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Shark’s native Mac interface with folder tabs and two panes open side by side — Your folders, with a little more freedom.

Tabs & workspace

Keep your folders together, and your next task close by.

Folder tabs⌘T: Open folders in separate tabs, duplicate a tab, and close one, the others, or everything to its right.
Side-by-side panesF3: Browse two locations in one tab. Each pane keeps its own folder and view, and file actions follow the active pane.
Reorder, pin, lock & color: Drag tabs into order, pin frequently used folders, lock a tab’s location, and choose a color to distinguish it.
Reopen closed tabs⇧⌘T: Bring back a closed tab or choose one from the Recently Closed menu.
Saved tab groups: Save a set of tabs as a named group. Restore it as your workspace or append it to your open tabs.
Session restore: Return to your saved tabs and pane layout when you reopen Shark.
Keyboard tab switching: Cycle through tabs with Control-Tab and Control-Shift-Tab, or jump to a tab with Option-Command and a number.
Multiple windows⌘N: Open another Shark window. Windows share the current tabs and workspace.

A direct route to a folder, a file, or the action you need.

Editable folder paths⌘L: Click through ancestor folders in the location bar or type a path to go directly to a location. Show or hide the path bar from the View menu.
Back, forward & up: Retrace your folder history or go to the enclosing folder with Command-Up.
Command palette⌘K: Find actions, common places, recent and frequent folders, saved tab groups, and paths from one keyboard-driven panel.
Instant filename filtering: Narrow the current folder by typing in the toolbar’s search field. This filters the folder you are viewing, rather than searching your whole disk.
Type to select: Type a filename to move the selection to a matching item without changing the folder.
Persistent favorites: Add and reorder folder shortcuts in the sidebar. Remove a shortcut without deleting the folder, or relocate it if its target moves.
Collapsible sidebar sections: Keep the sections you use open. Expansion is remembered, headings support the keyboard, and collapsed sections can open temporarily during a drag.
Recent & frequent folders: Revisit your working locations from the Go menu or the command palette.
Cascading subfolder menus: Use the arrow on a hovered folder or path segment to browse nested folders. Click to open, Command-click a folder for a new tab, or Option-click to copy. Switch the hovered-folder arrow off in Settings › Previews.
Local folders & mounted volumes: Browse your Mac and volumes mounted in macOS from the sidebar. Shark does not include a built-in remote-protocol or cloud-account client.

Views & organization

See your files in the form that makes the most sense.

Icon view⌘1: Browse a grid of folders and file thumbnails with adjustable icon sizes and drag selection.
List view⌘2: Compare names, modified dates, sizes, kinds, and permissions in a sortable details table.
Column view⌘3: Follow a folder hierarchy across cascading columns, with arrow-key navigation, a preview, and file details at the end.
Gallery view⌘4: Give the selected file a large preview while keeping a thumbnail strip in reach.
Adjustable icon zoom: Make icons larger or smaller with Command-plus, Command-minus, or Command-scroll. Command-0 restores the default size.
Sorting controls: Sort by name, modified date, size, kind, or permissions, and switch between ascending and descending order.
Hidden files & dotfiles⇧⌘.: Show or hide dotfiles and other hidden items in the folder you are browsing.
Live folder updates: The file list updates as the contents of the folder change.
Folder & selection status: See item counts, filtered results, the selected items’ total size, and available disk space in the status bar.

Previews & Quick Look

Look inside a file before you decide what comes next.

macOS Quick LookSpace: Preview selected files using the Mac’s built-in Quick Look.
Image & animated image previews: Hover over an image to see it in a floating preview, including animated images.
Text file previews: Read up to 40 lines of a text file on hover, with support for UTF-8, UTF-16, and Latin-1 text.
Document thumbnails: See available document thumbnails, including PDF, Office, iWork, and RTF files.
Video & audio playback: Play media in the hover preview with playback and seek controls. Move the pointer into the preview to use them.
Previews on your terms: Adjust the hover delay, require holding Shift, choose media autoplay, or switch hover previews off in Settings.

