: QSpace Pro
I just took a look at it. One thing it doesn't do, which Finder and PathFinder do, is remember the tree expansion state for every folder. This is critical for the way I work.

QSpace doesn't seem to do that. Am I missing something? Perhaps there's a setting that I'm not aware of.
 
I just took a look at it. One thing it doesn't do, which Finder and PathFinder do, is remember the tree expansion state for every folder. This is critical for the way I work.

QSpace doesn't seem to do that. Am I missing something? Perhaps there's a setting that I'm not aware of.

what your finder replacement of choice?
 
what your finder replacement of choice?
I use Path Finder, but it drives me crazy. It is very bad at window geometry. It's constantly restoring crazy window dimensions in dual pane mode. I've posted in their forum and they don't respond. They have many bugs reported and not enough support people to address issues. I think they only have one support person looking at the forum.

I also use Forklift. But, it has the same deficit that QSpace has; it doesn't remember expansion state. I've written them and they've added it to the list of feature requests for the next version. Forklift is less buggy (I've not encountered any bugs) than Path Finder (I've encountered many bugs). But, Path Finder does much more than Forklift and I use it much more than I use Forklift.
 
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I use Path Finder, but it drives me crazy. It is very bad at window geometry. It's constantly restoring crazy window dimensions in dual pane mode. I've posted in their forum and they don't respond. They have many bugs reported and not enough support people to address issues. I think they only have one support person looking at the forum.

I also use Forklift. But, it has the same deficit that QSpace has; it doesn't remember expansion state. I've written them and they've added it to the list of feature requests for the next version. Forklift is less buggy (I've not encountered any bugs) than Path Finder (I've encountered many bugs). But, Path Finder does much more than Forklift and I use it much more than I use Forklift.

Can you name a few things that Path Finder does more than ForkLift (that you use)? I absolutely loathe Path Finder.
 
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Can you name a few things that Path Finder does more than ForkLift (that you use)? I absolutely loathe Path Finder.
I kicked Path Finder to the curb a few years ago when they trumped their crappy support with a quasi-subscription pricing model. Been using ForkLift ever since. No going back for me.
 
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"expansion state"?
Oh sorry.

Expansion state is just which directories are expanded and which are collapsed. Whenever I return to a directory, I want the selection of which folders are expanded and which are collapsed to be the same as when I last had that directory open. Finder and Path Finder both do that.
 
Can you name a few things that Path Finder does more than ForkLift (that you use)? I absolutely loathe Path Finder.

I hate to say it, I also loathe Path Finder. But, I have to use it until I find something better that works for me.

Path Finder's module system is the main thing that ForkLift doesn't have. It's astonishing how powerful it is and how much they screwed it up. It's the main reason that they can't figure out how to handle the sizing of panels within their windows.

But, I'd give up Path Finder in a heartbeat if ForkLift could remember tree expansion state.
 
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