FilePilot 1.0 ✈️

Inspect. Search. Understand.

FilePilot is a lightweight native macOS utility designed to give you useful information about the files and folders on your Mac without burying everything behind complicated menus.

Open a file or folder and FilePilot gives you a simple workspace for exploring what’s there, checking file information, searching directories, and performing useful file-related tasks.

✨ Features

📂 Browse Folders

Open a folder and quickly view its contents, including files, subfolders, paths, and file sizes.

🔎 Search

Search through the currently selected folder and its subfolders by filename.

🧪 File Inspector

Select a file to see useful information including:

• File name
• File type
• Extension
• File size
• Full path
• Creation date
• Modification date

🔐 SHA-256 Hashing

Generate a SHA-256 hash for a file directly inside FilePilot. This can be useful for checking whether two files are identical or verifying a downloaded file against a published checksum.

📋 Copy File Paths

Copy the complete path of a selected file or folder to your clipboard with one click.

🔭 Reveal in Finder

Jump directly from FilePilot to the selected item in Finder.

🍎 Built for macOS

FilePilot 1.0 is a native macOS application built with Swift and SwiftUI.

This release is currently macOS only.

📦 Installation

DMG

Open the disk image and drag FilePilot into the Applications folder.

PKG

Open the installer package and follow the standard macOS installation process.

🚀 Quick Start

Once FilePilot is installed:

1. Launch FilePilot from your Applications folder.
2. Click Open File to inspect a single file, or Open Folder to explore a directory.
3. Select a file to view its information in the Inspector.
4. Use Search to find files by name inside the selected folder and its subfolders.
5. Click Calculate Hash to generate a SHA-256 checksum for a selected file.
6. Use Copy Path when you need the complete filesystem path.
7. Use Reveal in Finder to jump directly to the selected item in macOS Finder.

That's it. No setup, accounts, or complicated configuration required. Open FilePilot, choose something, and start exploring.

⚠️ macOS Security Notice

FilePilot 1.0 is currently distributed independently and is not Apple-notarized. Depending on your macOS security settings, macOS may display a warning when you first attempt to open the application.

🚀 Version 1.0

This is the first public release of FilePilot.

FilePilot started as a small file utility and will continue growing with new tools and improvements in future versions.

FilePilot 1.0

Built by Kai.