From Snow Leopard to Big Sur
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TotalSpaces is still available for Lion and Mountain Lion and the majority of the information in this tutorial is still applicable. It costs $18, and there is a 14-day free trial. Easy phone sync app for mac. Rather than the linear row of Spaces that is provided by Mission Control, TotalSpaces2 allows you to create a grid that can be navigated with keyboard shortcuts. The INITIAL number of total spaces (the total spaces of the first backward slash) to print is dependent on the value of n1 and of n2. TotalSpaces provides a grid of spaces on OSX Lion. Create your account / Login. You must be logged in to submit changes. TotalSpaces provides several handy features for heavy Spaces users. In a way it brings back the old grid-based Spaces behavior we loved in Snow Leopard.
An early version of TotalFinder was first released in November 2009 during the golden days of Snow Leopard. Although many still remember that operating system with fondness, the Finder implementation of the time was ripe for improvement. We think that TotalFinder was able to really make a difference in the usability of Finder, and we found there was a great deal of support for it.
In April 2012 we released TotalSpaces for macOS Lion, since the grid spaces functionality that we absolutely loved was removed by Apple after the Snow Leopard release. We were able to replace that functionality, and add some configurability and improvements of our own.
As time went by, we continued to develop these products and support them. Amazingly, TotalFinder has been available for over 11 years, and TotalSpaces for almost 9 years.
Over the years Apple has erected many obstacles, the most important of which was their “rootless” implementation, System Integrity Protection. This prevented modification of the system software, and had to be turned off for the installation or running of our products. Turning SIP off was uncomfortable to do (requiring two reboots), and uncomfortable for us to recommend.
Also notable was that Apple to some extent “Sherlocked” TotalFinder by implementing their own tabs implementation in Finder. We found that some people preferred the TotalFinder tabs, but this did reduce the relevance of TotalFinder to many people.
What now?
At the end of this post from 2018 we noted that TotalFinder and TotalSpaces2 have had a good run, but it is certainly becoming more difficult to support these products. This is due to the additional protections Apple are adding, the changing technology, and more generally the lack of Apple provided APIs to do the kind of system modifications that our customers want.
At that time we promised to support the products during the lifetime of Mojave. As it happened, we did better - we continued to make releases in 2019 and 2020, bringing support to Catalina and now to Big Sur.
However, the support in Big Sur is imperfect, and we are not able to support Apple Silicon macs at all. Handicapped hunting programs.
So we have to admit that it’s the end of the road for TotalFinder and TotalSpaces2. We will not work on making TotalFinder or TotalSpaces2 work with the next version of macOS, and they will not be ported to Apple Silicon macs.
We will continue to provide limited support TotalFinder and TotalSpaces2 until the end of 2021. We will cease selling new licenses in the summer.
It is unlikely we will make these apps open source. Interested persons may want to look at Yabai which uses some of the same APIs that TotalSpaces2 does (and I believe early on reversed some TotalSpaces2 code - we don’t mind!). It also uses a similar code injection mechanism to TotalFinder and TotalSpaces.
Also Aditya Vaidyam independently discovered some important APIs we use, documented here.
Finally I’d like to mention and credit that the original reversing of the Core Graphics APIs was done by Richard J Wareham, and something may still be learned from this code.
TotalSpaces3
It’s not all bad news! For a while now we have been working on a new version of TotalSpaces, TotalSpaces3. This version will work without modifying the system, and works with SIP enabled. It is a significant challenge to achieve an equivalent experience without the level of access that code injection provided us, but we believe it will be more than usable.
It is intended for Apple Silicon macs only (at this time), and is currently in private alpha testing. We don’t have any release timetable set at the moment, but we will make announcements at the appropriate time.
11 years of BinaryAge
We like to think that we have achieved much during the lifetime of BinaryAge, including the release of various free utilities as well as our paid apps, we have found ways around all kinds of macOS technical roadblocks, and we hope we have helped with the productivity of our users.
BinaryAge is not going anywhere. TotalSpaces3 is coming, and we may continue release new products and utilities in the future.
Although these days BinaryAge is a side project for Antonin and I, we hope we can continue to provide good products and service for our customers - and who knows what the future will bring.
Wishing you a safe and prosperous 2021.
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Stephen (and Antonin)
We have some exciting news! Steve Audette has joined BinaryAge to lead development of TotalFinder and TotalSpaces. Don’t worry, Antonin and Stephen are still involved to make the transition as smooth as possible.
Help us celebrate and join the discussion to welcome Steve and share your thoughts.
Who & What
As longtime fans and users may know, BinaryAge launched TotalFinder in 2010 under the leadership of Antonin Hildebrand. Today, TotalFinder adds a cornucopia of features to Finder including tabs, colored labels, folders on top, dual mode, cut & paste of files, Visor functionality, and much more
BinaryAge’s second product released in 2012 when Stephen Sykes teamed with BinaryAge to bring TotalSpaces to market. TotalSpaces restores the original grid-based Spaces layout that was removed in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. TotalSpaces also gives a large degree of control and customization to your Spaces (a.k.a. Mission Control) experience, including custom transitions and timing, user-configurable gestures, hotkeys, and hotcorners, app assignments, grid circulation behaviors, and more.
Going forward, development of TotalFinder and TotalSpaces will be in the capable hands of Steve Audette. Steve is the founder and principal developer behind Irradiated Software. Founded in 2008, Irradiated Software has a broad portfolio of products ranging from OS X clipboard and window managers like iClip and SizeUp (respectively) to iOS apps like DropVox, an Accessible voice-recorder for the blind and vision impaired.
Bright Future
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Over the years, Antonin and Stephen have poured their hearts into these apps. Stephen comments that it will be hard to let our “babies” go, but “we have seen Steve’s work and are confident he will give TotalFinder and TotalSpaces the care and attention they deserve.”
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Join the discussion to learn Steve’s plan for TotalFinder and TotalSpaces and to share your comments. Thanks.