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Welcome to FilePane 2.0

FilePane is a macOS menu-bar utility that turns drag-and-drop into a command bar. Start dragging any file, folder, image, PDF, text — or a link — and a drop area appears next to your cursor. Drop it, and it becomes an island of actions built for its type. Every action is one key or one click. No Finder round-trips, no leaving the app you're in.

Drop area — appears when you drag

Nothing lives on your screen until you need it. The moment you start dragging, a small drop disc fades in near your cursor (or wherever you've told it to appear). Drop anything on it — files, folders, images, PDFs, links, or selected text from any app.
Drag from any app — the disc appears, drop, done.

Prefer a shortcut? Press ⌃F to summon the drop area anywhere, or ⌃⇧F to act on whatever's on your clipboard — no dragging at all.

The actions island — built around your file

On drop, the area becomes a compact actions bar with your file at the centre. Actions adapt to the type:
  • Images — resize, crop, rotate, flip, convert, compress, markup, merge-to-PDF, set as wallpaper;
  • PDFs — compress, convert to images, merge, print;
  • Text — word count and export;
  • Links — web-page capture, article extraction, download, QR code;
  • Anything — zip, share, copy path, rename, put in folder, move, trash.

Keyboard-first — every action has a key

Keys 19 fire the actions specific to your file; Q W E R T Y cover the common ones across every type; trashes, esc steps back. They're printed right on the bar, so there's nothing to memorise. Prefer the mouse? Everything is also a single click.

19 Type-specific actions — resize an image, compress a PDF, capture a page
Q W E R T Y Common actions, same position for every file type
Move to Trash
esc Step back / dismiss
⌃F / ⌃⇧F Summon the drop area / act on the clipboard
An image lands — the bar builds itself around it.

Destinations — file it where it belongs

Keep a list of your favourite folders — Desktop, Documents, Downloads, or any folder you add — and move or copy a dropped file into any of them with a single number key.
Move, share, copy path — the common cluster is always in the same place.

Hold to flip between move and copy on the fly. + a number drills into subfolders — create a new folder on the spot, or drop straight into the folder you're browsing.

Images and PDFs, without the app

Convert between PNG, JPEG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, TIFF and BMP or turn images into a PDF at the DPI you choose. Crop, rotate, flip, resize and mark up in a built-in editor with undo/redo.

SVG and AI vector graphics conversion is to standard image formats is also supported.

Merge several images or PDFs into one document — reorder and rotate the pages, preview any page full-size with Quick Look, then save. Compress a heavy PDF, split it into images or PDF parts, print — all straight from the drop.
A PDF drop: convert pages to images, pick DPI, combine — then file it with one key.

Continued flow — keep working, no re-drag

A small "⌄" button beside Convert / Apply runs the action and drops the result straight back onto the bar as your new subject. Resize → convert → mark up → share, all in one visit. Nothing gets lost: walk away mid-flow and the result is saved automatically — to your Save-to folder, next to the original, or into Downloads — with a small "Saved" confirmation.
Showcase: drop image, resize, convert to Web archive - done. Never leaving the actions bar

Privacy — wipe metadata before you share

Strip identifying metadata from images, video, audio, PDFs and MS Office files in one action — GPS location, device info and more. The Share action can wipe metadata first, so nothing personal leaves your Mac by accident.
Wipe all data or select only the one that bothers you

Video & audio — trim and split, instantly

Trim video and audio in the most popular formats or split a file by its chapters/timecodes — pick only the chapters you need and each becomes its own file, or merge the selected ones into a single file. Near-instant and lossless.
Trim mp4, mp3, m4a and other media formats. Split or merge chapters - only the ones you need

Drop a link — capture, extract, download

Drop a URL to capture the whole web page as a PDF, PNG or JPEG — full page, paginated, or just the first screen. Want the words without the clutter? Article PDF & Markdown pull out just the article, reader-mode clean.
One bar for the web: capture, extract, QR, clean links.

Page behind a login? Open it in a FilePane window, sign in, dismiss the pop-ups — then capture exactly what you see. A video link? One key sends it straight to PullTube.

Alter-mode for even quicker last-used or alternative actions

While you hold ⌥ (Option) over the action bar and each action flips to its faster variant — one press, no panel:
a) Zip → Quick Zip (your default settings, saved right next to the file)
b) Share → AirDrop (straight to the AirDrop sheet)
c) Copy Path → Copy File (paste the actual file into Finder, Mail or any other app)
d) Move → repeat your last destination in one click (remembers whether you move or copy)
e) Print → Print Now (default printer, no dialog)
f) Trash → Destroy (securely wipe a file so it can't be recovered)

Images & PDFs remember your last choices too: Quick Resize, Quick Convert, Quick Compress and one-click Wallpaper setting.
For links: copy a QR, save to Desktop and more — all without opening a panel.

Actions with no shortcut simply dim, so you always see what ⌥ can do.

Share, preview, pin feature and edit actions in the bar

Drop, press a number, done. The share list leads with AirDrop and includes every macOS share destination for given file-type — Mail, Messages, Notes and many others.

Click the file "pin token" to pin the bar and drag it anywhere on screen. Choose where the drop zone appears, keep the bar always pinned, show file info (name, size, type) above the actions. Set it once in onboarding, change it any time in Settings.

Double click on circular icon file preview make a quicklook at it. Drag it out to drop anywhere on the screen.

Use the dedicated Actions Bar settings tab to pick exactly which actions show up for each type OR just right-click anywhere on the actions bar for quick action edit.

I hope you enjoy using FilePane and it helps you boost your workflow. Please share your feedback and features requests with me at support@mymixapps.com

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