Bloom 1.5.46 (macOS)

School IT technicians and anyone who wrangles large folder structures tend to look at Bloom sooner or later. It is pitched as a Finder replacement, and the feature list suggests it was built for people who want more control without extra clutter.

Previews under 10 MB and one-window grouping

• Quick text, image, and PDF previews, as long as the file stays under 10 MB.
• Grouping files by type or date without opening multiple windows.
• Pinning a Portal window above other apps or docking it to the screen edge.
• Jumping straight to a system location with ⌘⇧⏎.
• Starting a search inside the current folder with ⌘F rather than the whole disk.
• Scheduling file operations so copies or moves run later.

Only on macOS 14+, English interface, needs setup time

• It runs on macOS 14 and up, both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
• The interface is English only, with no localisation packs.
• Workspace layout is customisable, but you will spend a few minutes setting it up.
• Large file previews cap at 10 MB, so 4K video or big PSDs still need another app.

Some settings help straight away. Open the workspace customisation panel early — you can hide panels you never use and set column widths once. Automatic column resizing is on by default, but you may want to lock a few columns if you work with long filenames or dates. The Portal mode is worth testing before you decide on a layout: it strips the sidebar and preview pane, leaving only the file list in a compact window you can pin above windows or dock at the screen edge. That alone makes Bloom feel different to Finder.

Deep folder searches scoped by ⌘F, iCloud users

• Anyone managing school or office Macs where folder structures grow deep and search needs to stay inside one folder at a time. ⌘F scopes the search to the current directory, no recursive guessing.
• Users who rely on iCloud Drive and want tag management alongside it. Bloom integrates with iCloud Drive and lets you assign and filter by tags, which Finder still handles awkwardly.
• People who rename batches of files often. The advanced renaming with regular expressions is the kind of thing you do not notice until you have ten files to rename in a pattern.
• Anyone who needs to preview archive contents before deciding to extract. Double-click a zip in Bloom and it shows the contents without unpacking.

⌘R refreshes mid-task, every action is undoable

• ⌘R refreshes search results without restarting the search. Useful when new files land in a folder mid-task.
• Each operation is recorded for undo. That covers moves, renames, deletes — nothing is final until you clear the log.
• Launch Terminal straight from the folder you are viewing. Saves digging through the directory tree in a separate terminal window.
• Insert images from the internet without downloading them to a temp folder first. The tool handles the fetch.
• Create different file types from inside Bloom — useful when you need a blank text file or a new folder without leaving the app.

Disk usage and scheduling

The treemap view for folder scanning gives a visual breakdown of space used. It is not a full disk analyser, but for a quick look at what is filling a drive it works. The task scheduler lets you queue file operations to run later, which helps when you want to move or copy large folders overnight.

• macOS 14 or later
• Intel or Apple Silicon Mac