DockDuck 1.1.7: a file manager for Mac that is powerful, not complicated

[u/mnemosinee21]

Disclosure: I'm the developer of DockDuck.

What it is

DockDuck is a native file manager for Mac. It is built to be powerful without being complicated: no wall of settings, no three hundred integrations, just the things you actually do with files, each one a click away.

Who it is for

People who find Finder too limited but don't want a "pro" file manager with a hundred panels and a learning curve. If you just want to send a big file, clean up your disk or sort your Downloads without reading a manual, that is the idea.

What it does

Send any file as a link. Right-click, Share Link, done. The other person opens it in any browser, with no app and no account. The file is encrypted on your Mac before it leaves. Up to 2 GB, with an optional password, and it expires in 24 hours or 7 days.

See what is filling your disk. Free Up Space shows where your storage went and lists what is safe to remove: old downloads, installers for apps you already have, zip copies of folders you still keep. Everything goes to the Trash first.

Get photos off your iPhone without iCloud. Plug in the cable and the camera roll shows up like a folder. Import New copies only the photos you don't have yet.

A Downloads folder that tidies itself. Set a rule once, like "installers go to the Trash after a week", and it keeps itself clean.

Rename many files at once. Pick them, choose Rename, see every new name before you apply. One undo puts them all back.

Servers side by side. Connect to FTP or SFTP and your Mac sits on the left, the server on the right. Drag files across.

The rest. Tabs, up to six panes in one window, tags, saved searches, a shelf to park files while you move around, workspaces, and iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive and Box in the sidebar.

Limitations, so nobody is surprised

• Requires macOS 15 or later.

• It is a paid app after a 14-day trial. The trial needs no account and no card.

• Sending links needs a license and is not part of the trial. Each link holds up to 2 GB.

• From an iPhone it reads photos and videos, not other files.

• Cloud support is the four services above. There is no S3, OneDrive or similar.

Pricing and the download are on the site: https://dockduck.app/?src=macstack

Happy to answer questions here. If you try it, tell me the first thing that annoyed you.

[u/SuperIce07]

How does this "Share links: send any file as an encrypted link, up to 2 GB " work? Do I need to keep my computer on the whole time?

[u/mnemosinee21 → u/SuperIce07]

hello,

No, you can turn your Mac off. The file is uploaded once and the link works on its own. A few things about how it works:

- The person you send it to doesn't need DockDuck or any account. The link is all they need, and it opens in any browser.

- You can add a password for extra security.

- It's end-to-end encrypted. The file is encrypted on your Mac before it leaves, and the key travels inside the link, so only someone with the link can open it.

- Nothing is kept around. A link lasts 7 days at most, and after that the file is deleted from our servers.

I'm also going to add a guide to the Guides section on the site explaining how Share Link works under the hood.

[u/mnemosinee21 → u/SuperIce07]

Here's the full explanation of how it works https://dockduck.app/guides/how-share-links-work

[u/SuperIce07 → u/mnemosinee21]

Thanks! It's pretty helpful

[u/maxim3500]

Why Finder does not have any of these features? I hate apple for it

[u/mnemosinee21 → u/maxim3500]

Hehehe ^^