Everyday file operations

The familiar essentials, with room for the bigger jobs.

New folders & files: Create a folder or a new file directly in the location you are browsing. Command-Shift-N creates a folder.
Cut, copy & paste: Use Command-X, Command-C, and Command-V to move or copy files between folders. Cut items are dimmed so you can see what is ready to move.
Drag & drop: Move files between panes or into folders. Hold Option while dragging to copy instead.
Inline renameF2: Change a file or folder name in place.
Batch rename with a preview: Find and replace text, add a prefix or suffix, or apply sequential numbering to a selection. Review the new names before applying them.
Duplicate files: Create another copy of selected items in the same folder.
ZIP compression: Create a ZIP archive from the selected files and folders.
Move to Trash⌘⌫: Send selected items to the macOS Trash.
Undo & redo: Undo and redo supported move, copy, rename, and Trash operations with Command-Z and Command-Shift-Z.
Copy file & folder paths: Copy a full, relative, or quoted path from the item menu, or copy the active tab’s folder path.
Show in Finder: Reveal selected items or a sidebar favorite in Finder whenever you want to switch to the system file browser.
Native sharing: Send selected files through the macOS sharing menu using the Share button.

Terminal & inspection

Work with your files, and see what is behind them.

Built-in terminalF4: Open a real interactive terminal beneath your files, with shell input and terminal output in the same window.
Folder-aware terminal: The embedded terminal follows the active folder, keeping shell work and file browsing in context.
Open in Terminal: Open the chosen folder in macOS Terminal, or choose Open in Embedded Terminal to work inside Shark.
File inspector⌥⌘I: Inspect the selected item’s location, size, dates, kind, and owner, group, and POSIX permissions.
Image dimensions: Check the pixel dimensions of supported images in the inspector.
On-demand folder sizes: Calculate the size of an individual folder from its context menu, or calculate all folder sizes using the command palette.
SHA-256 checksums: Calculate a file’s SHA-256 checksum on demand and copy the result.

Mouse & trackpad

Useful shortcuts wherever your pointer happens to be.

Folder background actions: Click empty space to clear the selection, drag a selection rectangle in icon view, or double-click empty space to go up one level.
Open & act on items: Double-click to open a file or folder, and right-click for item actions. Right-click the folder background for creation, paste, reload, terminal, hidden-file, and path actions.
Middle-click navigation: Middle-click a folder, sidebar place, or path segment to open it in a new tab. Middle-click a tab to close it.
Tab gestures: Click to switch, double-click to pin or unpin, drag to reorder, and right-click for tab actions. Right-click the plus button for Tab Groups.
Scroll through tabs: Scroll the wheel over the tab strip: down selects the next tab, up selects the previous one.
Mouse side buttons: Use back and forward buttons for folder history. Hold Control to switch to the previous or next tab instead.
Path bar shortcuts: Command-click an ancestor path segment to open it in a new tab, or click its arrow to browse subfolders.
Optional gestures & in-app help: Switch optional background, tab, wheel, and side-button actions on or off in Settings › Mouse. Help › Shark Help lists the bindings by pointer location.

Mac appearance & preferences

A native place for your files, with the choices left to you.

Native Mac materials: Liquid Glass chrome on macOS 26, with system material fallbacks on macOS 14 and 15. Translucency can be turned off in Settings.
Light & dark appearance: The app follows your Mac’s appearance and uses native controls and system colors.
Accessible controls & motion: Labeled controls, keyboard navigation, and support for Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, and increased contrast.
macOS folder access: Grant access to protected folders when macOS asks. When privacy settings block a location, Shark offers guidance and a route to the relevant settings.
Privacy & diagnostics: Anonymous usage statistics and crash reporting are on by default and can be independently turned off in Settings › Privacy. File names, folder paths, and terminal commands are never collected.

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A familiar Mac.
A fuller toolbox.