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Each and every comment that is in agreement here is a bunch of former Windows users who wanted to move Explorer to Mac with them. I have used MacOS for over 15 years. Finder has never stood in my way. I don’t even know what “see the file system” means. Too many words to say “I don’t know how to organize my files on a computer but I consider myself a power user”

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    I don’t even know what “see the file system” means.

It just means they want to see the hierarchy that the filesystem exposes. Here's a useful diagram [0] from the Wikipedia page on hierarchial file systems [1]. There are ways to show paths and directory structure in finder, but you're fighting against the intended usage.

[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Fi...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_file_system

I don’t get how this is any easier in windows explorer. In both windows and Mac I can just pin the drive itself or just the root directory to the sidebar and then use list/grid/nested columns to pop in and out of the hierarchy however I want. In both Mac and windows, the default home folders (like “documents”) sort of hide the rest of the filesystem from you.

I'm however so confused by Windows' top level of the hierarchy. Like the Desktop contains the computer which contains the Desktop, yet that one doesn't have the computer in it. And likewise for the bin, the Configuration Panel, yet not Settings, etc. etc.

    Desktop > My Computer > C > Users > Me > Desktop

or perhaps even on my work laptop

    Desktop > My Computer > C > Users > Me > OneDrive > Desktop

> Each and every comment that is in agreement here is a bunch of former Windows users who wanted to move Explorer to Mac with them

Linux users also agree that Finder sucks.

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