Split panes and tabs
Every 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.
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Tabs and workspaces
Drag tabs into the order you like; they come back when Burrow opens. Save a layout as a workspace.
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Copy, move and the shelf
⌥⌘V moves, Copy to… takes a typed destination, and the shelf holds files while you browse.
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Compare two files
Text as a diff; pictures side by side, under a slider, or with changed pixels in red.
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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.
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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
hero@3x.png 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 Press ⌘K and type. Burrow puts every command, folder and setting in one palette, ranks the folders you use most, and has Vim keys if you want them.
- Notes and databases Write Markdown beside your files with daily notes, tasks and wikilinks, then see any folder as a table, board, gallery or calendar.
- Image tools Remove a photo's background, copy text from a screenshot, make @1x @2x @3x image sets, convert, resize and combine into PDF, all on your Mac.
- Disk space A treemap of what fills a folder, every drive at a glance, duplicate files grouped by wasted space, and build folders you can safely clear.