Dual-pane file manager for MacEvery folder,
side by side
Split the window into up to four panes, as a 2×2 grid. Drag between them or copy across with F5. Keep a tab for each task, save the whole layout as a workspace, and compare or sync two folders when they drift apart.
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Split panes
Split Right and Split Down add panes, up to four. Tab moves between them.
Split panes in the guide -
Tabs and workspaces
Drag tabs into the order you like; they come back when Burrow opens. Save a layout as a workspace.
Tabs and workspaces in the guide -
Copy, move and the shelf
⌥⌘V moves, Copy to… takes a typed destination, and the shelf holds files while you browse.
Copy, move and the shelf in the guide -
Compare two files
Text as a diff; pictures side by side, under a slider, or with changed pixels in red.
Compare two files in the guide -
Compare and sync folders
What's only on each side and what changed, then sync either way with one undo.
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A sidebar you arrange
Add, rename and reorder favorites, make groups, and drag any section to where you want it.
A sidebar you arrange in the guide
How it works
Open a folder where you want it
Drag a folder to the edge of a pane and drop it in the highlighted zone, and it opens there. The divider drags to resize, and Toggle Split goes back to one pane.
Moving files without worry
Name clashes ask once: replace, keep both or skip. Every copy and move undoes with ⌘Z, and the shelf lets you gather files from several folders before copying them in one go.
Two folders, made to match
Sync copies what's missing either way, syncs both ways with the newer file winning, or makes one side match the other. It says what it will do before it does it.
Design / Exports
⇄Backup / Exports
1 only here · 2 changed · 1 only there · 14 same
[email protected] Only here
brief.pdf Changed
logo.svg Changed
old-logo.png Only there
icon.png Same
palette.md Same
Copy 1 file to Backup, 1 to Exports, and update 2 with the newer copy.
CancelSync Both Ways
More of Burrow
- Keyboard first Burrow for Mac puts every command, folder and setting behind ⌘K, ranks the folders you use most, and has Vim keys: a file manager driven by the keyboard.
- Notes and databases Burrow for Mac writes Markdown beside your files, with daily notes, tasks and wikilinks, and shows any folder as a table, board, gallery or calendar.
- Image tools Burrow, a Mac file manager with image tools: remove a background, copy text from a screenshot, make @1x @2x @3x sets, convert, resize, combine to PDF.
- Disk space Burrow for Mac shows what fills a folder as a treemap, every drive at a glance, duplicate files by wasted space, and build folders that are safe to clear.