XtraFinder now works with SIP enabled?

TotalFinder
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I hope it’s OK to mention it here. The competing app, XtraFinder, now supposedly works with SIP enabled in Mojave. That’s big news if it’s true.

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Yes XtraFinder Beta for SIP-enabled Mojave. I tested it and worked very well.

http://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/

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Yes, it looks like they found a way how to inject their code into Finder.app in SIP-enabled Mojave. Good job!

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In trying to resolve a TF issue (which was not a TF issue after all…) I downloaded XF to see if it had the same issue (which it did).

The interesting thing is that by accident I had both TF and XF running together. Yes some things started to crash (split screens…) so I disabled all the XF functions that TF provides (better IMHO) and both are working well together.

Have the best of both now on a SIP disabled system.

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I did that in High Sierra. I ran both XF and TF. I think you get the best of both worlds. I have not tried that (yet) in Mojave, though.

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Good to have another reference !

First try was Mojave (SIP OFF) and all good with latest of all products 10.14.1 , XF 1.2.2 and TF 1.11.4. No interest in turning on SIP.

I prefer TF 's features for split screen, labels etc. XF gives you great file selection, collapsing and a few other lesser used features.

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Hopefully, you will now be able to update to a SIP-enabled Mojave version, then I can srat using Total Finder once more.

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I like Total Finder so much better than Extra Finder. @darwin, I hope you are able to reverse engineer that and make TF work with SIP enabled in Mojave.

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It has to happen. Having SIP disabled should not be encouraged for normal use, and I for one will not use Total Finder until the necessary changes are made.

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Yeah, the XtraFinder Dev moved EVERYTHING into a bundle and put it in the FinderOverrides folder. It works pretty good but I hate XF’s UI.

That means: (I think):

  • TotalFinder will have to be rewritten. Hello TF 2.
  • Get ready to give TF Dev your $$$ Euros or Yen.

Please do this. If TF2 ends up being a “new product” I’ll pay.

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I did some research of the method and @leoofborg is correct.

Unfortunately I see two rather major problems with this:

  1. I believe this is a security hole. Apple will patch this as soon as somebody from Apple spots TotalFinder or XtraFinder doing this in the wild.
  2. There is a problem with updates. As @leoofborg pointed out all code must be moved inside our bundle in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FileProvider.framework/OverrideBundles and that is SIP-protected area. We would have to ask users to disable/enable SIP for each TotalFinder update. Unfortunately loading external “non platform” code is prohibited in “platform” binaries.
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Thanks for the tip. I’ve been getting by on Mojave with Path Finder but it’s not quite the same so I tried XtraFinder tonight and so far it’s working great.

Not quite as elegant as Total Finder but better than nothing.

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Ok…but it has been over 1 yr. Any chance that TF can do the same, even if it is “short-lived”? Not sure how much effort it would be. But it would allow users to keep SIP enabled until such time, if it ever happens.

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I’m sorry. I decided not to go this route. I would have to redesign some parts of TotalFinder and maintain just another mode of installation. Frankly, it is not worth the trouble for me.

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Thx for the reply. That is unfortunate.

BTW, just curious, does this mean you use TF with SIP disabled?

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Yes, I have SIP fully disabled.