About

Built by one person, for daily use.

Founder of SADFinder

Chris Barin

Software founder, Adobe Certified Instructor and Expert, Udemy Instructor Partner, designer and educator, based in Bucharest, Romania.

SADFinder started as a personal frustration with Finder. Chris Barin wanted a native Mac file manager with an editable path bar, reliable tabs, familiar keyboard controls, and proper window snapping. The original plan was to build it once for himself and stop complaining.

What shipped is the file manager he wanted to use every day: a fully native macOS app that stays fast on huge folders, with close attention to how it responds under your hands. The desktop app sends no file names, paths, contents, folder structure, or record of what you do with your files anywhere.

Principles

Four promises that decide the awkward calls.

Your files stay private.

The app does not send file and folder data to SADFinder or to advertising platforms. No file names, paths, contents, folder structure, or record of what you do with your files ever leaves your Mac.

No bundled junk.

The installer contains the app, and nothing else. No third-party offers, no toolbars, no surprises.

No bait-and-switch pricing.

If prices rise, everyone already subscribed keeps the rate they signed up for.

No forced dead end.

If SADFinder ever sunsets, active subscribers get a final unlocked build that keeps working.

Find Chris online

The official profiles behind the app — anything else is not him.

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The company

SADFinder is made and sold by an independent developer based in Romania. Payments are handled by Stripe, and the Mac App Store build is distributed by Apple — neither of them gives us your card details.

Trademarks

Apple, Mac, macOS and Finder are trademarks of Apple Inc. SADFinder is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc.

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